iChangeTheNarrative Podcast

Join Winterford Mensah, therapeutic clinician of Minds In Motion Therapeutic Services LLC. and therapist Damon Avinger as we talk about holistic healing from head to toe, from the inside and out, nurturing the eight dimensions of wellness (physical, spiritual, social, intellectual, emotional/mental, occupational, environmental, and financial), and how we can begin to address it with our Black sons so that collectively Black men are able to experience BLACK BOY JOY! Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present.  Subscribe to the official iChangeTheNarrative channel to stream our latest conversations and creative endeavors. Hit the 🛎 Notification Bell so that you never miss our most recent video. Access additional content: iChangeTheNarrative: ⁠https://ichangethenarrative.org⁠ After 6 Media LLC: ⁠https://www.after6mediallc.com⁠ iChangeTheNarrative is Powered by: SOSSD.CO: ⁠https://sossd.co

While our eyes are believed to be the windows to our soul, OUR FEET are the windows to our OVERALL health. EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED and EVERYTHING ON AND IN OUR BODIES MATTER!!! Tune in as we chat with Dr. Kevin E. Jefferson, DPM., about the importance and conditions of the Black man's feet. Here's to your foot health and foot care!  Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present.  Subscribe to the official iChangeTheNarrative channel to stream our latest conversations and creative endeavors. Hit the 🛎 Notification Bell so that you never miss our most recent video. Access additional content: iChangeTheNarrative: ⁠https://ichangethenarrative.org⁠ After 6 Media LLC: ⁠https://www.after6mediallc.com⁠ iChangeTheNarrative is Powered by: SOSSD.CO: ⁠https://sossd.co

Did you know that acupuncture in america was FIRST popularized by The Black Panther Party in the 1970s, and Tupac's stepfather, brother and Dr. Mutulu Shakur as it was not only focused on detoxing addicts but served as a form of self-care and health care for the community. Corey Brown, licensed acupuncturist and leader in holistic health care, shares with our Black brothers the importance of adding this treatment to their lives. Listen in as he breaks down what the condition of the tongue reveals, how the different therapies that he offers assists Black men in their mental and physical health, and so much more. Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present.  Subscribe to the official iChangeTheNarrative channel to stream our latest conversations and creative endeavors. Hit the 🛎 Notification Bell so that you never miss our most recent video. Access additional content: iChangeTheNarrative: ⁠https://ichangethenarrative.org⁠ After 6 Media LLC: ⁠https://www.after6mediallc.com⁠ iChangeTheNarrative is Powered by: SOSSD.CO: ⁠https://sossd.co

We're chopping it up with Pittsburgh's 40 Under 40 and Forbes 30 Under 30 Leon Ford — police shooting survivor, mentor, activist, and author of the highly-awaited new book, Unspeakable Hope: Brutality, Forgiveness and Building A Better Future for My Son (May 9, 2023, Simon & Schuster). He leads with love and has redefined manhood. He discovered he doesn't have to be loud to be powerful. From manhood to fatherhood, from pain to purpose, smiling through it all, and entering into a place of forgiveness, join us as we're talking about it all! Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present.  Subscribe to the official iChangeTheNarrative channel to stream our latest conversations and creative endeavors. Hit the 🛎 Notification Bell so that you never miss our most recent video. Access additional content: iChangeTheNarrative: ⁠https://ichangethenarrative.org⁠ After 6 Media LLC: ⁠https://www.after6mediallc.com⁠ iChangeTheNarrative is Powered by: SOSSD.CO: ⁠https://sossd.co

As a 5-year old boy had a seductive television encounter that changed his life. Tap in this Saturday as we chat with author, speaker, and mentor Victor Bell. We discuss how one encounter influenced a region in his mind leading to secrets in the dark... ONE arrest changed it all. Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present.  Subscribe to the official iChangeTheNarrative channel to stream our latest conversations and creative endeavors. Hit the 🛎 Notification Bell so that you never miss our most recent video. Access additional content: iChangeTheNarrative: ⁠https://ichangethenarrative.org⁠ After 6 Media LLC: ⁠https://www.after6mediallc.com⁠ iChangeTheNarrative is Powered by: SOSSD.CO: ⁠https://sossd.co

Shared parenting begins with understanding your value in the lives of YOUR children. When parents consider their co-parenting relationship as negative, child outcomes suffer. Join us for this vital conversation as our guests provide their experiences and expertise about what productive and healthy co-parenting looks like, the compromise involved, the selfless work that goes into impacting children in positive ways. Remain tuned! Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present.  Subscribe to the official iChangeTheNarrative channel to stream our latest conversations and creative endeavors. Hit the 🛎 Notification Bell so that you never miss our most recent video. Access additional content: iChangeTheNarrative: ⁠https://ichangethenarrative.org⁠ After 6 Media LLC: ⁠https://www.after6mediallc.com⁠ iChangeTheNarrative is Powered by: SOSSD.CO: ⁠https://sossd.co

