PSA: MENTAL HEALTH

The secret is out! and times have changed!

Definitely not new, so we’ll say there’s new focus on and many are now paying attention to or have come to “NEW” realization of the underlining issues surrounding the subject of MENTAL HEALTH.

Seems strange that it’s taken so long to expose it since at least 4 out of 5 people that YOU and I know suffer from MENTAL HEALTH associated issues. There’s been a stigma HOVERING over this issue Primarily in ETHNIC communities. It

was hidden by those affected by it and although some acknowledged, often they and their families were simply in denial.  Instead of seeking help, folks suppress and mask pretending “there is nothing wrong with me” or band aiding.

REALITY is, not one of us can say we’ve NOT experienced some type of trauma in our life that left us devastated to a point of feeling UNLIKE ourselves.   Life’s events sometimes sidetrack us to points we feel like there is NO return from and what’s an even more UNFORTUNATE reality is, that many are SILENT about it.

Whether a lack of assurance, a lack of acceptance, or even just plain old pride we may not seek help.

Mental health is REAL and if we suffer, the First and ONLY way to help is to ADMIT there is a problem. It doesn’t make you any less of a person and it CERTAINLY DOES NOT make one weak to pursue assistance!

It actually shows an Extreme Measure of STRENGTH to be able to admit that something is just not right.

If you were suffering from the flu you’d scram to the nearest doctor, so you could hurry and physically recover so be Expeditious, “DON’T neglect your mental health.  “DON’T hide or pretend for the sake of others”? “DON’T be afraid of what people will say if you speak up and OUT for you?

If you are surrounded by TRUE friends and loved ones, the only thing stopping you from recognizing THAT there is a problem and that there is HELP for healing, is YOU.

“DON’T hold yourself back from YOU! 

@Mona_And_YinaTalks

What Happened In February 2019?

Whew!!!...Is anybody else HAPPY that February is over? And correction please if you feel necessary but was this 2019 BLACK HISTORY MONTH the most EXHAUSTING EVER???

Between the UGLY celebrity stories (NO NAMES MENTIONED), the UGLY designer stories coupled with the UGLY ones that are there all the time it seemed like February lasted 128 days. 

All we can say is 2019 BLACK HISTORY month brought out the UGLY in a whole bunch of people and the ones who made sure the stories went public the (MEDIA), well they must have to drink a WHOLE LOT OF BROWN LIQUOR IN ORDER TO SLEEP AT NIGHT!

We’ve been so inundated with all the other horror stories that we haven’t had time to focus on the other nightmare.  Yes, SWITCH REELS!! And let’s get the MEDIA involved in finding out who ABDUCTED “THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS”!!! and replaced them with 

“THE LOS ANGELES LOSERS” 

What is really going on!  The LAKERS are our team, but we have to admit it, they SUCK right now!!

People keep saying that LA must accept that it’s a new day, that there is no more “SHOW TIME, or SHAQ & KOBE” but these constant NO SHOWS are unacceptable!

The tendency is to blame and FIRE the coach but come on people! Luke isn’t out there on the court and who are we kidding, he’s a nice guy but he wasn’t that great of a player when he was on the court and who wouldn’t the GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS have made look great!

Maybe Luke has to go but don’t say it’s because of his inability to coach, he didn’t claim to be a great coach! FOLKS just assumed he was GREAT because the WARRIORS WERE ALREADY GREAT WHEN HE FILLED IN!

RE-DIRECT!

We’ll tell you who you can blame, it’s that lawyer guy and forgive us for not using his name but everyone knows who we’re talking about.  It’s that guy whose bright idea it was to plaster bill boards with Labron James’ name all over the City, practically begging this guy to come to LA and here’s a MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION for ya?

Didn’t anybody think it was a good idea to check to see if MR. JAMES could “SHOOT FREE THROWS???

Did somebody ask if bringing LABRON to LA was a good move???

We’ll tell ya, HECK NO!!!

Why was this lawyer guy listened to? We don’t know this guy and we now know that he didn’t know what he was talking about EVER! In fact, he owes us an apology!

Somebody please, reach out to this DUDE and tell him to spend the same amount of money plastering up bill boards APOLOGIZING to the CITY OF LA for encouraging this NONESENSE!!

Magic is our guy and we are so happy he’s in the front office but please “LET JEANIE make some of these decisions”!

We know that this is a male dominated profession but honestly people, admit it!

