Have you ever wondered what it truly means when someone says "you're getting on my nerves"? Simone sits down with Dr. Angela Neal-Barnett, national award winning psychologist, professor and leading expert on anxiety disorders among Black Americans. Learn the science behind the language we hear so often as it relates to our mental health. The two discuss social media and the pressure it has on millennials to be perfect in every area from career, beauty, health, wellness, etc. Throughout the conversation, Simone references Dr. Angela's book Sooth Your Nerves: The Black Woman's Guide to Understanding and Overcoming Anxiety, Panic, and Fear.

About Dr. Angela Neal-Barnett

Dr. Angela Neal-Barnett is a national award-winning psychologist, professor, and leading expert on anxiety

disorders among Black Americans. The recipient of the 2020 Kent State University Outstanding Researcher

and Scholar Award, Dr. Barnett is the first African American woman to be tenured and promoted to the rank of

Full Professor in Kent State University’s Department of Psychological Sciences and in the College of Arts and

Sciences. Within the department, she directs the Program for Research on Anxiety Disorders among African

Americans (PRADAA). Dr. Neal-Barnett’s current work focuses on the role of racism and trauma in Black infant

mortality and maternal morbidity and culturally competent anxiety intervention.

A fellow of the American Psychological Association and the recipient of the Anxiety and Depression

Association of America’s Jerilyn Ross Clinician Advocate Award, Dr. Neal-Barnett has received numerous

federal, state, and foundation funding including grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, National

Science Foundation, Women’s Endowment Fund of the Akron Community Foundation, Ohio Commission on

Minority Health, Sisters of Charity Foundation and the Mount Sinai HealthCare Foundation. She is the architect

and developer of the Build Your Own Theme Song© App; mobile technology that assists middle school Black

girls in reducing anxiety and the author of Soothe Your Nerves: The Black Woman’s Guide to Understanding

and Overcoming Anxiety, Panic and Fear (Fireside/Simon and Schuster). During these dual pandemics,

Self.com named Soothe Your Nerves as one of the 9 books to read to help manage your emotions and

essence. Essence magazine and essence.com named it an essential book to help Black women practice self-

care.

An international workshop presenter and speaker, Dr. Neal-Barnett’s work bridges the gap between academia

and the real world. She has published in numerous psychological journals Her work has been featured on

CNN, NBC, NPR, PBS, Fox News,The Blend, SIRUSXM Doctor’s Radio, BET, and the Harvard Business

Review Podcast Series The Anxious Achiever as well as in O, The Oprah Magazine, Harvard Business

Review, WebMD Magazine, Essence, Fortune, US News and World Report and the New York Times.

Dr. Neal-Barnett received her B.A. from Mount Union College (University of Mount Union) and her MA and

Ph.D. from DePaul University. She resides in OH and is the proud mother of a 2020 college graduate. For

more information on Dr. Neal-Barnett follow her on Twitter @dranjela.

Upcoming Projects

Fall 2022. Harvard Business Review Guide to Mental Health in the Workplace. The Anxiety of Only and Taking

Care of Your Mental Health When You’re a Person of Color.

Social Media

Twitter @dranjela ; @KSUPRADAA. Instagram @KSUPRADAA. Facebook KSUPRADAA

Website https://sites.google.com/view/pradaalab/home