In this episode our co-hosts, Xiomara and Victoria, discuss toxic positivity and its negative impact on mental health. They discuss the implications it has on mental health and offer some examples of how to replace those thoughts and behaviors with healthy positivity. In addition, they have an honest discussion about how self appointed healers are actively contributing to this phenomenon and how to avoid falling into that mentality in the first place. Xiomara and Victoria also provide some specific examples of toxic positivity and how you can learn to spot them and avoid them.

In this episode the co-hosts, Xiomara and Victoria, discuss how to get started with therapy. They explain the difference between “needing” and “benefiting” from mental health services and offer some examples of when to consider reaching out to a mental health provider. In addition they have an honest discussion about children and their potential mental health needs. Xiomara and Victoria also discuss some of the different barriers that potentially impede people, particularly marginalized and underserved populations, from taking that first step towards getting mental healthcare.

In this episode the co-hosts introduce themselves and share a little bit about their backgrounds. They then discuss why they decided to create this podcast and what their vision and mission are for it. They then dive into a discussion introducing the topic which is mental health and mental illness. The co-hosts explain how mental health and mental illness is experienced through different domains such as our personal lives, relationships, career, identity and other areas of our lives.