Couched in Color

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The Couched in Color Podcast is designed to elevate conversations about mental health in diverse communities. You’ll hear from mental health experts, thought-leaders, people with lived-experience, celebrities, influencers, and everybody in between. Remember to like, subscribe, and turn on your notifications so you are updated of each episode. New episodes will be released Thursday mornings!

Couched in Color is hosted by Dr. Alfiee Breland-Noble, an internationally recognized psychologist, author, and mental health correspondent. She is also the Founder of The AAKOMA Project, a 501©3 nonprofit organization that works to address the unmet mental health needs of intersectional youth and young adults of color (including LGBTQ youth and those with disabilities).

Couched in Color’s Season 3 music is produced by Mark “King” Batson (Superproducer of your favorite artists and Grammy award winner for albums with Eminem and Beyoncé)

Ep 14: Vanessa Adebayo on Making a Difference Worldwide in Black Communities

Jun 25, 2020

This week, we focus on global mental health in the African Diaspora. Our guest, Vanessa Adebayo, imagined and created a nonprofit focused on the health (including mental health) of our brothers and sisters in Africa. She implements conferences throughout the continent to raise awareness and stress the need for caring...

Couched in Color E12: AfroLatinx and Black: Elevating the Mental Health Conversation for Men and Boys

Jun 18, 2020

In 2016, thirty-nine unarmed Black people were murdered at the hands of the police - 34% of them were Black men. Our founder, Jason Rosario - a product of a single-parent home in the Bronx, New York - created The Lives of Men as a vehicle to help change the narrative around Black and Latinx masculinity, and to combat...

Couched in Color E11: Angel White, Striving While Black and Femme: Black Girls, High Expectations and Mental Health

Jun 11, 2020

Angel White, Community Manager at Industrious, tells Dr. Alfiee about the additional pressures and expectations as a Black woman forging a business career.

Couched in Color E10: Charlamagne Tha God on Mental Health

Jun 4, 2020

The "Breakfast Club" host opens up to Dr. Alfiee about his battle with anxiety, and how he's learned to take care of his mental, as well as physical, health. They also discuss the growing anti-racism movement, and the controversial comments made by former Vice President Joe Biden during their interview...