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The Chill Spot Podcast, a safe spot for people of color to discuss topics that affect our mental health and identity. We’ll explore strategies to support mental wellness, examine the ways in which various things impact our mental health, and process how to manage it all. Mental health, especially amongst people of color, has long been stigmatized, inadvertently keeping our people from accessing and reaching mental well being. This podcast aims to transform stigma into strength. Your hosts work in the mental health field, varying in their experience within the mental health profession.
Episodes
Saturday Aug 20, 2022
Making Mistakes to Innovate
Saturday Aug 20, 2022
Saturday Aug 20, 2022
The Chillspot Radio warmly welcomes CSUN MSW Alumni, Michael Curry. Being among the first graduating class in the pandemic, Michael reflects on how he navigated that time period. He shares the real ways he accesses self-care including painting, fitness, and commuting as a means of decompressing. He also shares his aspirations and goals not only for professional growth, but his personal mission to make social work and mental health services more accessible for black people. We talk about the importance of representation within higher education, training spaces, and how we can meaningfully and intentionally take up more space!
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
The Road Worth Traveling
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
Terrence Stewart, ASW joins us for the podcast today and reflets on his educational journey as one of the few Black men in the CSUN Master's of Social Work Program during his time in the program. He shares how he found wellness through balance and intentionality (from daily meditation habits to mentors modeling and holding compassionate and supportive spaces) during the many demands and stressors of graduate school. With warmth, authenticity, and enthusiasm, Terrance is an inspiration for anyone, but particularly black men, questioning whether they could/should pursue higher education.
Sunday May 22, 2022
Not Goin’ with the Flow
Sunday May 22, 2022
Sunday May 22, 2022
Dr. Daniel Lee, Mayor and first Black elected Council Member of Culver City, CA joins the Chill Spot Radio. We look at black male identity and how it intersects with social work values, the systematic racism and urban education. We learn how, "not going with the flow" bends the arc towards change.
Councilmember Lee if running for U. S. House Representative for CA-37. Please visit his website to learn more: https://danielwaynelee.com/
Thursday Apr 07, 2022
There are so many conversations to be had
Thursday Apr 07, 2022
Thursday Apr 07, 2022
It's been quite a year... and we're back! Glad to have you all listen in on today's podcast where we take a look back on the year and examine where we are in terms of healing. We've been subjected to a lot as black people, and where there has been some justice, there needs to be larger healing. How do we do that? What does that mean? Join the conversation and listen now.
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Healing for the Healer
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Sarah, LCSW, joins the podcast for an introspective conversation on racial identity, self care, and radical healing. We look at the parallel process of being a mental health provider who engages in mental health services. Sarah also shares how she maintains her strength and grounding in the midst of rising hate crimes against her identified racial group.
Sunday Apr 04, 2021
The Trailblazer
Sunday Apr 04, 2021
Sunday Apr 04, 2021
In this episode of the Chill Spot Radio, three generations of Black male therapists converge on issues of identity, culture, and experience. Reflecting on his 42 years of therapeutic work, Michael Hughes, LMFT, shares his story. With a unique view of working as a Black therapist on the Westside of Los Angeles since the 1970s, Michael details through storytelling how he came into his "clinical own".
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/michael-d-hughes-los-angeles-ca/172615
Monday Mar 15, 2021
The Humbled Athlete
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Brett Riley, practicing Associate Clinical Social Worker joins the Chill Spot Radio. With tenderness and vulnerability, Brett shares his personal journey and reflects on the parallel process of being a healer to others while also being in need of healing from multiple griefs and losses.
https://www.theblueclinic.com/
https://socialjusticeinsports.org/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-r-b5b26171/
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
A Space for Blackness Part 2
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
With a grounding presence, engaging spirit, and progressive vision, Yolo Akili Robinson joins Chill Spot Radio for it's 10th episode! Yolo is a writer, yoga instructor, and the founder of BEAM Collective. In this episode we talk about BEAMs method of, "container building" and how to build other wellness skills within and for the black community. We process how to show up for oneself, one's family, and one's community when carrying the weight of trauma and other stressors. We also talk about the spectrum of how males emotionally connect and the impact of the generational messages we've received about gender and masculinity. We continue to explore male grief and healing.
https://www.beam.community/
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Feel Free to Feel Free
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
James "Dat Yoga Dude" Woods (trained MFT children's book authoer, and certified yoga instructor) shares his story of integrating mental health, yoga, and creating a community for black people, particularly men, to embrace these two disciplines. James shares the cognitive, kinesthetic, and spiritual impact of yoga and its positive impact on his clients, community, and k-12 students.
https://www.datyogadude.com/
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Black Girl Magic
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Monday Oct 19, 2020
In today's podcast we explore the importance of being seen. Dr. Wendy Ashley and Professor Jolene Swain, co-creators of Black Girl Magic share the work they're doing in connecting with and providing spaces of belonging to black women enrolled in the Masters of Social Work Program at California State University of Northridge.