• Burnout: The Hidden Struggle Of Healers (Part 1 With Dr. Jessi Gold)
    Jul 6 2025
    Burnout doesn’t always look like collapse. Sometimes it looks like showing up every day with a smile you don’t feel and calling that survival. In this powerful conversation, host Patrick Custer sits down with psychiatrist, educator, and mental health advocate Dr. Jessi Gold to unpack the hidden cost of caring for everyone else. From perfectionism and stigma to the impossible standards of modern medicine, this episode pulls back the curtain on what it really means to be “fine.” You’ll hear Dr. Gold open up about: - Why so many high-achieving professionals don’t recognize burnout until it’s too late - The pressure to never show vulnerability and the price we pay for it - What happens when your identity and your job become the same thing - How sharing even a fraction of your truth can change everything - Why healing requires more than resilience it requires permission to be human If you have ever felt like you are running on empty but still expected to perform, this episode is for you. It is a raw conversation about showing up when you are barely holding it together and learning how to come back to yourself without guilt. Watch the full episode now. Subscribe to Mind Amendment for more conversations that challenge what you think you know about mental health, identity, and healing. This is your mind. This is your moment. What will you do with it? __________________ Follow/Watch/Listen/Subscribe: ⁠⁠ Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/mindamendment/) YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @mindamendment Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.facebook.com/mindamendment ) Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mindamendment.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ __________________ Get Help: Promises Behavioral Health – mental health, trauma & addiction treatment Insta: ⁠(https://www.instagram.com/promises_bh/) Website: ⁠https://www.promisesbehavioralhealth.com ⁠ __________________ Cast: Patrick Custer - Host Insta:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/thepatrickcuster/) Tiktok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@thepatrickcuster) YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@thepatrickcuster⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/patrickcuster) Dr. Jessi Gold - Guest Website: https://drjessigold.com/ Insta:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/drjessigold/?hl=en) Tiktok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.tiktok.com/@drjessigold?lang=en) X: (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/drjessigold) Youtube: @drjessigold Book: How Do You Feel? By Dr. Jessi Gold __________________ About Jessi Gold: Dr. Jessi Gold, MD, MS, is a nationally recognized psychiatrist, writer, and speaker specializing in mental health care for students, faculty, and healthcare professionals. As the inaugural Chief Wellness Officer for the University of Tennessee (UT) System and an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), she brings a unique blend of clinical insight and leadership to her work. Nationally Recognized Psychiatrist, Writer, and Speaker. In her clinical practice, Dr. Gold focuses on outpatient care with an emphasis on supporting those in high-stress professions—particularly healthcare workers and academics. Her perspective was recently profiled in the Daily Beacon feature, The woman in wellness: Jessi Gold holds bird’s-eye view as chief wellness officer. A sought-after mental health speaker, Dr. Gold has presented at national and international conferences across academic institutions, healthcare systems, and even within the entertainment industry. Her academic and research publications have appeared in respected journals such as JAMA and the American Journal of Psychiatry. In 2024, Becker’s Hospital Review named her one of the “Top 14 Chief Wellness Officers to Get to Know.“ Beyond academia, Dr. Gold is widely known for her original writing that helps educate the public and reduce mental health stigma. Her work has been featured in The Washington Post, New York Times, Forbes, SELF, InStyle, and other national outlets. She is a frequent expert guest in the media—across television, radio, podcasts, and print—and has cultivated a large, engaged following on social media. Her debut book, HOW DO YOU FEEL?: One Doctor’s Search for Humanity in Medicine, became a national bestseller and is published by Simon Element. In it,...
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  • Silence to Action: Allyship & Pride Month (Part 4 with Ashley Hampton)
    Jun 30 2025
    “I support you, but can we not talk about this at work?” We’ve all heard it. Some of us have said it. But what happens when support stops at comfort? In this bold Pride Month conversation, Mind Amendment host Patrick Custer sits down with therapist, educator, and cultural worker Ashley Hampton to unpack what it really means to be a safe space for others, especially those living at the intersection of being Black, queer, neurodivergent, and exhausted by performative care. This episode isn’t about calling people out. It’s about calling people closer to the work of real allyship. Together, Patrick and Ashley explore: -Why “I don’t see color” can be more harmful than helpful -The emotional toll of shrinking yourself for other people’s comfort -How to show up without needing to be perfect -Why silence isn’t safety for LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities -What accountability actually looks and feels like in therapy, in relationships, and in the mirror If you've ever wondered what it means to truly support someone during Pride Month beyond the hashtags, beyond the merch, this is where the real conversation begins. Watch now on Mind Amendment with Patrick Custer. Like, subscribe, and share to help shift the culture, not just the conversation. ______________ Follow/Watch/Listen/Subscribe: ⁠⁠Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/mindamendment/) YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @MindAmendment Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.facebook.com/mindamendment) Website: (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mindamendment.