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Here's your host, Vivian King.
Good afternoon, everyone.
Good afternoon and welcome to Viv's View.
on the award-winning 1017 The Truth FM coming to you live from American Family Insurance Studio.
And how you doing today?
It's a little damp outside.
It's rainy.
It's a little cool.
If you're watching on YouTube, you can see I have something cuddly on today because I was a little cool outside this morning.
And so I wanted to stay warm.
That means you know what?
That season is on its way.
Summer is definitely over.
But hey, we're here and that's good.
I have a show today just to really talk about our minds.
You know, we always talk about taking care of our bodies.
But what about our minds, Truth Nation?
I want to have an honest conversation.
today about what we carry, what we hide, and what it takes to ask for help.
Some people don't want to ask for help.
Myself included sometimes.
I'll share some of the things I've been going through, sometimes stress that I don't even realize is there, but if I sat down and think about it, I would notice.
But I want to hear from you as well.
Let's have a conversation today the number to call 833 2 1 2 10 17 again 833 2 1 2 10 17 I Want to hear from you?
I'll tell you this morning.
I was all out of sorts because I Went to Bible study we have Bible study at my church Christ the King Church Baptist Church every Wednesday right now and
We're reading this book when faith disappoints.
Anyway, my mom and I, you know, my mom lives with me.
She's 90 years old now.
So we go to Bible study each week.
And so we went last night, come home.
I happened to stop before I left the church because someone wanted to purchase a book for me.
And I said, oh, I actually happened to have one available.
So I go outside.
I come back in, give her the book.
I gave her or showed her my Zell QR code and she scanned it, but it wouldn't come up on her phone.
And so she asked me to put in my information.
So I put my phone down, put in the information she showed that she had paid.
And then I said, great.
Then I said come on mom.
Let's go.
You know the church was dark at this time there Everybody's leaving.
We're really the last to go So we leave we go home.
I Get upstairs.
I'm looking for my phone can't find it think I left it in the in the car Went down looked at it looked at the car could not see it
Then I'm thinking, where could it be?
It must be at the church.
Well, you know, it's really late now, so nobody's at the church.
So I'm thinking, okay, in the morning, I will go ahead and call and see if they still have it there.
They should because nobody else was there, right?
So I didn't have my phone all day, all evening, I should say.
And I was listening to the lunch break coming in and how Ray Nitty was saying, don't.
get up and put your, get your phone and get on social media.
And I'm guilty of that sometimes too.
I'm trying to curb that desire to look at what's on social media before I talk to God.
And so anyway.
I did not have that problem today because I did not have my phone.
So I could do my regular routine.
So I did my morning devotion went for a walk.
And then by that time, it was time for me to call and see, do you have the phone?
I think I know where it is.
They saw it.
And so I went out to get it.
But that took, you know, an extra hour out of my morning.
And so I'm behind.
And as I'm, you know, getting ready, getting that, getting ready for the show, I notice it's five minutes to one.
I need to get out of here.
And so it just put me behind.
So have you guys ever just been behind?
Have you ever, you know, just what is it that you are dealing with?
It may not be stress.
It may be something else.
But sometimes your mind, you know, plays tricks on you or you just are...
You know, something is heavy, you know, a lot of times if you have the loss of a loved one, I have had so many people around me who have lost loved ones.
We lost a couple of loved ones earlier this year.
I think I told you too, when we discussed cancer, breast cancer, on Monday.
how I knew someone, of course, who has lost the battle.
But this year, my mother's really good friend lost her battle with breast cancer.
And so it just takes a toll.
It takes a toll.
The other thing, caregiving.
So my mom can take care of herself, you know, she's you know, she can wash herself She can you know, she gets around she likes to sing and so she's in the church choir.
So We we do that she can fix her lunch.
I usually fix the dinners Because she can fix something small, but she really doesn't want you know to cook that much of course and And then of course I drive
And she doesn't go to many places.
I mean, I have to take her to the doctor, her doctor's appointments.
You know, I have to take her to her hair appointments.
She has a hair appointment every couple of weeks.
So I take her to that.
Of course, I take her to choir rehearsal each Tuesday.
I take her to Bible study with me.
We go to Sunday school, church and Sunday school.
