Multiracial Mental Health

Multiracial Mental Health

A monthly mental health podcast that centers and supports multiracial people, couples, and families through the nuances of our intersectional identities! Join Madrone Love, PsyD, as she chats with mixed-race clinicians who offer their insights on the multidimensional mixed-race experience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

August 7, 2025 41 mins

Raina LaGrand joins the podcast to share her insights into the need for belonging and connection to the body, among multiracial people. Raina shares about her lived experience growing up in rural, segregated Michigan, and her journey to finding connection.


Find Raina here:

https://www.roottorisesomatics.com/

Raina's Upcoming 12 Week Attune Workshop- sign up here: https://www.roottorisesomatics.com/attune

Instagram @roottorisesomati...

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Multiracial researchers face unique challenges as they explore and establish the nascent field of critical mixed race studies. In this episode, Dr. Victoria Malaney-Brown discusses her journey with this process, her research on the layers of multiracial consciousness, and the needs of mixed-race students in American colleges. She also shares about her experiences as (past) president of CMRS and its 2024 conference.


LINKS:

Dr. Mal...

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What do multiracial clinicians consider when discussing race with their clients and their own family members? Dr. Alicia del Prado discusses her journey to becoming a clinical psychologist and researcher, focused on mixed-race Americans. She also shares about her experience co-founding the Asian American Psychological Association's Division on Multiracial and Adopted Asian Americans.


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Dr. Alicia del Prado:

www.drdelprado...

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Something different for today's podcast episode! As we move into a season of gratitude, hosts Shirin and Madrone offer their personal experiences of being multiracial as a way of expressing appreciation for the gifts, strengths, and resonances that come with a mixed identity.

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In our fifth episode, Drs. Kelly Jackson and Gina Miranda Samuels discuss their book, Multiracial Cultural Attunement, which defines new concepts that help us understand and support mixed experiences.


LINKS

Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture at the University of Chicago:

https://csrpc.uchicago.edu/


Gina Miranda Samuels bio:

https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/directory/gina-e-miranda-samuels


Kelly Jackson bio:

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Lola Osunkoya LPCC describes her experience growing up in an all White family in Minnesota, and traveling to Nigeria to develop a relationship with her father. We discuss dating, identity development, and the complexities of living as a mixed person in the US. Lola is a liscended psychotherapist practicing in Golden Valley, MN and her practice is focused on supporting mixed/multiracial people, transracial and transnational adoptees...

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In our third episode, Trinidad and Tobago-based therapist Lara Baden-Semper shares about transparent therapist self-disclosure, IFS therapy with racially influenced parts, and personal experiences of the various labels multiracial people may contend with as they navigate different cultures.

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In our second episode, Dr. Jennifer Noble offers insights into counseling mixed-race teenagers and their parents. Dr. Noble reflects on her lived experience as a dual-minority mixed-race woman and how her search for understanding led her to support others.


LINKS

Dr. Jenn's therapy website:

https://drjennpsych.com/


Dr. Jenn's IG:

@drjennpsych

https://www.instagram.com/drjennpsych/


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In our very first episode of Multiracial Mental Health, we speak with Bay Area, CA psychotherapist Jennie Powe Runde about her work with expressive arts, mindfulness, multiracial group therapy, and the conversations families are (or need to be) having about the mixed-race experience.


LINKS

Jennie Powe Runde therapy site:

www.expressiveartstherapist.com


IG: @expressiveartstherapist


Jennie's book:

www.simonandschuster.com/books...

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March 22, 2023 1 min

Welcome to the Multiracial Mental Health podcast! Join co-hosts Shirin Shoai and Madrone Love, plus special guests, as they explore the complexities of mental health through the lens of multiracial identity.




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