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) ______________ Get Help: Promises Behavioral Health – mental health, trauma & addiction treatment Insta: (⁠https://www.instagram.com/promises_bh/) Website: ⁠(https://www.promisesbehavioralhealth.com) ______________ Cast: Patrick Custer - Host Insta: (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thepatrickcuster/⁠⁠) Tiktok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@thepatrickcuster⁠⁠) YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ @thepatrickcuster Facebook: (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/patrickcuster) ⁠⁠ Ashley Hampton - Guest Website: https://www.healinginthemargins.com/home Insta:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/anhampton/?hl=en) Tiktok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠(https://www.tiktok.com/@healingwiththehamptons) Facebook: (https://www.facebook.com/ashleyhamptoncounseling/) About Ashley Hampton: As the Executive Director of Healing in the Margins, Ashley Hampton is dedicated to creating, holding, and amplifying space for folks in marginalized communities, overseeing fundraising efforts, and community engagement. Ashley also serves as the Co-Founder and Clinical Director of Hampton House Counseling, a group counseling practice dedicated to serving individuals in the margins. Ashley lives out her passion for training new clinicians in the BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities as a Certified Clinical Supervisor at Hampton House, Adjust Professor of Counseling Diverse Populations at Vanderbilt University, and now in her work with Healing in the Margins. "I’m a therapist who loves working with BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ populations, treating trauma, religious dissonance, anxiety, depression, and empowerment. My wife and I own a counseling center, Hampton House Counseling dedicated to holding space for marginalized folks. In 2022, we co-founded a non-profit organization called Healing in the Margins where the mission is to cultivate systemic change by providing resources and programming in mental health spaces for the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC." _____________ Produced and Edited by "The Cast Collective" in Nashville, TN! https://www.thecastcollective.com Email: info@thecastcollective.com Instagram:@TheCastCollective
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  • Therapist Break Too (Part 3 with Ashley Hampton)
    Jun 23 2025
    Traditional therapy wasn’t enough to fix a broken system. Nearly 60% of BIPOC and LGBTQ+ individuals report feeling misunderstood or harmed in therapy. Clinicians are burning out. Marginalized communities are slipping through the cracks. That’s why Ashley Hampton left the comfort of private practice to launch a nonprofit rooted in healing justice because survival shouldn’t depend on privilege, and therapy shouldn’t be a luxury. In Part 3 of this series, Ashley Hampton and host Patrick Custer unpack the painful gaps in our current mental health system and what it actually takes to build something more inclusive, more human, and more effective. From system-level failures to clinician identity suppression, Ashley brings lived experience, bold truth, and practical strategies to the table. What we explore in Part 3: • Why private therapy alone can’t solve systemic harm • Real-world failures of the mental health system and how they harm BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities • What “healing justice” actually looks like beyond buzzwords • The emotional toll on therapists forced to mask their identities • How people outside the margins can become true co-conspirators without centering themselves Recorded and released during Pride Month, this conversation holds particular weight for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities, where survival often masquerades as strength, and healing rarely happens in systems that weren’t built for us. If you’ve ever felt like the system wasn’t made for you this is your mirror, your firestarter, and your roadmap forward. This is your mind. This is your moment. What will you do with it? Hit subscribe for weekly episodes that challenge the status quo of healing. ______________ Follow/Watch/Listen/Subscribe: ⁠⁠ Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/mindamendment/) YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @MindAmendment Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.facebook.com/mindamendment) Website: (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mindamendment.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) ______________ Get Help: Promises Behavioral Health – mental health, trauma & addiction treatment Insta: (⁠https://www.instagram.com/promises_bh/) Website: ⁠(https://www.promisesbehavioralhealth.com) ______________ Cast: Patrick Custer - Host Insta: (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thepatrickcuster/⁠⁠) Tiktok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@thepatrickcuster⁠⁠) YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ @thepatrickcuster Facebook: (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/patrickcuster) ⁠⁠ Ashley Hampton - Guest Website: https://www.healinginthemargins.com/home Insta:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/anhampton/?hl=en) Tiktok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠(https://www.tiktok.com/@healingwiththehamptons) Facebook: (https://www.facebook.com/ashleyhamptoncounseling/) About Ashley Hampton: As the Executive Director of Healing in the Margins, Ashley Hampton is dedicated to creating, holding, and amplifying space for folks in marginalized communities, overseeing fundraising efforts, and community engagement. Ashley also serves as the Co-Founder and Clinical Director of Hampton House Counseling, a group counseling practice dedicated to serving individuals in the margins. Ashley lives out her passion for training new clinicians in the BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities as a Certified Clinical Supervisor at Hampton House, Adjust Professor of Counseling Diverse Populations at Vanderbilt University, and now in her work with Healing in the Margins. "I’m a therapist who loves working with BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ populations, treating trauma, religious dissonance, anxiety, depression, and empowerment. My wife and I own a counseling center, Hampton House Counseling dedicated to holding space for marginalized folks. In 2022, we co-founded a non-profit organization called Healing in the Margins where the mission is to cultivate systemic change by providing resources and programming in mental health spaces for the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC." _____________ Produced and Edited by "The Cast Collective" in Nashville, TN! https://www.thecastcollective.com Email: info@thecastcollective.com Instagram:@TheCastCollective
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  • Seen Not Served: Therapy Reimagined (Part 2 with Ashley Hampton)
    Jun 16 2025

