Growth Grief and The Courage to Heal w/ King Jay Barnett Part 2.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
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4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2025
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Today, Crystal Renee continues her conversation with Dr. Jay Barnett, licensed therapist and advocate, to discuss his transformation from a professional athlete to a leading voice in mental health. Barnett shares his powerful personal story of overcoming depression, surviving suicide attempts, and finding purpose through faith and therapy. This candid conversation covers the stigmatization of therapy among Black men, the impact of parental divorce, and the paths to healing and emotional intelligence. Barnett also touches on the role of spirituality in his life, the importance of being vulnerable, and the challenges of navigating relationships while pursuing a higher calling. With deep honesty, both Hayslett and Barnett reflect on their personal journeys, the significance of seeking help, and the power of prayer and stillness.
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| 0:00.0 | Calling all my sweeties to the forefront. |
| 0:03.0 | I'm your host Chris René Hazel and this is the Keep It Posit Sweetie Show. |
| 0:10.0 | And everybody can't go. |
| 0:11.0 | And Tyler, he was on here and he said it's like a rocket ship. |
| 0:16.0 | You know, you have boosters, but when it gets to a certain elevation, they fall off. |
| 0:19.0 | Yeah, when it breaks that stratosphere, stuff has to fall off because it'll slow it down. |
| 0:25.1 | You know. |
| 0:25.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:26.1 | Have you dealt with that? |
| 0:27.9 | It's been hard for me because I care so much about people. |
| 0:35.8 | But then on the other side, the purpose creates the distance. Mm. Mm. Because they can't keep up. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? And so, and I'm sure like, because like there's times literally, I'd be like, God, God is so funny with me. Like I'll meet somebody. I'll be like, God, they're cool. And, you know, we'll get the chopping it up, man. And all of a sudden, I got, I'm on the road for like, and I'll try to keep up. But, and God was speaking to me, you know, he said, you, you, I'm a, I have to assign certain people to where you are because what we carry um as massive as it is and as powerful as it is |
| 1:17.5 | it's too delicate to be put in the wrong hands yes too delicate to be mismanaged and it's too |
| 1:22.9 | delicate to be mismanaged so uh there are some friendships that I've had to grieve. |
| 1:29.5 | And I've had to have some conversation, you know, with some friends that they accepted |
| 1:35.7 | it. |
| 1:36.1 | And they was like, man, Jay, we just, you know, we're just so used to what it was. |
| 1:41.1 | Yeah, but it ain't that no more. |
| 1:42.4 | And it ain't that no more. |
| 1:43.5 | And the fear for a lot of people, when God starts to expand those that, |
| 1:49.0 | whoever he's handpicked and chose is nobody wants to be left behind. |
| 1:53.4 | No. |
| 1:53.9 | And that's what it is. |
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