Growing up, Kenneth's mother was unable to care for him, due to her mental health. His mom struggled with stability, health and peace. By practicing a mindset of care, Kenneth is on a journey to decriminalize mental health and help others to make systematic changes in their changes. He shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: practice 'trauma-informed approach' go into conversation with a mindset of care be open minded and open ended mental health affects everyone give ourselves grace recognize when something is beyond our ability or emotional capacity power of relationships matter strive to create a collective power to work to compel change find meaning out of our pain   tags: Kenneth, Nixon, Jr, Born, Into, Crisis, A, Memoir, mental, health, advocate, VOICE, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,