How To Stay Sane While Fighting For Change with Shahem Mclaurin

Baby, this is Keke Palmer

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Society & Culture, Comedy

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Too often, we attribute mental health challenges solely to personal trauma or chemical imbalances—but what about the oppressive systems within the society we live? And how do we keep our mental health in check while fighting against these systems? Today Shahem Mclaurin addresses these complex questions, and shares his inspiring journey from growing up in Baltimore to finding his true calling as a social worker and therapist. Then he gives us some hot takes on narcissism, social media addiction, and eating disorders.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, it's Kiki Palmer and you already know we're about to dive deep today.
0:09.1	We're talking about challenging oppressive systems, institutional racism, homophobia, the patriarchy, and all of that.
0:14.7	And how to stay sane through the fight.
0:16.9	Who better to chat with about this than someone who understands both the systemic institutional problems and the mental health struggles that result from them?
0:24.2	His name's Shaheen McLaurin, and I can't wait to get into his journey and the impact he's making.
0:29.1	So let's jump right into it because, baby, this is Kiki Palmer.
0:33.3	No matter what we're doing in the car just chilling popo Amazon music sit back and listen
0:37.9	Life love sex science covering it all especially the back cuz money always involved
0:42.4	No matter what it is we gonna make it make sense nothing else to do but kick it with the homies and kids
0:46.9	So grab you a drink and a snack you enjoy and get into the vibe that only one this is cool
0:51.5	You know it's your girls this this, this, this is Kiki.
0:55.0	Baby, this is Kiki Poma, yeah.
1:00.0	So mom, we're talking about a lot of heavy stuff.
1:04.0	Mm-hmm.
1:05.0	Yeah, it sounds heavy.
1:06.0	The intersection between mental health and social injustice and the systems, you know, as they put it back in the old days, the man.
1:13.6	So I'm curious of how that all affected you growing up.
1:17.6	It's so broad, but like, let me get kind of like more micro level with it.
1:22.6	How was it for you growing up in a very segregated state like Illinois. Right, right.
1:28.3	How did it affect your mental health?
1:29.6	You know what?
1:31.3	Obviously, you grow up and it is what it is.
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