IF MEN WOULD ONLY LISTEN, PITFALLS AVOIDED DUHHH!

There is a very good reason woman were created to compliment men.

Who doesn’t know that the man can pick out the suit, but the woman is the one who recommends that SLAMMIN TIE! Or men might like the smell of a certain cologne, but the woman is the one who tells him when he’s splashed on WAYYYYY TOO MUCH! You get where we’re going with this right? Some of those players we got rid of, we should have kept them and if JEANNIE was asked, and had her opinion been taken seriously DOG GONE IT! We wouldn’t be in the twisted position of having to WATCH the playoffs instead of PARTICIPATING another duhhh!

We know, TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE right? but here’s the lesson learned, never be too proud to listen and concede that’s when we grow.

We’ll definitely be watching the play offs at the PF Chang in, well, we’re not saying which one because the seats at the bar fill up fast, but we will say this,

The bar tender “Al Borland” you know the guy from the 90’s show “Home Improvement” he’s the bartender and he makes a MEAN TOKYO TEA!

Ya’ll come on over there, you’ll recognize us we’ll be wearing “T” shirts the say,

“COME BACK LAKERS”

“GO GOLDEN STATE”!!!

@Mona_And_Yina_Talks

“Too Busy For MY Health!?”

8AM: Get the kids ready for school and get ME ready for work!

12PM: Quick Lunch!

5PM: Pick up the kids grab dinner...

10PM: Bed!

And that’s your day. Sometimes it feels like whether you have kids or not, whether you are married or single, you’re always busy! It wouldn’t be fair to say, “Well since Sara isn’t married, she has way more time on her hands” and it’s certainly not fair to say, “Tony & Kathy don’t have any kids they have all the time in the world”. The only thing I’m sure we can all agree on is, there’s a lot to do and not enough time in a day to get it done!

But! It’s so crucial that we make time to check on our health. Ask yourself, when is the last time I went to the doctor’s office for a physical or a checkup, oh yeah two years ago when you were sick with the flu!

Been awhile huh?

Please don’t consider me to be a hypocrite hey, the only reason this piece is being written is because I just went to the doctor! It’s tough I get it! “Can’t miss work, can’t afford it, I’m guilty, is this you? “I keep missing my appointment & I don’t bother to reschedule” all of the above right?

Well, hopefully by the end of this talk you’ll have some motivation for considering why it’s so important to have REGULAR DOCTOR VISITS & ANNUAL CHECK UPS! There are a million reasons why but let’s focus on 3 Important ones:

1) KEEPS YOU AHEAD OF YOUR HEALTH

• Depending on your test results they may warn you and /or give you advice on how to better maintain your health to prevent serious illness in the long run.

Remember prevention is better than needing a cure. Regular check-ups will also give your doctor a better opportunity to spot any potential health problems.

Better Safe Than Sorry Right?

    2) BECAUSE THE STATISTIC ARE TRUE!

• There are hundreds of statistics out there that many of us (myself included) just ignore because maybe we don’t want the stats to apply to us well, they do! Here’s a few example statistics:

~Women leading cause of death: Heart disease, Cancer, Stoke

~Men leading cause of death: Heart disease, Cancer, Accidents (Ok, that last one! WHAT!? L.O.L)

~Children leading cause of death: Cancer

In most of these cases the person was “SEEMINGLY” in good health.

     3) YOU CAN’T CONTROL IT IF YOU DON’T KNOW IS THERE!

This one saddens me and it’s personal, I experienced this first hand. Some one very close to my family “seemed” to be just fine he didn’t complain about anything. From the first day I met him, 2 months later he was dead. He had a brain tumor. Some of these conditions are silently developing in our bodies, they don’t give us outward signals then BOOM!!! It’s too late!

Sorry for the WORD GRAPHIC but this is REAL STUFF and it behooves ALL of us to PAY ATTENTION!!!! 

Phew, that’s was enough for me!  We aren’t trying to depress any one, we just want to bring awareness and remind folks how important it is to have REGULAR CHECK UPS!

Of course, there are things we can do in the meantime to REMAIN somewhat healthy like, Eating right, Drinking plenty of Water, and please people you and please remind our little ones that

WE MUST WASH OUR HANDS A LOT, ESPECIALLY BEFORE A MEAL!

We can’t emphasize enough that it’s of the utmost importance that WE make time for the MORE important things like our health!

STAY HEALTHY MY FRIENDS!

@Mona_and_Yina_Talks