    In Part 2 of our Healing in the Margins series, licensed therapist Ashley Hampton returns to Mind Amendment to unpack what it really means to create spaces that are not only inclusive but truly affirming for BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities.

    This conversation goes beyond buzzwords and into the heart of the matter: Why marginalized people are still being underserved in clinical spaces. Ashley dives deep into the difference between being seen and being tokenized, between performative inclusion and real belonging and how decolonizing mental health care starts with shifting who’s centered in the room. We explore how trauma lives in the body, why holistic care matters, and what it takes to build a therapeutic space where every part of you is allowed to exist. Whether you’re a clinician, a client, or an advocate for change, this episode is a call to reimagine healing not as a privilege, but as a human right.

    This is your mind. This is your moment. What will you do with it?

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    Follow/Watch/Listen/Subscribe: ⁠⁠

    Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/mindamendment/)

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    Get Help: Promises Behavioral Health – mental health, trauma & addiction treatment

    Insta: (⁠https://www.instagram.com/promises_bh/)

    Website: ⁠https://www.promisesbehavioralhealth.com ⁠

    ______________

    Cast:

    Patrick Custer - Host

    Insta: (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thepatrickcuster/⁠⁠)

    Tiktok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@thepatrickcuster⁠⁠)

    YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ @thepatrickcuster

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    Ashley Hampton - Guest

    Website: https://www.healinginthemargins.com/home

    Insta:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/anhampton/?hl=en)

    Tiktok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠(https://www.tiktok.com/@healingwiththehamptons)

    Facebook: (https://www.facebook.com/ashleyhamptoncounseling/)

    About Ashley Hampton:

    As the Executive Director of Healing in the Margins, Ashley is dedicated to creating, holding, and amplifying space for folks in marginalized communities, overseeing fundraising efforts, and community engagement. Ashley also serves as the Co-Founder and Clinical Director of Hampton House Counseling, a group counseling practice dedicated to serving individuals in the margins. Ashley lives out her passion for training new clinicians in the BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities as a Certified Clinical Supervisor at Hampton House, Adjust Professor of Counseling Diverse Populations at Vanderbilt University, and now in her work with Healing in the Margins. "I’m a therapist who loves working with BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ populations, treating trauma, religious dissonance, anxiety, depression, and empowerment. My wife and I own a counseling center, Hampton House Counseling dedicated to holding space for marginalized folks. In 2022, we co-founded a non-profit organization called Healing in the Margins where the mission is to cultivate systemic change by providing resources and programming in mental health spaces for the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC."

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    Produced and Edited by "The Cast Collective" in Nashville, TN!

    https://www.thecastcollective.com

    Email: info@thecastcollective.com

    Instagram:@TheCastCollective

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  • Therapy Wasn't Built For You (Part 1 with Ashley Hampton)
    Jun 9 2025

    Before she was a therapist, Ashley Hampton was a Black, queer, Southern girl trying to survive in a world that wasn’t built for her. In this powerful kickoff to Mind Amendment’s Pride Month series, Healing in the Margins, Ashley shares what it really means to seek emotional safety and how traditional models of therapy often fail the very people who need them most.