So it's all of that.
And, you know, my mother is 90.
And so she is not the mother that she was at 70 at, you know, 50 at.
And so our relationship has changed.
And so and she's starting to get a little forgetful, you know, I try to tell her that she's 90 and she's got a lot of facts in her head.
But.
You know, she may forget a few things, she may forget some of the things we've talked about, and you know, you just, as a caregiver, have to be patient.
I don't know what it feels like to be 90 years old.
You know, God willing, I'll find out, but I don't know.
And so, you know, she doesn't know until she's there now, but, you know, things are different.
Things are different.
And so, you know, it's just, it can be, it's...
It's just juggling.
You're juggling your thoughts.
You're juggling what needs to happen.
You know, when they talk about, they always say twice a child, right?
When you're a child, your parents take care of you.
And then when you get older, your kids take care of you.
And so I'm in that situation and a lot of my friends are as well.
And so we need to talk to each other.
It's good to have people to talk to That are going through the same thing because then you can you know, you have a sounding board and so you can Share and not have your frustrations being taken out on your loved ones because I would never want to do anything to upset my mom and I wouldn't want her want my demeanor to
impact her as well.
I remember when she first was moving to Milwaukee.
My good friend who had taken care of his mom before she passed, he said, you know, be careful with how, with your attitude towards her.
When you're frustrated don't show don't sigh don't you know, don't visibly show that because They pick up especially, you know, it's your mom.
She birthed you right?
She knows she's known you she knew you before you knew yourself and And so You have to be careful and so I said okay, I just thought that was really good advice because when there are things that happen that I'm like we just talked about that or
you know, in my head, I think of things that I want to say in my head, but I just don't say them.
And so.
That's that's one of the things that's a caregiver and I may do a segment on caregiving because there are so many people out there and I think there are a lot of resources as well.
I just as I was picking up my phone at my church this morning, I ran into a friend and she is taking care of both her parents.
who are probably around the same age as my parents or pretty close.
And she was saying that she was taking her mom to respite for four hours that day.
And so for four hours, she did not have to worry about the things that she normally has to worry about.
So when you're caregiving, you're concerned about, you're taking care of yourself, but then you're taking care of somebody else as well.
And so you're thinking for two adults, basically.
I don't have any kids.
And so I'm thinking that's similar.
Now I kind of have an idea of what parents go through.
But it's new to me.
We're talking about mental health today and how we take care of ourselves.
how we get respite for ourselves.
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Coming to you live from the American Family Insurance Studios, we're talking about our minds today.
And mental health, we take care of our bodies.
Like I said this morning, every Tuesdays and Thursdays, I walk with some friends on Lake Michigan.
And I think I have been told
that getting up in the morning, getting some vitamin D from the sun, granted it was too cloudy today, so we did not see the sun.
However, getting up in the morning, getting that vitamin D, you know, starts off your day, gets your brain going, you think better, at least, and I have discovered that is the case for me.
When I don't get up and walk,
You know, I'm a little slower.
I'm sluggish But when I get up and walk I am I I can handle Almost anything, you know granted part of that too is when I get up do my morning devotion So have a little talk with God make sure I'm asking him to guide my steps So this morning I also have a prayer call every Thursday.
I have a prayer call that I'm on so that gets my mind right as well but
How many people are out there handling things all by themselves?
Do you have somebody to talk to?
Do you have somebody to share information?
833-212-1017, 833-212-1017.
I want to talk to you today.
I want to hear from you today.
We've had some great conversation and...
Comments from our YouTube audience and today miss B says such an important topic.
Thank you so much miss B Wondering to if if where do you go?
Who do you do you have somebody to talk to?
Do you talk to a friend?
Do you talk to a family member?
Do you talk to a therapist because you?
Don't want to talk to somebody about your business that knows you Sometimes that's the case.
We don't want everybody in our business
You know, what do you do?
What do you do?
Oh, this is our... My phone was ringing.
It is our guest.
And so I'm thinking he is outside.
So, Zach, can you go check on that for me?
Anyway, we'll handle that.
We have we have a couple of guests coming in today.
So you'll hear from them in a second.
But I want to hear from you.
When have you felt you had to put on a brave face?
