Chosen Family and the Antidote to Isolation: Rebuilding Belonging After Betrayal or Loss
Betrayal trauma teaches the nervous system that connection is unsafe. A trauma-informed, Africana phenomenological look at rebuilding chosen family and belonging after betrayal or loss.
Algorithms of Despair: How Social Media and AI Curation Deepen Isolation for Black Youth
How engagement-driven algorithms and AI curation deepen isolation for Black youth, with a trauma-informed SHOCK Method practice to reclaim the feed.
The Silent Epidemic: What the Data on Black Male Suicide Is Really Telling Us
Black male suicide rates are rising at a historic pace. Rev. Dr. Philippe SHOCK Matthews examines what the data reveals through trauma-informed care, Africana phenomenology, and the SHOCK Method—and offers culturally grounded reasons to stay.
Nothing Is Wrong With You: National Recovery Month and the Trinity of Black Trauma
For National Recovery Month, Rev. Dr. Philippe SHOCK Matthews reframes addiction through the Trinity of Black Trauma—historical, systemic, and psychological—and shows why recovery must move from blame toward culturally grounded healing, communal witness, and return.