Rod and Karen are joined by Professor Cassandre Dunbar host of the “Be Well, Sis” podcast to discuss her career path, podcasting vs being a doctor, being a professor, deciding to do therapy, mental health in the age of social media, Tabitha Brown controversy, how Cassandre books guests, creating content for Black Women in an anti-DEI environment, her podcast title, finding community again, teaching history, going outside and finding happiness with your podcast lane.
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Great guest, and always great to hear about other podcasts!
About the poll, I’ve been off of social media for almost a year now and I don’t miss it. I stay connected and interact with people I actually know, but I don’t look at feeds or anything like that. Spending an hour on Instagram reels and feeling like it would have been more satisfying to have spent that time staring at a wall I realized that it wasn’t for me. I don’t think I will ever go back.
Professor Dunbar was such a lovely guest! I’m going to have to go check out her podcast because her vibe is just 100% on point without any toxic positivity.
My social media has been cut down so much, and I only focus on engaging with the things that actually feed my well being … staying mad all the time doesn’t serve me. The news and the world is burning, but I don’t have to read the comment section about it.
The simple act of being outside helps a lot… I’ve seen some folks referring to their little walks as “land snorkeling” where they just walk around and look at things and actually study their environment. It’s cute.
Enjoyed the guest. I’m reminded how important community is and how we will need to lean on each other in these days ahead. One good thing for me is that I’ve been reconnecting with old friends and family I haven’t talked to in a while. Times like these makes you realize what and who is really important in your life.
Speaking of the nosey neighbor they can be irritating or a blessing and sometimes a little of both. I literally live next door to a Karen. Well, that’s actually her name. The downside of being her next door neighbor is that she’s in everybody’s business and will talk your ear off but the up side is she’s in everyone’s business and knows all the neighborhood gossip. If I want to know the latest neighborhood yea I ask her because she be knowing. Maybe it’s the name Karen because they all seem to be knowing.
Great guest!
After I understood what therapy was, I enjoyed it a lot.
I had one therapist, because luckily the first one was a great fit for me. I liked her and respected her.
I went for depression prevention and to work on catastrophic thinking. During therapy I came to work on emotional eating and I don’t do it anymore. I learned to use other tools for the inner tension I used to ease with emotional eating.
Also it was always great to tell her something I thought was a catastrophe and her not being impressed at all or yelling : this is the worst thing I ever heard in my life and running away. She didn’t even run away once during our sessions.
I’m not on social media a lot. I must admit, I cut way back, I realized that it made my mood go down, because of course, it wants me to be angry all the time. Being here is probably the most internet thing I do, and it’s good. I love the community here and it feels save. I will never forget how I was once targeted and people all were so nice and supportive to me here. It’s a great community.