    From being the “chocolate and vanilla cake” kid who had to explain her identity at five years old, to navigating grad school and internships where her voice was labeled “unprofessional,” Ashley unpacks the trauma baked into clinical spaces that weren’t created for BIPOC or LGBTQ+ communities. Together with host Patrick Custer, she explores what’s missing from mainstream mental health care, why community-based healing matters, and how building her own model was an act of survival and resistance. This episode is a call to action for therapists, clients, and anyone who wants to build a more inclusive future in mental health, one where all bodies, voices, and stories are safe to be fully seen.

    This is your mind. This is your moment. What will you do with it?

    ______________

    Follow/Watch/Listen/Subscribe:

    ⁠⁠Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/mindamendment/)

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    Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.facebook.com/mindamendment)

    Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mindamendment.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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    Get Help:

    Promises Behavioral Health – mental health, trauma & addiction treatment

    Insta: (⁠https://www.instagram.com/promises_bh/)

    Website: ⁠https://www.promisesbehavioralhealth.com

    ______________

    Cast: Patrick Custer - Host

    Insta: (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thepatrickcuster/⁠⁠)

    Tiktok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@thepatrickcuster⁠⁠)

    YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ @thepatrickcuster

    Facebook: (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/patrickcuster)

    ⁠Ashley Hampton - Guest

    Website: https://www.healinginthemargins.com/home

    Insta:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/anhampton/?hl=en)

    Tiktok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠(https://www.tiktok.com/@healingwiththehamptons)

    Facebook: (https://www.facebook.com/ashleyhamptoncounseling/)

    About Ashley Hampton:

    As the Executive Director of Healing in the Margins, Ashley is dedicated to creating, holding, and amplifying space for folks in marginalized communities, overseeing fundraising efforts, and community engagement. Ashley also serves as the Co-Founder and Clinical Director of Hampton House Counseling, a group counseling practice dedicated to serving individuals in the margins. Ashley lives out her passion for training new clinicians in the BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities as a Certified Clinical Supervisor at Hampton House, Adjust Professor of Counseling Diverse Populations at Vanderbilt University, and now in her work with Healing in the Margins.

    "I’m a therapist who loves working with BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ populations, treating trauma, religious dissonance, anxiety, depression, and empowerment. My wife and I own a counseling center, Hampton House Counseling dedicated to holding space for marginalized folks. In 2022, we co-founded a non-profit organization called Healing in the Margins where the mission is to cultivate systemic change by providing resources and programming in mental health spaces for the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC."

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    Produced and Edited by "The Cast Collective" in Nashville, TN! https://www.thecastcollective.com

