You can't hide nothing from people because people can see it.

Be authentic.

Don't be afraid to say, yo, I am not good. I'm not in a great place. But I'm going to try to continue to move so I can get in a better place. We were taught to suppress everything, not talk about things, not show feelings, not show emotions, not show none of that. Allow them to feel the way that they feel and let them know that it's okay. Don't tell them now you can't feel that way.

All right, y'all, welcome back. Not show none of that. Allow them to feel the way that they feel and let them know that it's okay.

Don't tell them now you can't feel that way. All right, y'all, welcome back. We're here with another special, special guest, another special episode. This is the Expressions of Black Man podcast. If this is your first time listening to the podcast, we want to thank you for tuning in. Thank you for your support. And someone sent this to you, it means they want you to win.

It means that they value their relationship. podcast. We want to thank you for tuning in. Thank you for your support. And someone sent this to you,

it means they want you to win. It means that they value their relationship with you and they want to

see you grow. They want to see you heal because that's what this platform is about. So if you're

tuning into this conversation, you're tuning into a conversation that's about to be about healing,

about black men and what we go through, what we experience, how we

persevere through that, and also how we give back to our community. If you are a listener

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So we have Billy Counsel, my brother.

My brother, what's happening with you, kid? How you doing? Oh, I'm good. I'm blessed. Listen, man, I was telling me, of course. I was telling you, man, I like that burgundy on you. Oh, man, I appreciate it. I like that burgundy on you, man. It looks good, man.

I'm glad.

Thank you so much.

I'm glad we can have you here, bro,

because I feel like it's going to be a really, really impactful conversation. virginy on you, man. It looks good, man. I appreciate it. Thank you so much. I'm glad we can have you here,

bro, because I feel like it's going to be a really, really impactful conversation. I feel like you're someone that has gone through a lot and you do a lot of work in the community. And so I'm blessed to be able to sit down with you and talk about. Thank you for having me. I just want to say all the great work that you're doing and giving us the opportunity to speak on the things that's you

know plaguing us I really appreciate all the work that that you're doing and giving us the opportunity to speak on the things

that's, you know, plaguing us. I really appreciate all the work that you have been doing and

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