Bigotry Stunts Your Growth

With the rise of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement and the growing concerns over systemic racism across the United States, I felt it necessary to bring attention to this conversation. In today’s episode, I discuss why being inclusive and connected as a society is an essential part to furthering our growth as humans, the effect that the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement has had on me personally, as well as how we can challenge ourselves to be better allies towards minority groups and actively work to stand up for those in need. It is our responsibility as people to support each other and call out prejudice behaviours when and where they unfold. For us to grow and band together effectively, we must all understand a common goal and overcome these deplorable actions so that future generations won’t have to endure the same heartaches. To hear more, tune in to Episode 48 of Rejuvenaging! In This Episode, You Will Learn: A brief introduction on myself and what this podcast aims to achieve (0:19) My personal concerns on the state of how we communicate right now (2:12) How segregation is still present within the United States today (3:09) The emergence of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement & Why we should be actively working to be anti racist (3:53) The reason many people in my generation grew up with racist mentalities surrounding People of Colour (6:02) How we can reflect on our own behaviour and ask ourselves what we can do to be better allies to minority groups (7:47) The importance behind us acting human (8:46) Why excluding others diminishes our capacity and potential as people (10:04) The ideologies expressed in Positive Psychology (10:29) Let’s Connect! The Mental Health Gym - Facebook The Mental Health Gym - Website Email: [email protected] Resources: Book: ‘Rejuvenaging: The Art and Science of Growing Older With Enthusiasm’ Author, Dr. Ron Kaiser