This is an exciting conversation! We're choppin' it up with Benjamin Atanga, founder of The Stretch Loft, as his special gift is helping individuals unwind and release stored energy and stored trauma the natural way... And that is through stretching... It's more important than you think.  Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present.  Subscribe to the official iChangeTheNarrative channel to stream our latest conversations and creative endeavors. Hit the 🛎 Notification Bell so that you never miss our most recent video. Access additional content: iChangeTheNarrative: ⁠https://ichangethenarrative.org⁠ After 6 Media LLC: ⁠https://www.after6mediallc.com⁠ iChangeTheNarrative is Powered by: SOSSD.CO: ⁠https://sossd.co

When it's not you, it's them BUT it's sucking the life out of you and everyone that's connected with that person... Know someone who consistently and historically sabotages friendships, familial, and romantic relationships? Let's chat about it! Join our guests as they break it down from a therapeutic and coaching perspective by assessing and addressing the signs and the many ways that Black men can begin to reverse and heal from toxicity. Instead of burning bridges and allowing relationships to fizzle, bro, we're re-pairing, re-building, re-storing BRIDGES yet recognizing when it's time to take a step back. Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present.  Subscribe to the official iChangeTheNarrative channel to stream our latest conversations and creative endeavors. Hit the 🛎 Notification Bell so that you never miss our most recent video. Access additional content: iChangeTheNarrative: ⁠https://ichangethenarrative.org⁠ After 6 Media LLC: ⁠https://www.after6mediallc.com⁠ iChangeTheNarrative is Powered by: SOSSD.CO: ⁠https://sossd.co

It's often an uncomfortable conversation because quite frankly, many times we do not know where to begin. We're talking with Black make wealth builders about building and creating wealth for the NEXT generation and eliminating the wealth gap! There's plenty of hope for building Black wealth and it lies within our everyday actions. Join us for this much needed conversation.   Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present.  Subscribe to the official iChangeTheNarrative channel to stream our latest conversations and creative endeavors. Hit the 🛎 Notification Bell so that you never miss our most recent video. Access additional content: iChangeTheNarrative: https://ichangethenarrative.org After 6 Media LLC: https://www.after6mediallc.com iChangeTheNarrative is Powered by: SOSSD.CO: https://sossd.co

Our guests help our Black younger brothers navigate Black manhood through sharing their personal discoveries. They provide strategies, tools, and lessons that they’ve walked through in order to elevate their futures! We’re bringing it back, new guests, with a fresh lens. Everyone has a story and wisdom knows no limit! Each one, teach one. Mind up!   Subscribe to the official iChangeTheNarrative channel to stream our latest conversations and creative endeavors.     Hit the 🛎 Notification Bell so that you never miss our most recent video. Access additional content: iChangeTheNarrative: https://ichangethenarrative.org After 6 Media LLC: https://www.after6mediallc.com iChangeTheNarrative is Powered by: SOSSD.CO: https://sossd.co

There ain’t nothing like a Black man who is unapologetically confident about defining Blackness for himself and never ashamed to claim it in the company that he keeps. He’s confident in knowing that Black maleness is both hard work yet a challenging role in this world. Despite what he knows, he is faithful in BECOMING. The Black man's self confidence means that in whatever flow, the Black man adapts.   Join executive and personal life coach, David Shawn Smith, as we chat about: what it really means to level up, how to discover your beauty in Black male skin, how to navigate imposter syndrome, the difference between aggressiveness v. assertiveness, implementing new mental habits so that self-confidence speaks, finding your voice and understanding your value as a Black man. Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present. Subscribe to the official iChangeTheNarrative YouTube Channel to stream our latest conversations and creative endeavors. Access additional content: iChangeTheNarrative: https://ichangethenarrative.org After 6 Media LLC: https://www.after6mediallc.com iChangeTheNarrative is Powered by: SOSSD.CO: https://sossd.co

Self-care does not stop in the bathroom. It comes in different forms and is a personal process.  We're addressing the I AM, self-naming, the power and importance behind I AM, what begins to take place intrinsically and extrinsically, and how what we tell ourselves impacts on the mind. You don't want to miss this show; we're speaking life!   Join iChangeTheNarrative and Bradley Cheathon, certified master mindset life coach, as he encourages Black men to rewire their subconscious and discover newfound beliefs about the self. Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present. Subscribe to the official iChangeTheNarrative YouTube Channel to stream our latest conversations and creative endeavors. Access additional content: iChangeTheNarrative: https://ichangethenarrative.org After 6 Media LLC: https://www.after6mediallc.com iChangeTheNarrative is Powered by: SOSSD.CO: https://sossd.co

