Well, hello there. It's Morgan Harper Nichols here and welcome to today's show. I am pleased to have

Mina B on the show today sharing her valuable and helpful perspectives on mental health and wellness

and her new book, Owning Our Struggles. As a licensed social worker, Mina B emphasizes the importance of wellness,

not only as it relates to individuals, but also the collective. And in this episode, we talk about

how to work through unrealistic ideals around positivity. We talk about cultivating hope through reflection and relationships. And I've just

been really excited to share this conversation with you. So here is that conversation with my guest,

Mina B. Well, hello, hello, and welcome back to the show. I have a guest with me today that we've been

following one another's work for some time. And we've met via podcast world once before. And yes,

I would just like to welcome my guests and give you the opportunity to introduce yourself.

Well, hi, Morgan. And hi, everyone listening. This is Meena B. I am a licensed social worker,

mental health educator, and author of the book, Owning Our Struggles. Yes. And what a timely book this is. This is a book that there's sometimes like when I get a book,

I'm like, I got to go get the digital version too because I like to highlight stuff and put

on my little notes in. And this is one of those books. It just, there's so many helpful resources.

And I would just love to know, you know, what, just as someone who's

read the book, I feel like you do such a good job at naming things that people may have a sense of

in terms of things that they struggle with, but oh, I didn't know that there was research around

that. Or I didn't know that this was a deeper topic. So I would

just love to know like what inspired you to to write this book in the way that you did because it's

very, very rich and educational and still emotionally resonant at the same time, which that is

powerful and so, so needed.

So I would just love to know, like, what inspired your journey to write this book?

Well, one, thank you for that wonderful feedback because that was the goal.

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