Checking In w/Dr. Rheeda Walker
Checking In with Michelle Williams
The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Michelle and Dr. Rheeda are getting real about mental health and suicide in the black community. Dr. Rheeda shares how her observation of a lack of resources and research in psychology was undeserving the black community. She also goes into the statics of suicide within the black community and what we can do to help turn things around for ourselves. CHECK IN to this episode to know that you are not alone and things do get better! The Checking In team is sending you love…always.
Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Contact Info:
Dial 988
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
Find a Therapist:
https://borislhensonfoundation.org/
https://therapyforblackgirls.com/
For more about Dr. Rheeda Walker, visit: https://www.rheedawalkerphd.com/
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Instagram: @dr.rheedawalker
Twitter: @rheedawalkerphd
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Twitter: @RealMichelleW
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.4 | Welcome to checking in with Michelle Williams, |
| 0:06.6 | a production of IHeart Radio and The Black Effect. |
| 0:26.6 | Hey friend, it's Michelle, just checking in. |
| 0:29.1 | I'm excited about this episode. |
| 0:39.8 | But I want to tell you that it's a possibility that for you, this episode could be a little heavy because we will discuss some heavy topics. |
| 0:43.4 | So prayerfully, you listen with an open heart. |
| 0:45.8 | You listen with an open mind. |
| 0:49.8 | And if this episode is not for you, maybe it's for a loved one. |
| 0:52.3 | Maybe it's for a friend or a colleague. |
| 1:00.3 | So this episode is going to be very bold in the topic of mental health and in the topic of suicide. |
| 1:04.9 | And I just want to let you know there is help for you. You are certainly not alone. |
| 1:08.6 | And there are hotlines to call if you are feeling suicidal, having those thoughts. |
| 1:16.9 | That hotline is 988. Your girl has been there. So this is a judgment-free zone. I do want you to know |
| 1:26.4 | that you can make it and that you will make it should you |
| 1:32.2 | decide to just hold on another day. I promise you, it gets better. My next guest has some helpful |
| 1:43.8 | information for you coming up next. |
| 1:50.6 | Hey y'all, welcome to another amazing week of checking in. And like I said, the three |
| 1:58.5 | pillars of checking in is checking in with yourself, checking with others and checking in with God our next guest is someone |
| 2:04.5 | that I had the pleasure of actually meeting in person twice I met her at |
| 2:10.1 | Charlemagne the God's Mental Wealth Summit by I heart in New York and then the |
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