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Dr. Radi sh a Brow n There?s nothing more important than your mental health. But what is mental health? It is how we think, feel and act! We all have stress in our lives to include relationship issues and experiences with negative people but mental health is just how we process life. We are all affected in some way. MENTAL HEALTH IS JUST HOW YOU PROCESS LIFE! Your mental health is impacting your ability to function, to form relationships, to do the things that you normally do. Now you probably ask yourself: ?Do I need to seek out help? Is there something wrong with me? How do I identify if I am in need of help for my mental health?? Well, everybody needs a mental health check-up. There?s no exclusion to mental health, there?s no ?Hey, I live in this house I?m not affected, I have this degree I?m not affected?. There?s no way to tell from your look if you need help. You might look completely professional and all put together but you carry so many things, you are a mess on the inside. If you have experienced a trauma then you are feeling a heavy weight on your back that affects everything. From how you see yourself, how you feel, how you eat and it affects your health. It affects every aspect of your life! Once you are ready to deal with that trauma, to deal with that emotional pain, and thatbaggage that you have been carrying around for so many years, you will be able to find balance again. We need balance in our lives, in our minds, in our spirit. WE NEED MENTAL BALANCE! Unfortunately, in our community, there?s a stigma attached to getting mental health treatment and a belief that there?s something wrong with you. The advice you may receive is to just go and ?pray about it?. This false belief comes from history. Back then you were only allowed to talk to the pastor. So you are conflicted. You are going through all this trauma, stress, anxiety, and depression and then you were told you can?t talk about it. And it?s even more conflicting being a black woman because you got told you?re too strong to get a mental illness, you?re too strong to get depression. You are a superhero and you are immune to mental illness, and in the end, it?s killing you! Let me tell you this: You don?t have to be Superwoman all the time. You don?t have to act like you have it all together all the time. You are a human being; you have emotions and you are connected to those emotions. So allow yourself an opportunity to express those emotions. You learn, you develop; you expand over time. The great secret about your mind and your mindset is that you can change it over time. Just because you don?t have the right tools in the beginning, doesn?t mean that you never have the right tools. That?s a what therapy does, it helps you to develop the right tools. With daily affirmation, you fill up yourself with positive statements and fill up your mental tank. Because by just living life there?s going to be negative experiences, there?s going to be frustration at work, there?s going to be frustration with your kids, with your spouse. You need to have gas in your tank to get down the highway.
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One of the probably most powerful affirmations is the ?I am affirmation?. Tell yourself every day when waking up I AM ENOUGH Because so often you feel inadequate, or you feel you need to change who you are. You need to change your hair, you need to change your weight, you need to change your skin color. Or you think you need to be taller. Just state to yourself every day I AM ENOUGH! I am enough in my image, in the way God created me. I am enough to live this life and to be on a journey that is planned for me. Think about what you want to speak over yourself daily, you can make it as personal as you want. I am more. I am confident. I am wise. Do you feel how POWERFUL that is! CHANGE YOUR MIND AND YOU CHANGE YOUR LIFE! The most important relationship you ever going to have in your entire life is the relationship with yourself. Because it affects how you deal with relationships with other people, it affects who you choose to be your life partner, it affects the jobs you choose, it affects whether or not you go after that promotion, whether or not you open that business, go to school, etc. EVERY aspect of our lives is affected by your mind. With changing about how you think about, you will shift not only your thoughts, you shift your energy and you shift your whole life! Dr. Radisha Brown Mental Health Therapist Contact Info: Website: https://www.drradisha.com/ Phone: 833-825-528 Email: info@drradisha.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drradishabrown Facebook: https://facebook.com/drradishabrown ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. Radisha Brown is a licensed therapist, wellness expert and 2x best-selling author. In her new book ?Girl Get Off the Couch: Stop the Self-Hate and Lose the Weight? she shares her personal journey from being overweight to a healthy size 6! Dr. Radisha helps women to lose the mental weight in order to get to their happy weight with her signature ?What?s on Your Plate workshop, speaking engagements and private mentorship programs. Her mission is to inspire women to dream, achieve and overcome life?s obstacles in spite of where they started. WWW.M KOVAHM AGAZINE.COM AUG 2019
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Tell us about the major personal change in your life The major change for me was leaving corporate America and starting my own photography business. The change was a challenging, but necessary for me to be happy. What were your greatest challenges?
I would say my greatest challenge in life would be my Marine Corps career. From graduating form Marine Corps boot camp to my tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. It taught me responsibility, discipline, and most of all, honor courage and commitment to myself, friends and loves ones. Where did you draw inspiration and direction from (faith, friends, family be specific)?
I draw my inspiration by watching others inspire others to do great. The service to others is more inspiring than money and material wealth. What have you learn about yourself?
I've learned about myself, that I can accomplish anything that I put my mind and effort towards. It is the discipline and focus I learned while serving in the Marine Corps.
What advise can you give to someone who is going through a major life experience change?
I would advise them to have someone that they can talk to or some sort of activity to focus negative energy or thoughts. Also, to be present in the moment, because there is a leaning lesson that most people often miss when going through such process. What does Humanity Revisited mean to you?
It means taking the time to look at ourselves and see what we are doing to help support the health and welfare of mankind both physically and mentally. I believe we can accomplish this by simply being present in the moment when dealing with each other.
What perspectives on life altered or is more apparent to you now?
What is most apparent to me is that you must be true to thyself. If you are true and honest to oneself, then you can be truly honest with others.
Why did you agree to do this interview?
I wanted to others the opportunity to know who I am and what I enjoy.
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