Dr. Raquel Martin helps a listener navigate the search for a therapist, breaking down how to find a provider who understands your background, goals, and needs.
Dec 9, 2025
16 min
An active-duty soldier opens up about balancing identity, service, and family. Dr. Raquel Martin unpacks what it means to be Black in the military while raising LGBTQ+ kids, and how self-awareness and purpose help maintain connection.
Dec 2, 2025
16 min
Dr. Raquel Martin answers a listener's question on the psychology of white curiosity, unpacking how social privilege and racial dynamics shape boundaries and behavior.
Nov 25, 2025
25 min
In this Mailbag episode, Dr. Raquel Martin explains how to build love and connection after growing up unseen, unheard, or unloved, and why self-compassion is the first step.
Nov 18, 2025
12 min
Grief isn't linear, and it's not something you just "get over." Dr. Martin discusses the long arc of grief in Black communities, from personal loss to generational trauma, and how we can make space for its full expression.
Nov 11, 2025
21 min
When religious beliefs are used to silence pain, it's called spiritual bypassing. Dr. Martin discusses how Black faith spaces can hold both healing and harm, and why therapy and faith can coexist.
Nov 4, 2025
20 min
From schools to home life, Black children are often denied the innocence and support others receive. Dr. Martin explores how adultification harms mental health and how reparenting can start the healing process.
Oct 28, 2025
25 min
What happens when being "Black enough" becomes a performance? Dr. Martin unpacks the mental health cost of masking, code-switching, and respectability politics, and why reclaiming your identity is an act of liberation.
Oct 21, 2025
24 min
Many Black families parent from a place of fear, shaped by generations of trauma. Dr. Martin explores how shifting from obedience to respect-based parenting can break harmful cycles and nurture emotional resilience in kids.
Oct 14, 2025
24 min
Black youth suicide rates have surged over 50% in recent years. In this episode, Dr. Raquel Martin debunks the myth that Black people don't die by suicide and explores the impact of racial trauma, stigma, and silence in families and schools.
Oct 7, 2025
23 min
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