Episode 067: Are You Mentally Ready For a Relationship? ft. Beaonca Ward

LaToya De'Shaun joins host, Ashley Noz to talk about how living with chronic pain and fibroids has affected her life. From developing social anxiety, people pleasing and trying to create healthy family boundaries, LaToya shares the ups and downs of her journey. We also discuss how traveling was a part of her healing and how she found community all the way across the world in Botswana.

Host, Ashley Noz, kicks off the first episode of the Black Beauty Series with an insightful conversation with Dr. Afiya Mbilishaka, Founder of PsychoHairapy.

In this episode, Ashley Noz invites Dating Coach, Beaonca Ward back to the pod to discuss navigating the early stages of dating and provide tips for recognizing red and green flags. They also talk about the role of conflict in relationships and how to manage it effectively. Beaonca breaks down the concepts of emotional maturity, authenticity, and compatibility in dating. We get into compatibility, activated attachment wounding, and the myth of the initial spark as well as how to stay safe on dating apps.Podcast Guest: Beaonca Ward, Dating Coach & MFT Graduate StudentEmail: [email protected]: @‌therealbeaoncaWebsite: www.beaoncaward.comSchedule your free 30-minute consultation today!

In this episode, host Ashley Noz pays homage to two Black trailblazers and their unique contributions to the field of mental health for Black History Month . The first is Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller, the first Black psychiatrist in the United States, who made significant contributions to the study of Alzheimer's disease. The second pioneer is Bibi Moore Campbell, an author, spokeperson for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), and mental health advocate who used her storytelling talent to explore mental illness in her novels. Ashley shares how each of these pioneers left a lasting impact on the field of mental health and how their legacies live on.

In this convo, Ashley Noz (host) and Aaron Johnson, Founder of Grief To Action, discuss the benefits of consensual, platonic touch and the impact it has on the nervous system. Aaron explains what touch plans are and how they can help release surpassed anger as well as the potential positive effects of touch on sleep, anxiety, depression, and dismantling trauma stories. Aaron shares his personal experience of not crying for 20 years and the transformative moment when he finally allowed himself to cry. We also learn about Aaron’s C.U.T. project and his passionate calling to train touch activists, promote healing through touch and normalize tender touch for Black men.