Mental Health, Resilience and Post-Partum Depression

Mental Health, Resilience, and Postpartum
Depression often get a bad rap in the Black female
community. Mental health because it’s highly
stigmatized, resilience because Black women are often celebrated
for their bounce back game even when it’s to their own detriment,
and postpartum depression because depression in and of itself is
taboo – add postpartum in front of it and it becomes even more
taboo. 


We’re glad “critically acclaimed and born” Sasha
Nicole is going against the grain and talking about ALL
OF IT no matter how taboo or uncomfortable it may be. She stopped
by the virtual studio to chat it up and pour it
out about her experience with severe
postpartum depression,
resilience and how both impacted her
mental health.


The reality is we may not look like what we’ve been through, but
we’ve most certainly fought battles and bounced back from
circumstances that probably could have and should have taken us
out. That’s what resilience looks like for most of us, but for
Sasha Nicole it also looks like being able to overcome
her own self-inflicted obstacles and taking accountability for
the choices she’s made. 


There are levels to this sh*t and Sasha Nicole is not afraid to
break it all down. From reframing resilience to the disparities
in mental health and the lack of knowledge and awareness around
postpartum depression, she leaves no stone unturned.
Press Play and GET INTO THIS AWESOMENESS!


Tweetable Moments:


“ In many cases there are a lot of Black women who are forced to
be hyper-resilient for reasons stemming from trauma…”
CLICK TO TWEET.


“A lot of times we like to go through fires and pretend we didn’t
get burned. We keep putting that band-aid on and using resiliency
as a way to wear the cape and keep going.”  CLICK TO
TWEET.


ABOUT SASHA NICOLE


For women who feel stuck and stagnant in life, Sasha Nicole
teaches how to feel more confident and courageous through various
courses, motivational videos, coaching, and keynote speeches.


As a mental health advocate in the wellness industry for over ten
years who not only survived severe postpartum depression and
thrives with a mental health condition, it is her mission to
assist others in living a healed and whole life while honing in
on what truly makes you happy.


Connect with Sasha on Instragram
@therealsashanicole and on her website at
www.fearlessnfluence.com. If you need support
managing life after birth, connect with her at
Partum Evolution or  join the support group
HERE.


Your Turn,
Sis!
We’re using our My Strong Is campaign to
encourage our listeners to give up a life of hyper-independence,
hyper-productivity, and hyper-resilience in exchange for one of
play and ease.


My Strong Is is a campaign where we’re
highlighting Black women who are daring to do strong differently
– Black women who are making a conscious and deliberate effort to
give up a life of caping, masking, and hiding.


We would love to hear how you define strong. All you have to do
is complete the statement, “My strong is” and tag us
(@shadesofstrong) on your favorite social media
platform using the hashtags #shadesofstrong and
#mystrongis. Alternatively, you can come
be our guest on the podcast and share your
strong with our listeners. Either way, we want to know!!! 


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Catch up on Previous Episodes:


S5 | Ep 002 Steady, Present, and Free Even When
Life Be Lifing
S5 | Ep 001 Finding Comfort in Stitting with
Uncomfortable Emotions
Superwoman Must Die | Slaying the Strong Black Woman
Syndrome
Day 1 — Uncaping, Unmasking, and Unhiding the Strong Black
Superwoman
Day 2 Uncaping, Unmasking, Unhiding | When Love Becomes
Kryptonite
Day 3 Uncaping, Unmasking, Unhiding |The Side Effects of the
Black Superwoman Syndrome
Day 4 Uncaping Unmasking Unhiding | Why We Become People
Pleasers
DAY 5 People Pleasing A Harmless Act of Love or a Mental Health
Risk?