Who do you feel safe opening up to?
You know, a lot of times my friends and I talk about the fact that, you know, we're we feel like we're strong individuals, right?
We're the ones people are calling or leaning on and.
Who are we turning to you know who cares about what we're going through and so you know I have a little group that Me and some of my sorority sisters we have a little text chain and we keep in We keep in in touch through that and check on each other through that So I want to hear from you
In the meantime, what do I have some statistics about what blacks feel about mental health?
As you can imagine, the attitudes towards mental health in the black community are shaped by several complex things.
A mix of cultural values, a historical trauma, we have been through a lot, stigma,
A lot of people say, you know, I'm not going to a therapist.
You know, I'm not crazy, you know, but, you know, we're not using the crazy word, you know, too many people have done that.
And then systematic barriers to care.
Sometimes you want a therapist, but you don't have access to a therapist.
A lot of times there's a perception I think too that when you need a therapist and this is again, this is kind of historical and You know just kind of a general situation You know you think that I don't need a therapist because you think of that as like personal weakness But you know it's not weakness it's because if you are not well the people around you you can't help the people around you
So, you know, seeing a therapist just means you need to you need to just talk to somebody and this person should be objective.
You know, granted, you've got to find one, you know, a person that you that fits with you and your personality.
And so so, you know, it's it's kind of like making sure you get you interview the ones you want, you know.
like one, the therapist or somebody that works for me may not work for you.
I don't have a therapist that I pay for, but I have a good friend who's a licensed counselor.
Zach is shaking his head.
You want to down?
I'm one of those.
I tried to get her to come on today, but she was like, I am booked.
Do you know what she was asking her for?
She said, yeah, she's booked.
But when we became friends, she was not a licensed counselor, and I'll tell you, and we'll talk about this on another day.
Let me find out you were the reason why she had to become one Vivian.
You know, hey, it may be.
She's always been interested in that Zach, so stop it.
But she is always even before she became a licensed counselor She just asked great questions and you know, she just had such a good outlook on life and continues to So she's just always been a good person to talk to and Yeah
She's good.
She's good.
She is she actually also is in my book that I wrote because she talked to me about stress and how She says that I do more in One weekend then people do in six months
And she was like Vivian.
I need you to just pick two things.
Just pick two things that you're going to do.
And so I really was thinking about that.
So we have a poll.
Do you have an outlet for when you need to decompress?
Truth Nation, please take our YouTube poll.
I have an outlet.
I exercise.
Exercise is good.
A lot of people go to the gym and exercise.
A lot of people and then when I walk to I usually walk with friends and we're chatting and So, you know, we can you know get information out help each other if we need resources beyond each other We share that information.
I have some really resourceful friends and so You know, it's it's a it's a it's it's good to have some friends
But then it's it's it's good to have a Therapist or somebody else to talk to you know, maybe you talk to you're a spiritual leader Maybe you talk to you know people at church You know, I we have our Sunday school class Has become very close So we you know talk to each other and and then within that class, you know, there are people that you can
you know, you may gravitate to for whatever reason, because you have many things in common, whatever.
But, you know, there are several places that you can find people that, you know, share your, you know, share very common things, you know, you share common things, you know, whether it's where you're from, you know, what you do, what kind of work you do, they're just...
You know, people that you should talk to and people who would know you and be able to say, you know what?
I can't help you with that.
But maybe we need to get somebody who can.
So there are various there are various, various ways that you can.
You know, get some help and get and relieve the stress.
I'm going to check this real quick.
Some of one of the other kind of cultural things, I think I may have mentioned this when I was talking to one of our hosts when I was being interviewed before.
My show debuted, you know, our culture sometimes has said, you know, keep the family business in the family.
You know, keep your health issues to yourself.
Nobody needs to know your business, but not telling is killing us physically and in some cases, cases mentally.
Robert Lance on our YouTube chat says Milwaukee should have a black walk run club, you know, actually I think there may be I know there's a There's like a biking club.
I know there's You know people who now the new thing is or I guess it's not so new it's probably new to me
People are playing pickleball, you know, I have I played one time but you know people are doing that so they're doing some You know interesting things, but yeah, I would join the black walk run club.
