Episode 12: You are not your mental illness. 

Guest: Ariel Davis 

Today’s guest is the illustrious Ariel Davis.

Ariel’s bio: “I am a woman, mother, wife, educator, survivor and jane of all trades.” 

Here are some notabe topics and quotes from today’s episode: 

• So much negativity in the world would end if everyone believed in their own self.
• Why people need to define self-care for themselves
• Why the entire to-do list doesn’t need to be done today.
• Mental health in the Black community
• The layers of intersectionality and grief
• Ariel’s experience with anxiety and the “scenarios” that’d play in her head
• Perfection and OCD
• “When any two people try to merge their lives, there’s going to be challenges.”
• “I have the mental illness, the mental illness doesn’t have me.”
• Ariel’s Instagram
• Cards for the Culture