Ep. 147: The Unspoken Reality of being a Black Man with Jason Phillips
Express Yourself Black Man
Kizzle
5.0 • 556 Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2026
⏱️ 112 minutes
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Summary
We unpack the emotional weight many Black men carry — from understanding and expressing emotions, to healing from past trauma and relationships. We also challenge common misconceptions around rest, productivity, and success, while offering practical guidance for Black men navigating depression, low confidence, and burnout.
This episode is for any brother trying to heal, grow, and give himself permission to slow down without guilt. Tune in on all podcast streaming platforms, including YouTube.
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| 0:28.6 | today. Friends will give information. Therapists will help with transformation. Men can be hurt, |
| 0:35.3 | men can be violated, and what would they do? They will bury that |
| 0:39.4 | experience. If he's not blamed publicly, he's blaming himself privately. So he's like, I'm not |
| 0:44.5 | even going to talk about this because I already know what y'all going to say. Y'all going to put it on me. |
| 0:48.4 | And I had absolutely nothing to do with that. All right, y'all, welcome back to the Express Yourself Black Man podcast. We got a really, |
| 0:57.4 | really great guest. I'm excited. This episode is going to be for those of you that are in need of |
| 1:02.5 | some validation for how you're feeling. And there's nothing wrong with that, especially if you're |
| 1:05.8 | a black man, because I feel like a lot of times we go through so much and we don't spend time |
| 1:10.5 | actually processing what it is that we're actually feeling and while we're feeling it. |
| 1:14.6 | So we have a psychotherapist here. |
| 1:16.9 | We have a psychotherapist here who's going to help you to understand why you're feeling what you're feeling and how you can do something about that feeling so that you could be able to feel better, |
| 1:27.8 | but not only feel better, actually heal and grow. |
| 1:30.7 | And I want those of you that are listening to this, those you that have liked, shared, |
| 1:36.1 | supported in any way, shape, or form to know that we are very, very appreciative of you on this |
| 1:41.2 | platform. |
| 1:41.9 | We wouldn't be in this position if it wasn't for you guys, |
| 1:44.9 | right? We wouldn't be the largest black men's mental and holistic wellness platform if it |
| 1:49.0 | wasn't for you guys that share the platform. So please continue to share the episodes. If it's |
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