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8/14/2026Racial & Generational Trauma – Ashley McGirt-AdairEpisode: 813Ashley McGirt Adair is a psychotherapist, author, and speaker specializing in racial trauma, crisis response, and racial equity. She speaks on generational trauma and its roots in slavery, as well as the cultural dynamics that shape how Black communities engage with therapy. She also shares her work at the Therapy Fund Foundation–a nonprofit she started–that focuses on removing financial, cultural, and systemic barriers to mental health access. Look for her book, The Cost of Healing in Silence.
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Ashley McGirt Adair is a psychotherapist, author, and speaker specializing in racial trauma, crisis response, and racial equity. She speaks on generat...
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Comedian Paul Gilmartin hosts a weekly, hour-long audio podcast consisting of interviews with artists, friends and the occasional doctor.
The show is geared towards anyone interested in or affected by depression, addiction and other mental challenges which are so prevalent in the creative arts.
Paul’s hope is that the show and this website will give people a place to connect, smile and feel the return of hope. The biggest myth about mental illness is that you are alone and there is no help.
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