MelaninWhiteCoats Podcast

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Why Black Men deserve to be Happy and Intimately Connected to the Universe! LOVE is LOVE! Jul 11, 2023

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This a throwback piece of an episode with the Black Men Flower project. On this short clip, we discuss the importance of black men being vulnerable and opening their space to the world. We talk about how we need to change the narrative of who and what we are and why simple things like hugs increases accesibility to places we never touch.

Episode 78- Mind your mental but also don't neglect your physical with DrFitBrit! Jul 07, 2023

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It is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month! On this episode, the Melaninwhitecoats discuss with DrFitBritt, a psychiatry resident in Atlanta, how our physical state is throughly connected to our mental state. She is one of the most fit doctors on the net. Whether in the weight room or in her living room, she is active by any means necessary and encourages you to do so as well. Between being in psychiatry residency, being a mother, and running several businesses, she is committed to her fitness goals. She also gives us an insight into how the tragic death of her mother inspired her to be fully committed to her physical goals. We talk about the power of affirmations and giving yourself grace in every space you enter and MORE! This is the first of the mental health highlights we are doing for the month so def tune in!!

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Episode 77- What " Failure" in Medicine taught me about life Jun 28, 2023

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On this episode, Aldwin shares his thoughts on what the representation of failure is. Is failure truly failure or lessons to teach us about perseverance? Failure is necessary for success and the more you appreciate the lessons from it, the more successful you will become. Aldwin looks back at his experiences in medical school and how failure was never his determined fate and how it relates to critical lessons we can apply to life itself.

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Episode 76- Why we all deserve life! Aldwin's mental health journey when in residency and remembering Dr. Mortimer Jun 22, 2023

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On this episode, Aldwin speaks on the recent passing of Dr. Nakita Mortimer and the need for change in the medical training environment. Aldwin elaborates on his mental health journey when he was in residency and why ultimately every life should be cherished, respected and loved. There is a conversation to be had about how individuals navigate their trials and tribulations. People have good days, people have bad days, people have the best days but at the end of the day we are all human and deserved to feel empowered in any and every good thing we do. Real and raw with his experience of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation while he was in the process. Mental illness has no face and everyone has their challenges with it. We can't address this unless we face it head on and improve the structures which facilatate its influence on our daily life. Aldwin dissects his experience and offers words of encouragement for those entering into their intern year in the next upcoming weeks.

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Episode 75- Say Less, Hustle Hard on everything! With Dr. Tamia Potter, the first Black Woman Neurosurgery resident in Vanderbilt history! May 10, 2023

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On this episode we have soon to be Dr. Tamia Potter talk to her expansive experience leading to becoming a neurosurgery resident. From working as a CNA late nights to going to school directly after and repeating for several years at FAMU. We learned the true essence of grit and why that grind allowed her to have 17 publications in medical school, continue to work as tutor, spending hours on end on the weekends to finish her research projects and tirelessly be one of the top students in her class. The motto is your work hard and you play hard. She also elaborates on experiences of discrimination and what we call macrogression and her words of encouragement for the young black women who wants to be a neurosurgeon and MORE! Put respect on her name!

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Episode 74- Immersing your passion through branding with Anthony Goods, co- founder of Swishcultures May 03, 2023

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As the NBA playoffs have begun, this is a special episode integrating the passion for basketball with creativity and innovation. On this episode, we have Anthony Goods, one of the co founders of Swishcultures, an online basketball media brand dedicated to bringing basketball content to consumers all around the world which has hundreds of thousands of basketball followers. Anthony talks about his humble beginning at Stanford as a basketball athelete and how his experiences helped him become courageous and faithful throughout his journey in the NBA D league now called the g league, his stint on an NBA team with the OKC Thunder the year they went to the NBA finals in 2012 and playing overseas as well. We talk about the treachery of playing overseas and potentially living paycheck to paycheck, navigating a new culture, and learning that not everything is what it seems. We also talk about how medicine is much like basketball and why working within the confines of a team is so crucial for success. Last, we go into detail about the importance of Swishculture and how it continues to elevate basketball as a brand domestically and internationally.

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Episode 73- From homelessness and taking the MCAT 6 times to medical student extraordinaire in Mexico! Persevering at all cost with Future Dr. Mauricio Apr 25, 2023

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On this episode, we have future Dr Alan Mauricio share his experiences and triumph along the way of applying to medical school, being homeless at one point and deciding to pursue his medical career in Mexico. We encounter his discussion about his battles with self doubt, imposter syndrome, living in the living room of his best friend and his best friend medical school roomate, Dr Emmanuel Achilike and Dr Brandon Esianor for several months while also figuring his life out. We also talk about how his faith transformed his belief in what he could accomplish and why he centers every decision he makes on such. How therapy has helped to revitalize his perspective about his purpose and MORE!

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Episode 72- Say DAT! Black Woman and Queer as a Headache specialist with Dr. Courtney S White Apr 20, 2023

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On this episode we have Dr. Courtney S White talk about her experiences as a black queer woman in a space where she has constantly been challenged. She talks about her work for other individuals in the LGBTQIA + community and how she continues to be a transparent advocate and force in academia. As an associate clerkship director in neurology, she keeps it real about why its important to not conform and continue to live in your truth. From her struggles with mental health to personal dealing of being diagnosed with migraine, it's all about keeping it a stack! We break down how to maintain your confidence as a medical student & resident even when you receive less than stellar evaluation especially when it may be allegedely discriminatory in nature. We also navigate disparities in headache medicine and how it is one of the most common disabilities in the world and MORE!

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Episode 71- Advocacy or DIE! How to advocate as a resident physician! Apr 13, 2023

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On this episode, we have Dr Franklyn Rocha Cabrero speak on his experience advocating for residents under CIR or Committees of Interns and Residents. CIR is the largest housestaff organization in the country which represents 24,000 residents around the country. We talk about how he received backlash from speaking up against some of the unforunate challenges residents face at his program in Miami and also on the national level. Not only that but most important we lean into how to protect yourself when you put yourself out there and how backlash can be a detterent to your success as a future physician. Such backlash can come in many different ways. We learn why advocacy continues to be an important aspect in making residency less dehumanizing and more supportive of individual's experience. What are resident unions and why they are making a significant push? Learn that and more on this episode!

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Episosde 70- Black Men deserve their flowers too! A conversation about black men mental health and the Black Men Flower Project with Robert Vaughns Apr 04, 2023

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On this episode we have Robert, idea innovator for the Black Men Flowers project which was spurred to deconstuct masculinty and enable black men to feel comfortable in being vulnerable and confident in themelves. Black men deserve their flowers! We discuss Robert's challenges with his own personal mental health journey and how the Black Men Flower project is creating a community of black men who are celebrating each other. Imagine waking up to flowers on your doorstep! We dismantle some of the stereotypes we face and emphasize the importance of therapy, art, community and nature so that we can all arise from our personal ashes. This is an episode you don't want to miss!

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