    Email: info@thecastcollective.com

    Follow us! Instagram:@TheCastCollective

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  • Healing In Public (Part 3 with Blair Imani)
    May 26 2025
    From setting boundaries to redefining joy, Blair Imani returns with a final chapter on emotional safety, public healing, and why hope is the boldest form of resistance. In the final installment of this transformative three-part series, Mind Amendment host Patrick Custer sits down with Blair Imani to explore the softer, deeper power of mental health: boundaries, joy, emotional safety, and the quiet courage to keep choosing yourself. This isn’t just a wrap-up, it’s a revelation. Blair shares how learning to walk away, say no, and feel fully has become essential to her healing journey. From reshaping relationships to rethinking the idea of “healing in public,” this episode is about resisting burnout, reclaiming rest, and rewriting the rules of recovery. In Part 3, Blair opens up about: -The life-changing boundary that reshaped her relationship with food and family -Why emotional safety matters more than emotional control -How joy can be a form of justice and a non-negotiable for mental health -The myth of constant productivity and why rest is revolutionary -What it really means to heal in public without performing pain -She also shares a final listener challenge that brings it all back to the core of healing: your name, your self-understanding, your worth. -This isn’t about ending the conversation, it’s about carrying it forward with more self-compassion, honesty, and hope than ever before. Challenge for our listeners: Say your name out loud. Sit with what it brings up. Then journal how it makes you feel and what that feeling might be trying to tell you. This is your mind. This is your moment. What will you do with it? Follow/Watch/Listen/Subscribe: ⁠⁠ Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/mindamendment/) YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @MindAmendment Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.facebook.com/mindamendment) Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mindamendment.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ______________ Get Help: Promises Behavioral Health – mental health, trauma & addiction treatment Insta: (⁠https://www.instagram.com/promises_bh/) Website: ⁠https://www.promisesbehavioralhealth.com ⁠ ______________ Cast: Patrick Custer - Host Insta: (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thepatrickcuster/⁠⁠) Tiktok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@thepatrickcuster⁠⁠) YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ @thepatrickcuster Facebook: (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/patrickcuster) ⁠⁠ Blair Imani - Guest Website: https://www.blairimani.com/ Insta:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/blairimani/) Tiktok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠(https://www.tiktok.com/@blairimani) YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @blairimani Facebook: (https://www.facebook.com/blairimani/) About Blair Imani: Blair Imani is the creator of the viral web series, Smarter In Seconds, LA Times bestselling author of Read This to Get Smarter, and co-host of the podcast Thoughts About Feelings. The New York Times praises Blair Imani’s unique ability to create “progressive lessons with vibrant visuals and a perky, quirky delivery.” Her scholarship spans intersectionality, gender studies, race and racism, sociology, and United States history. She is also a historian, having written Making Our Way Home (2020) and Modern HER story (2018). She has had the opportunity to present at renowned universities and companies including Oxford, Harvard, Meta, Sephora, and Gates Ventures. Blair Imani serves on the Board of Directors of the Tegan and Sara Foundation. She has collaborated with and interviewed influential people across a variety of fields including Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, and Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw. Blair Imani believes in the transformative power of education and that self understanding is the key to recognizing our interconnectedness. She is very rapid to be known publicly as “the Smarter in Seconds lady,” and feels it is an honor to be a part of so many people’s learning experiences. She consistently promotes the value of mutual respect across differences, asserting that meaningful progress requires creating spaces where diverse perspectives are honored and dehumanization is not tolerated. Empathy and respect are not just important values but essential tools for challenging oppressive systems. ‍ In 2025 she was awarded the Activist with Impact Award by REACH LA, an organization dedicated ...
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  • When Growth Gets Messy (Part 2 with Blair Imani)
    May 19 2025
    Before Blair Imani became a trusted voice in education and inclusion, she was navigating the vulnerable, often unseen side of public learning. In Part 2 of this Mental Health Awareness Month series, Mind Amendment host Patrick Custer sits down with Blair to explore the cost of visibility, the power of accountability, and the quiet courage it takes to keep showing up when you’re still healing. This episode takes us behind the viral series Smarter in Seconds, not just the content, but the context. From breaking down bias to owning past missteps, Blair offers a masterclass in how real impact is made: not through perfection, but persistence. In Part 2, Blair opens up about: The unexpected origins and evolution of Smarter in SecondsThe personal toll of educating while healing and why she kept goingLearning to lead with compassion, not shame, in conversations about privilegeHow calling in (not calling out) changed her relationships and her reachWhy admitting we’re wrong is one of the most radical forms of growthThis is a conversation for anyone who's ever felt like they had to be flawless to be worthy and a reminder that growth doesn’t cancel who you’ve been; it builds who you become. Listener Challenge: Try explaining something you're passionate about without using any of the usual jargon. Make it make sense to someone who’s never heard it before. This is your mind. This is your moment. What will you do with it? __________________ Follow/Watch/Listen/Subscribe: ⁠⁠Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @ https://www.instagram.com/mindamendment/ YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @mindamendment Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/mindamendment Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mindamendment.