Oh Somebody says yes entertainment is my outlet Absolutely, I love entertainment too
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And we're talking about keeping your mind straight as well.
We have some comments from
our YouTube audience about what you do to take a break.
My friend, Althea Billen says, entertainment is my outlet.
I also need read my Bible to reset.
I have one friend I talked to daily in the morning and a duffy one in the evening because she is still in the workforce.
Somebody says, who is this?
Cherie.
Hey, Cherie.
Sharia tends water yoga every Sunday to release stress.
Two years and counting.
Ooh, that sounds good.
And Miss B, who talked to us earlier, says she's fine walking and weightlifting.
Excellent for de-stressing.
Therapist has been helpful.
Definitely rely on close friends or good laughs and good conversation.
And we have one of our regulars, Al, is on the line.
And I have been waiting for Al to call me.
Al, they said you would call sometime.
Where have you been?
Oh, just been around.
But it was going to be such a pleasure to talk to you and meet you and make you be successful and everything you do.
Well, thank you so much.
Have you been listening since I started?
Yes, I have.
I've been listening.
Okay.
And so, you know, give me a grade, give me a grade.
I got thick
skin.
I think you're doing wonderful and it's always good to have a smile, but sometimes make people angry.
Sometimes you might have to hurt their feelings.
Yeah.
Sometimes you might want to make them give the middle finger to the radio, but you know what they'll be okay.
Okay, okay.
I wanted to go way easy on the first week though, Al.
That's fine.
So what I do sometimes, when I get irritated, I put on some church music and I cuss like a cell and I cuss, cuss, cuss, cuss, cuss.
And then I have me a bus ball.
I have a 11 by 17 paper in the house and it's titled in words ain't sugar honey ice
And I write down three points.
why they ain't sugar honey iced tea.
If I ever see them on the street, I'm gonna let them rotten like sugar honey iced tea.
And I could walk past you and still look at you like your piece of sugar honey iced tea.
But you have to be realistic with yourself.
You do not have to be the bigger person because some people will take your kindness for weakness.
And sometimes they will play the victim and try to play on your conscience as if you was wrong.
But as long as you are real with yourself,
you will be okay.
So that's what I always do and that's how I move forward.
So I just say live your life and also I would say this too, especially people who have family.
Some of you are doing many great things.
Some of you are having caregiver burnout, but I want to say this to you.
Some of your family members will go to church every Sunday and get baptized and get drowned under that dirty, unhealthy water and sit in church every Sunday.
Some of them will sit there and be quiet on the phone because they think you're going to ask something of them that's not in their hearts that they're going to fail at.
All I say to you is keep the same energy because when they time comes and they send messages to you like, help me, help me, help me.
You do the same thing.
Sit there on the phone.
Be quiet.
Don't offer no help.
Let them rock and let them call that Jesus that they go see every Sunday while their mother and father sitting there looking for help.
So that's all I can say to you.
Keep the same energy and you will be okay.
Let them rock.
Well,
Al, you have some fans as you know.
Jasmine Jazz West says I love Al and Miss B says hey Al.
I thank you for calling in this morning or this afternoon.
Look at me.
See, I don't even know what time it is.
My whole day is up.
My whole day is wrong.
Anyway, thank you for that.
I have some very special guests in the studio.
If you want to, you can put on your headset so you can hear.
Do you have them over there?
And then there's a you'll see there's a little.
knob that has a
little
white it's got a little white strip and that is the volume so you can you can make sure the volume is the way it is it on can you hear okay great great great okay so you know earlier this week I was talking about my good friend Garland Smith
I said, really nice things about you.
I was like, he's one of my favorite people.
He's just doing,
I just sang your, I sang your
praises.
So, Garland Smith, everybody knows him as G from G's Clippers.
And, you know, he's just, I mean, I was singing your praises because ever since I met you, you know, I've watched your, your,
barbershop go from Sherman and then coming over to King Drive and then you adding a clinic and
you
doing you know town halls and and men's events so they can tell you what you know you just
how you pay your child support at G's you can listen
you can do everything
is a community center slash barbershop
and you know I you know when my mom first came here I
ran by there and I said, mom, you gotta meet G. And
she was like, oh,
hi.
I love, I love your mama.
