Hey UN•THERAPIST,

We need your help UN•THERAPIZING something…

Let's start with something light…

If you bring food or drinks to an event and they go unused, is it tacky to take them home?

📌 Does it depend on the event?
📌 Is a potluck different from a birthday party?
📌 Once something enters the event, does it belong to the host or to the person who brought it?

Then somehow the conversation evolved into something much deeper…

📌 What actually qualifies someone to carry a title?
📌 What makes someone a caterer?
📌 Is it the person who cooks the food?
📌 The person who owns the business?
📌 The person who creates the experience?
📌 Can you cater without cooking?

And that led us to an even bigger question…

When it comes to professionals, how much proof is required?

If someone says they're a doctor, a chef, or a professional in their field, is experience enough? Is licensing enough? Is documentation necessary? And if someone cannot immediately produce proof, does that automatically invalidate their knowledge, training, or work?

Because underneath all of this is a bigger question…

Do you become a professional when someone grants you permission… or when your work proves it?

Have we become so focused on credentials that we've forgotten that every expert was once a beginner?

So now we're asking…

Do titles come from participation… or validation?
From skill… or certification?
From experience… or recognition?

And who ultimately gets to decide?

Join us for another session of UN•THERAPY as we UN•THERAPIZE event etiquette, ownership of leftovers, credentials vs competence, and whether professionalism comes from permission… or proof.

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Hey UN•THERAPIST,

You know the deal, no intro, just vibes 💪🏽

Join us in this UN•THERAPY session, as we UN•THERAPIZE Gelly Gelz & Lady J’s brief stroll down memory lane from 2012, during their days working as a Resident Assistant at Florida A&M University.

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Hey UN•THERAPIST,

We need your help UN•THERAPIZING something…

Have we started attaching ourselves to second-hand trauma? Not trauma we've personally lived through, but trauma we’ve inherited through stories, social media, conversations, and experiences shared by others.

And when people share traumatic experiences, are we extracting the trauma from it or the principles that came from surviving it?

Because there’s a difference between learning from pain, and building your identity around pain you never actually experienced.

Then we revisited another conversation we’ve had before about Black businesses and discounts. 👇🏾

📌 Why does asking for a discount at BJ’s, Costco, or major retailers feel normal, but somehow becomes offensive when it’s a Black business?
📌 Is it because it’s a small business?
📌 Is it because it’s Black-owned?
📌 Or are we applying different principles depending on who’s selling?
📌 And if support is important, where does fairness fit into the conversation?

On one side, people are saying, “support Black businesses.”

On the other side, customers are saying, “If there’s a deal, why can’t I ask?”

Join us for another session of UN•THERAPY as we UN•THERAPIZE secondhand trauma, extracting principles vs pain, support within Black business culture, and the unspoken rules surrounding discounts and community economics.

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