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Broke the taboo of therapy and it helped mold us (ep4)

Orthopedic surgeon and businessman Dr Oatile Phakathi and Road engineer Tiyiselani Mashele speak about how they became friends and the shortcomings of the South African schooling system. They talk about their family histories and how they have affected their mental health. They talk about therapy and how it has helped shape their life even despite it being taboo amongst black men and black families in general. They share personal problems that they have had to face and each didn’t know about even though they are friends. They also touch on their love of cycling.

Falling into depression because I was an ‘outcast’ (ep3)

Kepi Mgomezulu and Kelebogang Mahale, both fashion designers, chat about their love of fashion and the challenges of growing up in the township where people did not understand their way of dressing. They speak about the name calling them, and its effects on their self esteem and mental health, how this created a feeling of being outcasts and how it morphed into depression. Mngomezulu also touches on later finding out that he has a gift of ubuNgoma, how it was a problem for him growing up because he had no structure of support and did not know how to deal with it and it affected him further pulling him into a deep depression.

We are creative and anxious in these big cities (ep2)

Leeroy L Jason an award winning photographer and Max Mogale a photographer and a filmmaker discuss friendship, living in big cities like Johannesburg and the anxiety around the safety of their loved ones and the weight it has on their mental health. They also talk about the difficulties and challenges they face as creatives trying to get jobs, balancing it with family life.

Societal pressures drown us in depression (ep1)

Dumisani Phakathi an award winning TV commercials director under the name Molo8 has a conversation with Relebogile Kgoadi a former accountant turned businessman and restaurateur owner of Native Rebels in Soweto. The pair talks about their life journeys sharing their experiences on how societal pressure and expectations created depression for them and affected their mental health. They also share how interpersonal/romantic relationships created depressive surrounding because of a need to always wanting to please their partners and one of the men is on a sex sabbatical.

CLIPS: Co-dependency is a healthy thing, between two healthy minds or a group of healthy minds..."

Co-dependency is a healthy thing, between two healthy minds or a group of healthy minds..."