She loves, Milwaukee really shows her love.
So I really thank Milwaukee for showing her love.
We also have another guest, Dr. Tanya Hill, who is psychologist,
psychiatrist.
None
of the
above.
None of the above.
OK, yeah.
Correct us, sister, please.
So I am here
as a parent representing someone who suffers from schizophrenia and a learning disability.
And so how we navigate those roads as parents and caregivers, that's the perspective I'm coming from today.
Absolutely.
And really, the other thing is because you have a foundation.
Uh huh.
Yep.
G's MKE foundation was birthed.
March of this year, actually.
And I have 18 amazing board members that helped me facilitate that initiative.
And actually Dr. Tanya Hill is one of my board members as well.
You know, so at G's Clippers, look at me, at G's MKE Foundation, what we do is focus on four events a year.
And the four events are...
the mental health symposium, which is coming up October 26th,
which is why I'm having you on today
without a doubt.
And I appreciate that.
And we have a five K walk run focusing on fitness and nutrition.
And we also have our pre screening event.
And then the fourth event is our blood drive that we take over Mercy Blood Center of Wisconsin.
And those are the four events that we focus on every year.
But this event that they were talking about today.
It's taking place literally two weeks from now.
And it's where we're targeting barbers, stylists, nail technicians, estheticians, massage therapists, basically anyone in the service industry that has clientele.
So we're trying to educate them, inform them and give them resources on mental health and identifying mental health crisis in their clients.
So we can...
attack this, you know, when I tell you, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's rough.
I always say, you know, that mental health is the number one most undiagnosed condition in our community.
And, and that's what we're doing through this event, this symposium that we're doing is October 26th at Thrive On from 11 a.m.
to 2 p.m.
So anyone that's interested, you know, in coming, you know, if you know a barber, your stylist, massage therapist, esthetician.
Please have them contact either G's Clippers on Facebook Instagram or G's MKE foundation on All social media outlets or the website G's clipper I mean G's MKE foundation and they can register you must register because we only can hold a hundred people so the first hundred people
Well, you know, I was gonna say and I meant to say this earlier, but you know clearly I got off track but
when I was getting my hair done, then I had hair, even before I came to UG, you know, I went to Roger, and Roger was, you know, like, we talked about everything.
Like, he knew all my business, and he would either laugh, he would either not know, you know, that's not right.
I mean, you know.
He was a great guy, too.
Roger, I mean, I miss that brother.
Great
guy Roger Thompson.
Yep.
Yeah, great guy.
He was a great guy and and that's what I love about you because you Embrace everyone like I don't care What your color is, you know, what what you look like what you act like Anytime I'm with you people come up to you and they're like they have nothing But I have never met somebody who says oh, I don't like him.
No, absolutely not.
You could be the mayor
Stop it.
Stop cussing.
Stop cussing.
You'll be a cussing Christian like Zach.
Wait, what are you?
And we're like, Al, yeah,
Al said he's a cussing Christian.
We're talking about mental health.
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My
guess like my music.
And so, you know, my friends said entertainment is her outlet.
Music is a good outlet, too.
Music is a good outlet.
We're talking about mental health, what we do to unwind, you know, just how blacks feel about mental health and getting help.
And then, but how many of us really think about, you know, if we don't have someone in our family that is dealing with mental health, how do you, how many of us think about how they go through life?
So we have Dr. Tanya Hill in here with us in the studio, the American Family Insurance Studios with us right now.
And she has a son who has mental health issues.
Correct.
And so, Dr. Tanya, what is a day in life like?
Like how do your days go?
I mean, what are your fears?
I mean, I'm sure each day is different, but I know, kind of give us some kind of clue as to what you deal with and what you worry about.
Okay, so I deal with a lot of things on the cuff because you don't know what day is.
one day is going to look like versus a previous day.
My son has schizophrenia.
So his personality changes with a blink of an eye.
So I have to be on guard 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
When I move into communities, I make sure that the police officers, the
that are in the community are aware of who he is, what he looks like, in case they have to be called so they're prepared.
Because we have seen those issues where the police do not know how to deal with mental health issues and they think the person is attacking them and they're not, they're just trying to get away from
what they perceive as an attack, I'm sure.
