{"id":45183,"date":"2026-02-05T16:14:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/the-ql-experience-healing-mental-health-breaking-the-stigma\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T16:14:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:14:21","slug":"the-ql-experience-healing-mental-health-breaking-the-stigma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/the-ql-experience-healing-mental-health-breaking-the-stigma\/","title":{"rendered":"The QL Experience: Healing, Mental Health &#038; Breaking the Stigma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7uN7G-fajes?cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>On this episode of The QL Experience, QL sits down with Ahmad Grant\u2014life coach, social media influencer, and mental health advocate\u2014for an open and impactful conversation about healing and emotional wellness. <\/p>\n<p>Together, they explore critical topics including grief, depression, isolation, and the importance of therapy, with a special focus on breaking the stigma surrounding mental health in the Black community. Ahmad shares his personal journey toward healing, the challenges he faced along the way, and what inspired him to help others prioritize their mental well-being. <\/p>\n<p>The episode also features QL\u2019s Carolina Lens Spotlight with Dejr Bostick, mental wellness coach, highlighting the importance of self-care, emotional awareness, and community support. This empowering conversation encourages honesty, healing, and hope\u2014reminding viewers that seeking help is a strength, not a weakness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this episode of The QL Experience, QL sits down with Ahmad Grant\u2014life coach, social media influencer, and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":45184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upstate-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}