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Mind Amendment

Mind Amendment

By: Promises Behavioral Health The Cast Collective
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 Mind Amendment is a show that challenges everything we’ve been taught to believe about health, healing, and human potential. Hosted by Patrick Custer, this podcast brings together voices from across the spectrum of wellness (mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, relational) to challenge the status quo. Not your typical experts, these are trailblazers rewriting the rules and bringing bold, alternative solutions to real-life struggles. Most of us live by a mental constitution — an internal code built from trauma, culture, conditioning, and survival. And unless we amend it, we stay stuck. Do something different and embrace dissent — it’s where change begins! This is an open invitation to disagree, to challenge, and to evolve. Because if everyone is comfortable, we’re doing it wrong! ⏰ Weekly, short 20-minute episodes 🎙️ Unfiltered conversations with expert disruptors 💥 High-impact concepts that punch through the noise This is your mind. This is your moment. What will you do with it?Copyright 2025 All rights reserved. Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health
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  • Therapist Break Too (Part 3 with Ashley Hampton)

    Therapist Break Too (Part 3 with Ashley Hampton)
    Jun 23 2025
    Traditional therapy wasn’t enough to fix a broken system. Nearly 60% of BIPOC and LGBTQ+ individuals report feeling misunderstood or harmed in therapy. Clinicians are burning out. Marginalized communities are slipping through the cracks. That’s why Ashley Hampton left the comfort of private practice to launch a nonprofit rooted in healing justice because survival shouldn’t depend on privilege, and therapy shouldn’t be a luxury. In Part 3 of this series, Ashley Hampton and host Patrick Custer unpack the painful gaps in our current mental health system and what it actually takes to build something more inclusive, more human, and more effective. From system-level failures to clinician identity suppression, Ashley brings lived experience, bold truth, and practical strategies to the table. What we explore in Part 3: • Why private therapy alone can’t solve systemic harm • Real-world failures of the mental health system and how they harm BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities • What “healing justice” actually looks like beyond buzzwords • The emotional toll on therapists forced to mask their identities • How people outside the margins can become true co-conspirators without centering themselves Recorded and released during Pride Month, this conversation holds particular weight for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities, where survival often masquerades as strength, and healing rarely happens in systems that weren’t built for us. If you’ve ever felt like the system wasn’t made for you this is your mirror, your firestarter, and your roadmap forward. This is your mind. This is your moment. What will you do with it? Hit subscribe for weekly episodes that challenge the status quo of healing. ______________ Follow/Watch/Listen/Subscribe: ⁠⁠ Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/mindamendment/) YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @MindAmendment Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.facebook.com/mindamendment) Website: (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mindamendment.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) ______________ Get Help: Promises Behavioral Health – mental health, trauma & addiction treatment Insta: (⁠https://www.instagram.com/promises_bh/) Website: ⁠(https://www.promisesbehavioralhealth.com) ______________ Cast: Patrick Custer - Host Insta: (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thepatrickcuster/⁠⁠) Tiktok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@thepatrickcuster⁠⁠) YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ @thepatrickcuster Facebook: (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/patrickcuster) ⁠⁠ Ashley Hampton - Guest Website: https://www.healinginthemargins.com/home Insta:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/anhampton/?hl=en) Tiktok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠(https://www.tiktok.com/@healingwiththehamptons) Facebook: (https://www.facebook.com/ashleyhamptoncounseling/) About Ashley Hampton: As the Executive Director of Healing in the Margins, Ashley Hampton is dedicated to creating, holding, and amplifying space for folks in marginalized communities, overseeing fundraising efforts, and community engagement. Ashley also serves as the Co-Founder and Clinical Director of Hampton House Counseling, a group counseling practice dedicated to serving individuals in the margins. Ashley lives out her passion for training new clinicians in the BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities as a Certified Clinical Supervisor at Hampton House, Adjust Professor of Counseling Diverse Populations at Vanderbilt University, and now in her work with Healing in the Margins. "I’m a therapist who loves working with BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ populations, treating trauma, religious dissonance, anxiety, depression, and empowerment. My wife and I own a counseling center, Hampton House Counseling dedicated to holding space for marginalized folks. In 2022, we co-founded a non-profit organization called Healing in the Margins where the mission is to cultivate systemic change by providing resources and programming in mental health spaces for the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC." _____________ Produced and Edited by "The Cast Collective" in Nashville, TN! https://www.thecastcollective.com Email: info@thecastcollective.com Instagram:@TheCastCollective
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    26 mins
  • Seen Not Served: Therapy Reimagined (Part 2 with Ashley Hampton)

    Seen Not Served: Therapy Reimagined (Part 2 with Ashley Hampton)
    Jun 16 2025

    In Part 2 of our Healing in the Margins series, licensed therapist Ashley Hampton returns to Mind Amendment to unpack what it really means to create spaces that are not only inclusive but truly affirming for BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities.

    This conversation goes beyond buzzwords and into the heart of the matter: Why marginalized people are still being underserved in clinical spaces. Ashley dives deep into the difference between being seen and being tokenized, between performative inclusion and real belonging and how decolonizing mental health care starts with shifting who’s centered in the room. We explore how trauma lives in the body, why holistic care matters, and what it takes to build a therapeutic space where every part of you is allowed to exist. Whether you’re a clinician, a client, or an advocate for change, this episode is a call to reimagine healing not as a privilege, but as a human right.

