In this first episode of The Black Healing Summer Session, host and storyteller Ama-Robin invites you into a powerful reflection on what happens when we stop carrying everything alone.
Through an immersive story, she shares the experience of a Black woman professional who finally decides to lay down the invisible burdens she's been holding: perfectionism, hypervigilance, and the relentless pressure to prove herself.
In the Beyond the Story segment, Ama-Robin reads Paul Laurence Dunbar's poem "We Wear the Mask," and explores how generational expectations to stay "strong" have shaped—and strained—our spirits.
✨ 3 Things You'll Hear in This Episode:
A moment of quiet liberation in a work parking lot that becomes the start of real healing
A reflection on how ancestral wisdom helps us unlearn what exhausts us
Simple, powerful practices to release what you no longer want to carry
This is the beginning of The Black Healing Summer Session—a season-long journey into rest, release, and renewal.
Come as you are. Take what you need.
And remember: you ain't imagining this.
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