Absolutely.
And I've had great experiences because I do prepare the police officers in the communities in which we live.
But daily, I fear for him, his safety, I fear for my safety because if his medication is not regulated properly, then he becomes aggressive.
and I've been victimized by him before.
But the problem is policy.
The problem is hospitalization.
They do not keep him in the hospital long enough to see if what they're prescribing is going to work.
So
what they do is they keep him four to five days, change his meds, and then send him home.
Well, he's been in an environment in another state where he had great care.
where they would keep him for four weeks, monitor him every 15 minutes to see what was happening, but that's not the case now.
I don't know if it's a Wisconsin thing or a countrywide thing, but they're just treating him like a guinea pig.
Try this, try that.
So over the last four months, for example, he's had 15 different meds.
That psychotic is crazy.
And so there's no way he can get back to baseline with that type of treatment.
The other thing is that there is no clear cut explanation for anything.
Nobody knows everything or they're gatekeeping the information.
And so as a caregiver of someone who's an adult with special needs, you need an attorney.
You need doctors who have gone down this road to direct your path.
You need all sorts of supports around you.
And most people are not going to take the time to make sure they're well equipped to become an effective caregiver.
And so they'll just send their loved one to a group home.
And for me, I don't want my son in an environment where I wouldn't want to live.
So
it's hard
for me to find a group home that I feel comfortable sending him to for that reason.
So there are a lot of considerations.
And then expense wise, too.
What is that like?
So there are, you know, resources available, but they're limited because if you want a certain quality of care, you're going to have to pay for that.
And if
you want extended care.
you're gonna have to pay for that.
So it's quite expensive if you want a great quality of life for your loved one like I do.
So then low-income families are at a disadvantage.
You get what you pay for.
Right.
And how can we fix that?
Will you talk about that at the summit?
I'm sure that would be something we would talk about.
The main reason for the summit, or what we hope that people will walk away from is one, knowing how to identify the mental health crisis that their client might be experiencing and give them resources.
That's the main thing we want to walk away from.
And Tanya will be one of the presenters, along with some therapists we have there, and we have another testimonial from an individual also, right along with.
But at any rate, we have a panelist there as well, a panel there discussing about how we can better serve our community.
And I'm sure that topic will come up in terms of treatment, in terms of just resources in general.
I'm very, very excited to see what that day, what the people are going to walk away with.
I'm sure they'll be very impressed.
with the information that will be handed out and disseminated that day.
So I'm very, very excited about
it.
Well, you should be.
You just keep pushing the envelope and pushing the envelope and the community is the better for it.
How are your stylists and barbers?
Are they excited about it?
And are you getting barbers and stylists outside of your...
Your shop.
Oh, without a doubt and that's that's the purpose.
That's that's the reason my my my barbers kind of know, you know I kind of talk to them on a regular basis So and then we have you know barbershops have individuals with mental health issues coming in there all the time
Yeah,
I mean, I don't know why they you know feel the barbershops is just it.
Yeah, I don't know They look at it as a safe haven.
Maybe I don't know but we always have them coming through the shop and so they know how to how to conduct themselves or deal with those individuals, you know, but
Our plan is to get as many barbers, stylists, nail ticklers, nail technicians, massage therapists, asceticians from all across the city of Milwaukee to come.
So we're trying to, and that's one of the main reasons why I accepted this offer to come on, because we really want to expand the reach.
So I'm hoping all the listeners will let their barbers, stylists, you know, their service professionals know what's going on on October 26th, that Monday from 11 to two.
And to ask them to please go to our website to register Because that's that's the hope that we can reach as many service professionals as we can and equip them best we can with resources as well as Ways to identify, you know, mental health crisis in their clients.
Absolutely.
We have a comment from from YouTube
Somebody says wonderful show vital information.
Thank you for spreading love and knowledge.
Thank you.
Jose Sanders miss B says I have a good friend in a different state who is dealing with this very issue with her son the Docs will hold him in the hospital and release him without watching his meds over time and so Yeah, that needs to be
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Okay, I can't play the whole song, but you know, I love me some Stevie Wonder, and he's coming to Chicago soon.
I'm not going.
I didn't know that.
When is
this?
Yeah, I want to say like, October, maybe late October, early November.
