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8 | Taking Care of Our Mental Health with Ashley McGirt, MSW

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She's So Lucky

Balancedblackgirl, Self-improvement, #Shessolucky, Balancedles, Business, Entrepreneurship, Lesalfred, Education

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2018

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Today, we’re talking to Ashley McGirt, MSW, Licensed Mental Health Therapist and founder of Ashley McGirt Counseling Services.

Ashley is an accomplished speaker, author, hospice therapist, and entrepreneur running her own private therapy practice.

Ashley specializes in helping individuals through racial trauma, grief and loss, and navigating anxiety and depression. In her practice, she uses a holistic and interactive- multicultural approach that focuses on the needs of people of color. Her interest in mental health began when she began going to therapy, but struggled to find a therapist of color she could relate to and wanted to offer the kind of help to others she wanted to receive.  

She is also an avid traveler and wrote the book I Tried to Travel It Away: Mental Health Tips for Travelers to help folks create lives they don’t need a vacation from. We are so grateful for the opportunity to share her story and knowledge with the Balanced Black Girl community.

 

In this episode, we talk about…

  • How women of color can prioritize their mental health when facing racial and gender inequalities
  • How physical health ailments that often impact women of color can be avoided by prioritizing mental health
  • Ways we can destigmatize mental health
  • How women of color can release feelings of needing to be everything to everyone
  • Mental health tips for travelers

RESOURCES:

Ashley’s Website: https://www.ashleymcgirt.com/

Ashley’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therapywithash/

Ashley’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/McGirtCounselingServices/

Ashley’s Book “I Tried to Travel It Away”: https://www.ashleymcgirt.com/new-products/i-tried-to-travel-it-away-mental-health-tips-for-travelers

Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom: https://amzn.to/2Kd3L1H

Letters to a Young Sister by Hill Harper: https://amzn.to/2S2oY0X



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0:00.0

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0:57.0

Welcome to the Balance Black Girl Podcast. We're putting Black Girl Magic in motion. This show is dedicated to reinventing wellness

1:06.7

for women of color. I'm your host, Lestrandra Alfred. Welcome back to the show. So happy that you're here tuning in, listening along, and I'm

1:18.3

ready to bring you another great episode. We are heading full speed ahead into the holiday season, which I think makes today's

1:26.8

episode topic even more prevalent, and that is mental health, specifically for people of color. is going to really dive into the area of

1:35.0

to really dive into the area of mental health

1:40.0

and we have an incredible conversation that I am so excited to share with you.

1:44.0

But before we do, I'm going to get into the review of the week.

1:48.0

It says, I'm a newer follower of what was once the balanced berry.

1:53.3

My mom is actually the one who introduced me to Les's page because she's somewhat local,

1:58.0

I'm in Portland, and focused on a wide variety of nutrition and exercise related content. I have always struggled with my weight

2:06.0

and also have insulin resistance and PCOS. I just wanted to thank you so much for starting this podcast.

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