That’s my pops ❤️🇳🇬 started a month before Taiwo Alonge, MD, MPH and I were born. I hope to be as empathetic of a teacher as he is 🙏🏾

In this episode of our #BeingMePodcast, we had an enlightening conversation with Taiwo Alonge, MD, MPH about boys' mental health and the crucial need for equity in mental health support for BIPOC communities.🎙️✨ open.spotify.com/episode/4U1CX7… #MentalHealthActionDay #BeMeApp #mentalhealth

Pops! 🐐

Hey all! I am an incoming first-year black medical student at Howard University! I have to move 13 hours across the country to Washington D.C. and I need help with relocation costs. Please boost & share this link as much as yall can! Thank you so much! 🥰 gofundme.com/f/kqnku8-reloc…

What Happens When Black Yale & UCLA Psychiatry Resident Doctors Meet 🔥🧠 #RepresentationMatters #blackdoctors #apa

Facts. Draymond Green Gabe Nnamdi Vincent 🔥🔥🔥

Major shout out to #APAAM23 American Psychiatric Association! Connected with new and old friends and mentors as well as learned tons from inspiring colleagues. One of the greatest challenges of our time is addressing the mental health needs of the world and I know the world is in good hands 🧠🫂

As Dr. Alonge’s friend reminded him, it’s OK to not be OK. This #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth I’d love to know: who do you turn to when you’re struggling with your #MentalHealth—and how does that person support you? 💑

A familiar face! As we near the end of #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth, peep this brief text exchange between me and the U.S. Surgeon General about friends and feelings 🫂🧠

Undrafted? Who cares? 🤫 🇳🇬 Nigeria’s Gabe Vincent has been the key for Miami Heat’s improbable run to NBA Finals and he'd already showed glimpses of talent at #FIBAWC 2019! 💎

On our #BeingMePodcast, Dr. Taiwo Alonge, MD, MPH shared why asking for help is not a weakness; it’s a strength 💪 Never be ashamed of asking for help when you need it, and remember that BeMe is always here for you when you do 💛 #MensHealthMonth #mentalhealth #BeMeApp

I'm so damn lucky to work with Taiwo Alonge, MD, MPH! You can listen to the full episode of this episode of the #BeingMePodcast on Spotify youtube.com/shorts/QHO0OZW… #youtubeshorts #MensHealthMonth

I read When Breath Becomes Air & Cutting for Stone right before med school. Those two books made me much more conscious of my mortality, the fragility of life & how unpredictable the future is. That’s why I think medicine should give us more of the promised gratification earlier.

Intern year was one of the worst years of my life. I struggled with depression, loneliness, and hopelessness throughout the year. My mental health often took the hardest hit was when rotating outside of the ED. A thread. #Medtwitter TW: physiciansuicide, depression.

i'm begging all of us to be more curious than critical sometimes. watching decades of organizing and strategy be undermined for likes is really a wild phenomenon, and especially when you have no idea what you're talking about it so dangerous

Dion Waiters pours out heart to shed light on dark days that led to depression following NBA exit, and why he had to seek therapy. This is the Philly Cheese 🧀 you didn’t know: “I had thoughts of not being around.” bleacherreport.com/articles/10082…

Check out host Taiwo Alonge, MD, MPH & guest Jorge Alvarez in this episode of "Being Me." Listen as Jorge shares transforming his personal struggles into a powerful catalyst for change, breaking cultural barriers & destigmatizing mental health conversations 🎧 spoti.fi/3vDiG1m

I didn’t want to comment on this but a lot of y’all are trippin with your commentary on Andre’s performance. The beauty of Black Art is its resistance to singularity. Also here’s a better clip of his performance where the sound is a lot sharper: m.youtube.com/watch?v=LLAkn2…

New Issue Alert! J&C 7.1 is out w/ research by Miki Kaneda (Miki Kaneda), Kehinde Alonge (Kehinde 🇳🇬), Tom Wetmore, and Diego Alberto Gómez Nieto. Also an interview of Tyshawn Sorey (Tyshawn Sorey) by Mark Slobin about his work in klezmer, and poetry by Kira Tucker (Kira Tucker)!

Bad faith, ahistorical, and frankly just so incredibly sad that folks think this way 😞 It’s one thing to think this way on your own, but it’s another thing to say this thinking is legitimized by the Black Radical Tradition. Put the mics down and read beloveds.