No, maybe it's November.
But it's
sold out in minutes, but you know, they keep saying they have some extra seats.
And I was like, we'll see, you know,
usually you
can ease on in at the last minute.
Sometimes
I'll see if
I can go.
But
some might be selling tickets.
Yeah, somebody's going to be selling tickets.
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We're coming to you live from the American Family Insurance Studios on Viv's view.
And we have Garland Smith of G's Clippers here and Dr. Tanya Hill.
And they're telling us about the foundation
and the mental health symposium that's taking place at thrive on King on October 26 from 11 a.m.
to 2 p.m.
But you must register.
before hand.
I think the easiest way is probably going right to G's MKEFoundation.org and register.
Very good.
We have some people are really chiming in about
our
conversation.
So
I am really happy about that.
We have one gentleman and I don't know if I'm saying this right, but Dame's the name.
I
think so.
You know, Dame.
No, I don't.
I don't believe so.
But Dame says, I'm not licensed, but I'm a great barber.
Can I still be a part of this?
Of course you can.
You just need to register.
So definitely do that.
And we have also put up the found the link so that you can go register.
So.
Click on that link.
Dame's the name, and you can do that.
Prosperity 555 says, thank you for addressing this topic.
I have a disabled daughter, and finding slash having useful resources is hard.
Even finding decent professional help, I'm sure.
And thank you, yeah.
Providers, I'm sorry.
Finding decent resources and providers is hard.
Yes.
Thank you so much and we are Dr. Tonya Hill can is nodding her head like yes is Is that something that you may find if
you
come to this symposium?
Yes, so we will bring all of the resources that we know of to to gather So that people can leave feeling empowered
Um, and they will create safe spaces at their place of business so that people will know where to go.
Um, but it is difficult to find someone who really has empathy as well as the knowledge you may find one or the other, but it's rare to find both.
Yeah.
And so, you know, some of the things that people can look for in terms of symptoms, um, when you are.
looking for resources for individuals who may be in your chair, you may be servicing someone.
Pay attention to their mood swings, pay attention to their eye, their focus.
If you find a person looking around a lot or not giving you eye contact, that's a sign.
Sometimes you might see them doing things with their fingers.
that's a sign that their medication may not be what it should be.
There are so many different signs, but just personalities that just change from one moment to the next or happy to sad really quickly for no apparent reason.
There are just a lot of triggers to look out for, but we want people to feel safe as well.
because things can turn really quickly with people who don't have the proper medication and they're not at their baseline.
So we want to educate about that as well.
What does an effective response to a psychiatric emergency look like?
You have to get out of that situation quickly.
So for me personally,
I know what to look for with my son.
His mood will change very quickly.
He'll become passive aggressive.
So he might just start staring at me as though I'm in trouble.
So I take it as though I'm in trouble and I'll leave the room and lock myself in my room, in my bathroom within my bedroom and call 911.
You have to get out of that situation.
But the problem is,
Nothing is done until they become violent.
So the police officers won't take them away unless they've harmed you or themselves.
It's a catch-tent 22.
So the system is broken in that way as well.
We have
so many broken systems.
There's so much to fix.
Where do
you go first, right?
We need we need a multi pronged approach for all of the things that are going wrong in our society
and we need major community support Because most people are afraid to talk about what's happening under their roof or they're embarrassed.
Mm-hmm
So there are a lot of people dealing with things by themselves and we need therapists.
We need care We need respite these things should not be extra
they should be a part of a caregiver's resource
toolkit.
Absolutely.
And so for when you've been working on someone, and the barbershop, and somebody comes in, have you had to deal with something like this?
Have you
had to
have somebody?
Oh my gosh, I mean, how many times?
Oh,
okay.
Yeah, it's how many times.
Right.
I mean, you know, you gotta stay in the community.
at large, you know, for the most part, have a better relationship with their barbers and stylists than they do their own doctors.
That's
true.
So we really hear a lot.
We really hear a lot.
And you never know how deep the conversation might get.
And then, you know, you hit triggers.
You know, I've had an individual in my chair and we were talking and literally, you know, tears just started coming out their eyes.
I'm like, what?
I didn't know that it was as deep the conversation.
