The Black Mental Health Podcast is dedicated to understanding and unraveling the mental issues in the African American community. It showcases real life stories to bridge the gap between people who feel alone in their struggles. With the stigma of therapy being a “white people thing” coupled with the cost of therapy, black people are left to deal with mental health issues on their own for the most part. The Black Mental Health Podcast is here not as a replacement to therapy but as a an alternative. Therapy is necessary but sometimes hearing someone else’s story is therapeutic enough. It’s topics range from stress, suicide, anxiety, depression and a host of other topics. The podcast is spearheaded by Reginald A. Howard whose had and still having his own battle with mental health. From cutting himself to almost jumping over a bridge he knows first hand the mental suffering that black people go through internally. He uses the podcast to deal with his own issues by helping, healing and hearing others.