Cubano breaks down what mental health is and explains the main types from a Medical Doctor’s point of view;

Mood Disorders(Depression or Bipolar Disorder), Anxiety Disorders, Personality Disorders and Psychotic disorders(Schizophrenia).

He talks about the symptoms, environmental risk factors, stress and how to channel stress, drug abuse, genetics etc. He strongly recommends introspection to identify and accept your risk factor(s)/symptoms and professional assistance. He shares his lowest moment of depression when he lost his best friend(Chino) at the end of medical school.

He resorts to music, dancing, cycling, cooking, a small circle, nature, good food, positive energy and affirmations to maintain a sound mental health. 

Kwame talks about the stigma attached to Mental Health in Ghana. He brakes his routine and changes his environment to help with his Mental Health. He loves to go out of the city, interact with nature, the beach, etc. He talks about the lack of support for homeless people including children from The Government and The Mental Health Authority under the auspices of the Ministry of Health.

Patty talks about natural remedies of dealing with panic attacks. She tells us how people feel about going to therapy. She believes black men should talk more about their emotions, feelings and mental health to each other. She believes we should take a break from social media and practice more wholesome activities like writing, painting, meditating, stretching etc

Afrochale believes we have to be strong minded against the environmental factors. He used to take a psychostimulant(Adderall) for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) which was prescribed by his physician. He’s concerned about the alarming number of homeless people on the streets of Accra. 

Patty talks about her first language and culture event she curated and produced at Guvnor’s Lounge, Osu. 

Kwame had an amazing time at a loved one’s wedding and was excited to reunite with old friends. He shows us finished renders of his project in Aburi.

Cubano talks about Free The Youth hosting Sofie & Baaba J at the Flagship Store and their live performances. He talks about new music and his Weekly Updated Spotify Playlist(Cubano Vibes🇬🇭). He shares highlights of UFC 276. Cubano went on a date with his Mum to Peduase Valley Resort and they had an epic vibe kind courtesy Jeffrey. He gives gratitude to Jeffrey and his company KryptaxeGH for the donations and renovations made to the pediatric ward of the clinic. 

Afrochale shared his moments at Republic Bar over the weekend.

Afrochale’s Highest Frequency for this week is the fact that past papers/past questions dropped for his final examination. It was a walk in the park.

Cubano celebrated his birthday in style by partnering with Flower Talk Official to give  a talk on Mental Health, Vulnerability and Emotions amongst Ghanaian/African men at Palm Moments, Asylum Down. He also shared the moment at Boiler Room 2022 at the Freedom Skate Park where Kwame lost his phone and the universe brought the phone back to him. 

Patty talks about collaborating on an event and movement ‘Power To Girls’ by Aisha from Canada which supports and empowers the girl child through sports like basketball. She talks about her partnership with ‘Pro Basketball Academy’   to facilitate training girls in 20 schools in Ghana. 

Kwame The Supreme talks about his partnership with Joseph to setup an Online Interior Decor Shop. The plan is to collaborate with local artists to facilitate propel the value of their art by showcasing them on the platform to reach a global market.

Afrochale talks about how we have been conditioned by culture to eat certain meats. He believes unorthodox meats should be consumed and explored more. He is a lover of dogs as pets but wouldn’t mind trying dog meat during survival mode. He tells us how dogs are stolen from Vietnam and sold in South Korea for consumption. He enlightens us on the extremely high quantity of dogs that are euthanized annually in the USA.

Cubano talks about the accessibility of dog meat and the general dog meat market in Ghana. He talks about dog meat as a delicacy amongst some tribes in Northern Ghana. Totems are a big thing in Ghana. He recounts his friend’s adventure of catching and cooking pythons. In some parts of Ghana, dogs are given local gin(Akpeteshie) to make them more aggressive as guard dogs. 

Patty is an avid vegan now but recounts her experience with Rabbit Meat in Portugal. 

Kwame says dog is man’s best friend but recounts a horrific incident of an American Pit Bull Terrier devouring it’s owner. 

We talk about the different types of unorthodox meats each of us have had and they are revealing!

On this episode we talk about the biggest scams in the world. 

Kwame says ‘Religion’ is one of the biggest scams in existence. He emphasizes on how everything is a scam. He talks about religion serving it’s only purposes as giving the people ‘hope’ and building the aspect of community. However he says religion is limiting and puts you in a box. Religion puts limitations on the food you can eat, the type(based on religious beliefs) of person you can get married to, how you dress, etc

He probes deeper to talk about the fact that churches in Ghana don’t pay tax whatsoever to the state. No one knows how much they earn weekly because there’s no accountability. He believes churches should have corporate social responsibilities to support the government where they lack. 

Afrochale believes ‘Love’ is one of the biggest scams. He believes your life companion doesn’t necessarily have to be of the opposite sex if you are heterosexual. He talks on the ‘Marriage Institution’ being a scam and how we have been brainwashed to believe we have to spend outrageously to execute weddings. He talks on the scam behind the diamond production industry. 

Cubano explains why the ‘The Bank/The Banking System’ is one of the biggest scams in history. The bank convinces us to save our money with them at insignificant low ROI rates only for them to trade it on the Foreign Exchange Market to make huge profits exponentially. He believes Forex Trading should be taught at an early age so we can understand the concept of money and how to trade our own money as the banks do. He believes we should invest money in assets that appreciate in value like Real Estate. Learn to always do thorough research before making any form of investment.

Patty believes the biggest scam is Education. Everything starts with education. We should have been taught things the right way from the beginning of time, be it marriage, religion, world news(TV & Radio), money, race, gender, the formal and informal educational system etc. Black History has been taught wrongly and mostly from the colonizers’ point of view. She advocates we are taught growth mindsets, meditation, what foods are good for our bodies, critical and analytical thinking, problem solving, all religions so you can have a choice etc 

We conclude that the biggest scam is LIFE!