    This is your mind. This is your moment. What will you do with it?

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    Follow/Watch/Listen/Subscribe: ⁠⁠

    Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/mindamendment/)

    YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @MindAmendment

    Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.facebook.com/mindamendment)

    Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mindamendment.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ______________

    Get Help: Promises Behavioral Health – mental health, trauma & addiction treatment

    Insta: (⁠https://www.instagram.com/promises_bh/)

    Website: ⁠https://www.promisesbehavioralhealth.com ⁠

    ______________

    Cast:

    Patrick Custer - Host

    Insta: (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thepatrickcuster/⁠⁠)

    Tiktok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@thepatrickcuster⁠⁠)

    YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ @thepatrickcuster

    Facebook: (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/patrickcuster) ⁠⁠

    Ashley Hampton - Guest

    Website: https://www.healinginthemargins.com/home

    Insta:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/anhampton/?hl=en)

    Tiktok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠(https://www.tiktok.com/@healingwiththehamptons)

    Facebook: (https://www.facebook.com/ashleyhamptoncounseling/)

    About Ashley Hampton:

    As the Executive Director of Healing in the Margins, Ashley is dedicated to creating, holding, and amplifying space for folks in marginalized communities, overseeing fundraising efforts, and community engagement. Ashley also serves as the Co-Founder and Clinical Director of Hampton House Counseling, a group counseling practice dedicated to serving individuals in the margins. Ashley lives out her passion for training new clinicians in the BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities as a Certified Clinical Supervisor at Hampton House, Adjust Professor of Counseling Diverse Populations at Vanderbilt University, and now in her work with Healing in the Margins. "I’m a therapist who loves working with BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ populations, treating trauma, religious dissonance, anxiety, depression, and empowerment. My wife and I own a counseling center, Hampton House Counseling dedicated to holding space for marginalized folks. In 2022, we co-founded a non-profit organization called Healing in the Margins where the mission is to cultivate systemic change by providing resources and programming in mental health spaces for the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC."

    _____________

    Produced and Edited by "The Cast Collective" in Nashville, TN!

    https://www.thecastcollective.com

    Email: info@thecastcollective.com

    Instagram:@TheCastCollective
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    25 mins
  • Therapy Wasn't Built For You (Part 1 with Ashley Hampton)

    Therapy Wasn't Built For You (Part 1 with Ashley Hampton)
    Jun 9 2025

    Before she was a therapist, Ashley Hampton was a Black, queer, Southern girl trying to survive in a world that wasn’t built for her. In this powerful kickoff to Mind Amendment’s Pride Month series, Healing in the Margins, Ashley shares what it really means to seek emotional safety and how traditional models of therapy often fail the very people who need them most.

    From being the “chocolate and vanilla cake” kid who had to explain her identity at five years old, to navigating grad school and internships where her voice was labeled “unprofessional,” Ashley unpacks the trauma baked into clinical spaces that weren’t created for BIPOC or LGBTQ+ communities. Together with host Patrick Custer, she explores what’s missing from mainstream mental health care, why community-based healing matters, and how building her own model was an act of survival and resistance. This episode is a call to action for therapists, clients, and anyone who wants to build a more inclusive future in mental health, one where all bodies, voices, and stories are safe to be fully seen.

    This is your mind. This is your moment. What will you do with it?

    ______________

    Follow/Watch/Listen/Subscribe:

    ⁠⁠Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/mindamendment/)

    YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @MindAmendment

    Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.facebook.com/mindamendment)

    Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mindamendment.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ______________

    Get Help:

    Promises Behavioral Health – mental health, trauma & addiction treatment

    Insta: (⁠https://www.instagram.com/promises_bh/)

    Website: ⁠https://www.promisesbehavioralhealth.com

    ⁠

    ______________

    Cast: Patrick Custer - Host

    Insta: (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thepatrickcuster/⁠⁠)

    Tiktok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@thepatrickcuster⁠⁠)

    YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ @thepatrickcuster

    Facebook: (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/patrickcuster)

    ⁠Ashley Hampton - Guest

    Website: https://www.healinginthemargins.com/home

    Insta:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/anhampton/?hl=en)

    Tiktok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠(https://www.tiktok.com/@healingwiththehamptons)

    Facebook: (https://www.facebook.com/ashleyhamptoncounseling/)

    About Ashley Hampton:

    As the Executive Director of Healing in the Margins, Ashley is dedicated to creating, holding, and amplifying space for folks in marginalized communities, overseeing fundraising efforts, and community engagement. Ashley also serves as the Co-Founder and Clinical Director of Hampton House Counseling, a group counseling practice dedicated to serving individuals in the margins. Ashley lives out her passion for training new clinicians in the BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities as a Certified Clinical Supervisor at Hampton House, Adjust Professor of Counseling Diverse Populations at Vanderbilt University, and now in her work with Healing in the Margins.

    "I’m a therapist who loves working with BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ populations, treating trauma, religious dissonance, anxiety, depression, and empowerment. My wife and I own a counseling center, Hampton House Counseling dedicated to holding space for marginalized folks. In 2022, we co-founded a non-profit organization called Healing in the Margins where the mission is to cultivate systemic change by providing resources and programming in mental health spaces for the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC."

    _____________

    Produced and Edited by "The Cast Collective" in Nashville, TN! https://www.thecastcollective.com

    Email: info@thecastcollective.com

    Follow us! Instagram:@TheCastCollective
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    21 mins

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