Breaking the Mental Health Stigma with Ingram Stovall, LMSW

Mental health is something still stigmatized today in 2020, and the way we can address this is by creating dialogue, educating ourselves, and spreading awareness. Ingram Stovall joins us this week to share her journey into the world of mental health and what inspired her to join the social work field. She passionately reflects on her experiences in New Orleans as the first student from Southern University to intern at NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, learning first-hand about the gentrification and disenfranchisement post-hurricane Katrina, and how she went from wanting to assimilate into white culture to fully embracing her Blackness. Ingram describes some of the challenges the Black community faces today, both in the mental health world and the regular world, and how we must create loving, safe spaces with which to share dialogue and truly listen to one another. If you are looking for deeper, more intimate support, I invite you to join the mad method, my 12-week transformational program designed to help you discover your truth, rewrite the stories keeping you stuck, and start living with more clarity, confidence, and joy. it's my signature 1:1 program designed to reconnect you with who you really are, rewrite the story you’ve been living, and step into the life that’s calling you 🦋 Read more and sign up for the mad method HERE Join my free community and receive audio drops of wisdom, inspiration, and empowerment for your life. I also share special offers and bonuses for my community members :) https://t.me/+pOOoLRU92zs3ZWY5 Click to browse my page, offers, music, and more! https://planoly.store/embracethemadness Follow on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/embracethemadness_ Follow on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@madeleineholdford Subscribe to EMBRACE THE MADNESS Podcast ✨YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@embracethemadness Support embrace the madness by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/embrace-the-madness Find out more at https://embrace-the-madness.pinecast.co