There are many reasons why some people may go vegan. Reasons may include a concern for the environment, passion for animal rights, or even spiritual reasons. But perhaps the biggest reason of all is for better health for the Black community. Through my research Black people are the fastest-growing vegan demographic in America. According to a recent study published in The Journal of Nutrition, people who followed a vegan diet were overall healthier. Let's get into it as we chat with Vegan Black Guy about the vegan lifestyle and intermittent fasting. Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present. Subscribe to the official iChangeTheNarrative YouTube Channel to stream our latest conversations and creative endeavors. Access additional content: iChangeTheNarrative: https://ichangethenarrative.org After 6 Media LLC: https://www.after6mediallc.com iChangeTheNarrative is Powered by: SOSSD.CO: https://sossd.co

Masculinity has always been a mask because it causes us to hide what we must heal from inside.  Dr. Eddie Connor Jr. chats with us about his latest book, The Mask of Masculinity, and unveils how men can reclaim their identity, lead with their God-given authority, and love with vulnerability. Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present. Subscribe to the official iChangeTheNarrative YouTube Channel to stream our latest conversations and creative endeavors. Access additional content: iChangeTheNarrative: https://ichangethenarrative.org After 6 Media LLC: https://www.after6mediallc.com iChangeTheNarrative is Powered by: SOSSD.CO: https://sossd.co

YOUR HEALTH IS YOUR WEALTH and the superfood, sea moss, is trending! Sea Moss is the ultimate superfood because it provides our bodies with 92 of the 102 essential minerals and nutrients that naturally occur in the body. Tap in with The Sea Moss Guy as he discusses the many aspects of health such as energy, vitality, cardiovascular health, sexual health and function, bone health, muscle recovery, metabolism, thyroid function, and much more. Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present. Subscribe to the official iChangeTheNarrative YouTube Channel to stream our latest conversations and creative endeavors. Access additional content: iChangeTheNarrative: https://ichangethenarrative.org After 6 Media LLC: https://www.after6mediallc.com iChangeTheNarrative is Powered by: SOSSD.CO: https://sossd.co

Trauma has a lifelong negative impact upon victims’ physical and mental health and social functioning leading to major public health and social problems. For healing and repair to begin, we need honest acknowledgment, investigation, patience, and safe spaces. Join our guests as they help move Black men from identifying traumatic childhood experiences and disrupting the pattern of it to moving towards its resolve.    Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present. Subscribe to the official iChangeTheNarrative YouTube Channel to stream our latest conversations and creative endeavors. Access additional content: iChangeTheNarrative: https://ichangethenarrative.org After 6 Media LLC: https://www.after6mediallc.com iChangeTheNarrative is Powered by: SOSSD.CO: https://sossd.co

NO CAP, BLACK MEN TRAVEL and NO DESTINATION IS OFF LIMITS! .Traveling while Black is a different kind of experience. We're choppin' it up with content creator and luxury travel and lifestyle influencer, Saint, about travel life abroad and how he has made a business out of it. Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present. Subscribe to the official iChangeTheNarrative YouTube Channel to stream our latest conversations and creative endeavors. Access additional content: iChangeTheNarrative: https://ichangethenarrative.org After 6 Media LLC: https://www.after6mediallc.com iChangeTheNarrative is Powered by: SOSSD.CO: https://sossd.co

Black men have the power to occupy, operate, and create in any sphere and space imagined!   We chat with former social worker turned certified movement specialist, Martin Reid of Real Men Do Pilates about how he's made a difference in helping people feel better through #pilates and what REAL MEN DO... . It's up to you to tune in. Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present. Subscribe to the official iChangeTheNarrative YouTube Channel to stream our latest conversations and creative endeavors. Access additional content: iChangeTheNarrative: https://ichangethenarrative.org After 6 Media LLC: https://www.after6mediallc.com iChangeTheNarrative is Powered by: SOSSD.CO: https://sossd.co

Our guests help our Black younger brothers navigate Black manhood through sharing their personal discoveries. They provide strategies, tools, and lessons that they’ve  walked through in order to elevate their futures! We’re bringing it back once again from a fresh lens. Everyone has a story and wisdom knows no limit! Each one, teach one. Mind up! Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present. Subscribe to the official iChangeTheNarrative YouTube Channel to stream our latest conversations and creative endeavors. Access additional content: iChangeTheNarrative: https://ichangethenarrative.org After 6 Media LLC: https://www.after6mediallc.com iChangeTheNarrative is Powered by: SOSSD.CO: https://sossd.co

The longer we’re silent on the issue, the more likely the cycle will continue. The longer the silence, the deadlier the results. Oftentimes men's stories go unheard, and they are forced to suffer in shame. This time Black men are at the forefront of the conversation. And in healing, there is strength in numbers.  . We're talking about the effects of sexual trauma and the impact it has on the lives of men as they journey to wholeness. Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present. Subscribe to the official iChangeTheNarrative YouTube Channel to stream our latest conversations and creative endeavors. Access additional content: iChangeTheNarrative: https://ichangethenarrative.org After 6 Media LLC: https://www.after6mediallc.com iChangeTheNarrative is Powered by: SOSSD.CO: https://sossd.co