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Feb 2022
42m 31s

Ep 349 Black Men Need a Safe Space,Too w...

Celeste The Therapist
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The purpose of CelesteTheTherapist is to help shift the way you think. Many times, we get stuck in a negative cycle and struggle with getting out. Celeste will interview guests from different backgrounds who empower people in different capacities.

In this episode, Celeste and Martin Henson, Executive Director of BMEN, introduce the safe spaces black men call for. Experience how a community can raise a culture, and how people perceive black men. This episode talks about black issues on men, young black boys and their parents, and how all of these are discussed less often. The conversation on black men is hard, but it starts here.

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