But you just never know.
I mean,
You know, and I'm one of those barbers that I really get to know my clients.
You do.
I really get that.
We have a personal relationship.
I'm just not the type of barber that just, you know, help people look good.
Right.
I believe that there's not by chance that this individual is in my chair.
You know, and that's one of the, one of the, the closest relationships in my opinion that you, that individual will have with another human being.
You know, just think I'm literally.
in your personal space.
I'm touching your face.
Touching, you know, that's something that you don't let no other man touch you.
You know?
So that's a really deep, and I really hope, and I tell all my barbers this all the time, I hope that y'all really is taking this position that you are holding in these individuals lives really serious, you know, because you really are...
more than just an individual that helped these individuals look good.
Like, we have a responsibility, I feel.
And that's pretty much why I run GS Clippers the way I do.
I mean, most people have asked me, why do I do this?
Why do I care to have a foundation?
Why do I care to have a health clinic in the barbershop?
Why do I do these, you know, different forms in the barbershop?
I, in my response, why not?
I believe that's my responsibility as a barbershop.
I mean, I pretty much tell people quite often, it's two businesses in the urban community that can truly change the trajectory of that community.
One being the barbershop and the other is being what?
The church.
Exactly.
But most people don't look at the church as a business.
They don't.
It is.
It definitely is.
We are both trusted institutions for the most part.
And we both have an audience.
And a routine audience.
Exactly.
And if we come outside of the four walls of our institutions, the work that we can do, the impact we can have, the healing that can take place is insurmountable.
Think about what we can do if we truly cared enough to help the community at large.
The church has been
the seat of civil rights.
We've had anything, the pandemic, I mean, people are looking to the church for answers,
anything.
And think about the early 1900s, where the barbers used to be the doctors in many cases, the dentists in many cases, where a place where politicians could come and speak to their constituents, where true town hall meetings was held, we were the heartbeat of the community.
Where that got lost, I don't know, but N.G.'
's Clippers basically gives you a modern day view of what the early 1900s barbershop looked like.
Absolutely.
I mean, just, you know, your town halls with the men.
I mean, I know they appreciate that.
Without a doubt.
I mean, that's how real men, real talk was birthed.
Those don't know real men real talk is a platform that takes place at G's Clippers every third Monday of the month from 5 30 p.m.
To 7 30 p.m.
We feed individuals has been sponsored by WCS We thank them so much along with the Milwaukee County have been sponsors.
We we've had guests from the mayor to the sheriff to with the previous sheriff Erna Lucas, but when
I
tell you the police chief
And we decided to do that as a shot because we see firsthand how it's needed to have a safe space for men, you know, because just because a man have had a child does not mean he know how to be a father.
And just because he has this leadership position in his home or his church or his community does not mean he know how to truly stand 10 toes down in that seat.
and still have the mental capacity to navigate life as a man.
It's tough.
I mean, you know, and men are some of the best actors in this world.
Because, you know, for some reason a lot of men feel like they can't show that they're going through.
They feel this weakness.
Yes, they feel they will be looked upon, you know, as being weak, exactly.
And to truth be told, some women make them feel that way.
Without a doubt.
without a doubt.
So Real Men Real Talk is that safe space where, and it's been hosted by my good friend, Kwabana Anton-Nixon, does an amazing job hosting Real Men Real Talk.
And it really has served as a, when I tell you, I got guys that have never missed.
We've been doing this for seven years.
Seven.
The only year we did not do it is doing COVID.
Other than that, you had guys, we have guys that come every single month without pause.
And they either give information, give guys insight.
Hey, listen, man, I've been through that, man.
Trust me, and this is what I did.
This is what helped me out.
It's just guys helping guys.
It's a safe space.
Nothing is shared outside of real men, real talk.
And when I tell you, it's a great time.
There's just a brotherhood.
I love it.
Conversations just to help the iron sharpening iron, you
know,
it's really a cool place.
So anyone out there under the sound of my voice, listen, if you know any man, any age, no matter how young they are, no matter how old they are, please tell them about G's Clippers and every third Monday of the month, real men, real talk, be there at five o'clock, get fed.
your stomach wise as well as
your mind
as well as your mind.
Thank you so much.
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