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ __________________ Get Help: Promises Behavioral Health – mental health, trauma & addiction treatment Insta: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/promises_bh/ Website: ⁠https://www.promisesbehavioralhealth.com ⁠ __________________ Cast: Patrick Custer - Host Insta:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/thepatrickcuster/ Tiktok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@thepatrickcuster YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@thepatrickcuster⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/patrickcuster Blair Imani - Guest Website: https://www.blairimani.com/ Insta:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/blairimani/?hl=en Tiktok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@blairimani?lang=en YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/blairimani Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/blairimani/ __________________ About Blair Imani: Blair Imani is the creator of the viral web series, Smarter In Seconds, LA Times bestselling author of Read This to Get Smarter, and co-host of the podcast Thoughts About Feelings. The New York Times praises Blair Imani’s unique ability to create “progressive lessons with vibrant visuals and a perky, quirky delivery.” Her scholarship spans intersectionality, gender studies, race and racism, sociology, and United States history. She is also a historian, having written Making Our Way Home (2020) and Modern HERstory (2018). ‍ She has had the opportunity to present at renowned universities and companies including Oxford, Harvard, Meta, Sephora, and Gates Ventures. Blair Imani serves on the Board of Directors of the Tegan and Sara Foundation. She has collaborated with and interviewed influential people across a variety of fields including Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, and Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw. Blair Imani believes in the transformative power of education and that self understanding is the key to recognizing our interconnectedness. She is very rapid to be known publicly as “the Smarter in Seconds lady,” and feels it is an honor to be a part of so many people’s learning experiences. She consistently promotes the value of mutual respect across differences, asserting that meaningful progress requires creating spaces where diverse perspectives are honored and dehumanization is not tolerated. Empathy and respect are not just important values but essential tools for challenging oppressive systems. ‍ In 2025 she was awarded the Activist with Impact Award by REACH LA, an organization dedicated to celebrating LGBTQIA+ people of color through wellness, HIV/AIDS prevention, and personal development. _...
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  • Before Changing Millions of Minds She Had to Survive on Her Own (Part 1 with Blair Imani)
    May 12 2025
    Before Blair Imani became a global force for truth, inclusion, and education she was a young girl silently battling to make sense of a world that told her she didn’t belong. Raised Baptist in the American South, and later converting to Islam as a young adult, Blair’s path through identity, mental health, and cultural dissonance isn’t just powerful it’s necessary listening. In this exclusive Mental Health Awareness Month feature, Mind Amendment host Patrick Custer sits down with Blair to uncover the untold story behind her public brilliance the chapter that came before the platform. This is the raw, foundational truth behind her work that’s moved millions. In Part 1 of this three-part series, Blair reveals: - The early identity-shaping messages she absorbed from religion, family, and pop culture during the “girl power” era of the late ’90s and early 2000s - How mental health struggles including self-harm, suicidal ideation, and institutionalization were shaped by the pressure to perform safety in unsafe systems - The artistic and emotional lifelines that kept her afloat when language and labels failed her The quiet rage of feeling unseen, and the deep healing that came from embracing every part of herself out loud - How intersectionality impacts emotional regulation and why identity cannot be separated from mental health She also opens up about the complexity of friendships while healing, the cost of being the “educator” before fully healing yourself, and the liberating joy of no longer asking for permission to be whole. Why This Episode Matters: This is not the kind of story you’ll find in a campaign ad or a surface-level panel on wellness. It’s the real mental health work: the kind that happens in silence, in rage, in hospital beds, in late-night journals, and in the brave decision to keep living. Listener Challenge: Pick one thing to look forward to this week and don’t miss Part 2 of this transformative series next week with Blair Imani! __________________ Follow/Watch/Listen/Subscribe: ⁠⁠Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/mindamendment/ YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @mindamendment Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @mindamendment Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mindamendment.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ __________________ Get Help: Promises Behavioral Health – mental health, trauma & addiction treatment Insta: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/promises_bh/ Website: ⁠https://www.promisesbehavioralhealth.com ⁠ __________________ Cast: Patrick Custer - Host Insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thepatrickcuster/ ⁠⁠Tiktok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@thepatrickcuster⁠⁠ YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@thepatrickcuster⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thepatrickcuster⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Blair Imani - Guest Website: https://www.blairimani.com/ Insta:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@blairimani Tiktok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@blairimani YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @blairimani Facebook: @blairimani __________________ About Blair Imani: Blair Imani is the creator of the viral web series, Smarter In Seconds, LA Times bestselling author of Read This to Get Smarter, and co-host of the podcast Thoughts About Feelings. The New York Times praises Blair Imani’s unique ability to create “progressive lessons with vibrant visuals and a perky, quirky delivery.” Her scholarship spans intersectionality, gender studies, race and racism, sociology, and United States history. She is also a historian, having written Making Our Way Home (2020) and Modern HER story (2018). She has had the opportunity to present at renowned universities and companies including Oxford, Harvard, Meta, Sephora, and Gates Ventures. Blair Imani serves on the Board of Directors of the Tegan and Sara Foundation. She has collaborated with and interviewed influential people across a variety of fields including Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, and Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw. Blair Imani believes in the transformative power of education and that self understanding is the key to recognizing our interconnectedness. She is very rapid to be known publicly as “the Smarter in Seconds lady,” and feels it is an honor to be a part of so many people’s learning experiences. She consistently promotes the value of mutual respect across differences, asserting that meaningful progress requires creating spaces where diverse perspectives are honored and dehumanization is not tolerated. Empathy ...
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