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🗓️ 28 October 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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0:00.0 | Hi, folks, we are so glad you're listening to Our Body Politic. If you have time, |
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0:27.1 | to join in financially supporting the show if you're able. You can find out more at |
0:31.2 | ourbodypolitic.com slash donate. We're here for you, with you, and because of you. Thank you. This is our body politic. |
0:41.0 | I'm Farai Chidea. On the show, we center how black women and all women of color-shaped civil |
0:46.2 | society. As they say, nothing going on here. Nothing big in democracy. Nothing big in the economy. |
0:52.5 | Nothing big on the health front. All quiet over here. |
0:56.1 | Okay, yeah, not so much. A variety of studies actually show Americans are facing historic |
1:02.0 | levels of stress. Mental health challenges, of course, affect people of all races and genders, |
1:07.1 | but the cultural wisdom and baggage we bring with us based on race and gender, |
1:11.9 | as well as health care and wealth disparities, affect how we can take care of our mental health. |
1:17.3 | Kiyara Imani's debut memoir is called Therapy Isn't Just for White People. |
1:21.9 | She's an attorney and talk show host whose book covers her journey as a black woman |
1:25.4 | navigating racial trauma and healing. |
1:28.2 | From being called colored by a white professor in law school to nearly losing her life due to |
1:33.1 | medical negligence, Kiara Imani examines the underlying effects these encounters had on her mental health. |
1:39.8 | Hi, Kiara. |
1:40.8 | Hi, how are you? |
1:42.1 | I'm really glad to have you on the show. You have been through quite a lot, |
1:45.8 | and you have come out of it with many things, including a book. So tell us a little bit more about |
1:50.7 | yourself and what led you to write this. Yeah, so I'm from Manassas, Virginia. A lot of people are |
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