My Promise: Your Voice.

08/21/2026

beyond proud of Kenya Baker and Amanda Stuart Walker!!🩷 I can’t wait to see what all great things The Controversial Couch is gonna do!! Stay tuned!!🩷

08/06/2026

I just wanted to take a minute to say how amazing it is to see this being shared on the news.❤️

I think sometimes we forget how powerful it is when someone is willing to be honest about the things they’re going through. It takes a lot of courage to put those feelings into words and share them with the world.

So I’m asking everyone to take just two minutes today and listen to this poem. Don’t just hear it — really listen to it.

Delane Erica thank you. Thank you for being vulnerable. Thank you for being honest. Thank you for giving a voice to something so many people struggle with but don’t always know how to say out loud.

You never know who needed those words today. You never know who feels a little less alone because you chose to share your story.

This is why these conversations matter. This is why voices matter.❤️

08/05/2026

Please don’t let your kids be on TikTok or any social media tonight.‼️

A very graphic video is spreading, and unfortunately this isn’t the first time something like this has happened. It’s heartbreaking, and it’s incredibly traumatizing for the people who have already seen it.

Please check in with your kids, monitor what they’re scrolling, and encourage them to tell you right away if they come across something disturbing or upsetting online.

This is something that no one should have to see.

Please keep him in your prayers—for his mental health, his health and safety, and for the first responders who are involved. These situations impact so many people, and we should never forget the humanity behind them.

Please share this so more parents are aware.

06/27/2026

💚Saturday morning check-in.💚

Saturday morning check-in. No matter what this week looked like for you.

If you made it here, you made it through something. Even if it doesn’t feel like a big win—getting through the days, showing up for work, taking care of people, or just staying here when it was hard… it counts.

I also want to be honest with y’all. I know I haven’t been very active on here lately. I see it, I know it’s been quiet, and I’m not ignoring that. MPYV has always been something I care deeply about, but I’m also human behind it. Some weeks I’m really steady in this space, and some weeks I’m just trying to keep myself balanced and get through my own days. Right now has been a little more of that quieter, in-between time.

But I’m still here. Still showing up when I can. Still believing in what this page is about.

Mental health isn’t linear, and neither is this work. It’s messy, it’s up and down, and sometimes it looks like silence before it looks like anything else.

So if your week was heavy, or you’re just tired heading into the weekend, I hope this is a reminder that you’re not behind, you’re not failing—you’re just human.

Proud of you for making it to Saturday.🫶🏻

06/27/2026

🩷👀 The conversations coming next… I can’t wait.
Follow the page — you won’t want to miss this.

06/02/2026

💙Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month💙

Did you know nearly 80% of su***de deaths in the United States are men?

Let that sink in.
These are Fathers.
Brothers.
Sons.
Friends.
Coworkers.

Many of them never told a soul they were struggling.
Many were told to “man up.”
To push through.
To stay quiet.

A lot of men were never really taught how to ask for help — or even that it was okay to.

So they learn to carry everything alone… until it gets too heavy.

Let this be your reminder — not just this month, but every month — to check on the people you love.

Especially the quiet ones.
The strong ones.
The funny ones.
The ones who are always there for everyone else.

The ones who make it look easy… are often the ones holding the most in.

If you’re struggling right now, you don’t have to go through it by yourself.

📞 988 Lifeline is available 24/7 — call, text, or online chat.

There is no shame in asking for help.💙

Photo credit: The Happiness Project
The Controversial Couch

05/28/2026

As Mental Health Awareness Month comes to an end, I just wanted to say thank you. 💚

This month, our page reached more than 21,000 views. That’s 21,000 times someone stopped scrolling long enough to see a reminder, a story, a resource, or a message that they aren’t alone.

The number itself isn’t what matters most. What matters is that these conversations are reaching people. Behind every view is a person—a father, mother, brother, sister, friend, coworker, neighbor, or loved one. Someone who may be struggling, supporting someone who is, or simply looking for a reminder that they matter.

Mental health awareness doesn’t end when May does. People still need support in June, July, and every month after that. They still need someone to check in, listen, and remind them that their presence matters.

Thank you to everyone who liked, shared, commented, followed along, and helped spread these messages this month. Every interaction helped us reach someone new.

May is ending, but we’re not going anywhere. 💚

Keep showing up for yourself. Keep showing up for others. And keep conversations going.

05/26/2026

Memorial Day has passed, but remembrance shouldn’t be limited to a single day.🖤

We honor and remember the men and women who gave their lives in service to our country. Their sacrifice is not something we ever want to overlook, minimize, or confine to just one day on the calendar. Memorial Day will always be about them—the lives lost, the families left behind, and the freedom their service helped protect.

At the same time, honoring their sacrifice also means recognizing those who came home. Many veterans return carrying invisible wounds—PTSD, depression, anxiety, grief, and experiences that don’t simply fade when the uniform comes off.

Far too many struggle in silence, feeling like they have to face those battles alone. Awareness matters. Conversations matter. Support matters.

Honoring our fallen means we don’t just remember them—we also take care of the people they served beside.

Check in on a veteran. Listen without judgment. Learn the signs that someone may be struggling. A simple conversation can make a difference.

Because remembrance isn’t just something we do on Memorial Day. It’s something we carry with us every day.

🇺🇸❤️🖤

05/17/2026

EMS Week | May 17–23🖤

EMS Week is here, and it’s time to say thank you. Not just as a tradition, but as something that truly matters for the work you do every single day.

Thank you—to every EMT and Paramedic who shows up when people need them most. For the calls you never expected, the situations you walk into without hesitation, and the way you keep moving even when the day has already taken more out of you than anyone realizes.

This job is the early morning calls that start before the sun is up, and the middle-of-the-night tones going off after only a few hours of sleep of what may be a 24 or a 48-hr shift. It’s the long drives with no guarantee of what you’re about to find. It’s switching from chaos to control in seconds, then right back again. It’s doing your best with what you have, even when there’s not enough time, not enough resources, and not enough answers.

But some of the most honest parts of this work don’t happen on scene—they happen after.

The quiet moments in the back of the rig with your partner after a call. When the radio finally goes silent. When no one is talking because there’s nothing that needs to be said out loud. Sometimes it’s just sitting there in that silence, both of you processing what just happened before rolling to the next. Those moments matter—they’re part of how you reset, even when you don’t fully realize it in the moment.

So most importantly—thank you. For the skill, the sacrifice, the teamwork, the dedication, and the strength it takes to keep showing up for others on their worst days and still return for the next call.

And don’t forget to take care of yourself in those in-between moments. Check in with your partner, check in with yourself, and don’t stop at what so many of us in this field say—“I’m fine.” Your mental health is important, and it deserves attention just like everything else you do on that truck.🖤

05/12/2026

💚Code Green Campaign💚— a movement dedicated to protecting the mental health of our first responders.

Code Green works to:
•Advocate for mental health education and awareness
•Provide resources and peer support
•Honor those we’ve lost to su***de
•Break the stigma that keeps first responders silent

This campaign exists because too many have suffered quietly.
Because “tough” doesn’t mean invincible.
Because serving others should never cost someone their life.

If you are a first responder struggling, you are not weak.
You are not broken.
You are human.

Let’s continue to normalize mental health conversations in every department, every agency, every shift.

And if you or someone you love needs immediate support, call or text 988 — help is available 24/7.

https://www.codegreencampaign.org/

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