P.S.A the Mental Health Podcast · Izzy Baker

Is Social Media Destroying the Black Family Blueprint? Feat. Anthony Dodson

·1 hr 1 min·3 clips

He says suicide has affected him for years, including moments when he was ready to go.

1. P.S.A the Mental Health Podcast frames the episode around social media, family, mental health, and the Black family blueprint. 2. The host speaks with Anthony Dodson, also called Mr. Six Ways, who is from South Carolina and lives in Houston. 3. The episode asks what happens when social media is used to build family business, legacy, and healing instead of just connection. 4. Dodson says he and his daughter teach parents how to build profitable businesses with their children. 5. He says they have spoken together, shared a TEDx stage, written over 12 financial literacy books, and created three curriculums. 6. The host introduces Proverbs 22:6, then uses it to discuss training a child and passing values down through family. 7. Dodson says he learned financial literacy after paying a man $300 to fix his credit and then paying him $500 more while trying to understand the process. 8. He says many Black families treat credit as a negative topic, which leaves people unprepared for investing, real estate, and stocks. 9. He argues that credit knowledge can change what options a person has, even when money is limited. 10. The host and Dodson talk about online relationships, assistants running messages, and the gap between public profiles and real conversations. 11. Dodson says his daughter Caden is 11, is going through puberty, and is the face of the business because the brand was built around her. 12. He says he is learning to separate being her father from being her business partner. 13. He also says her mother is protective about interviews, clothing, and who gets access to Caden. 14. Dodson says he preps Caden for interviews but does not expect her to answer deep financial questions like 401(k)s or Roth IRAs. 15. The episode turns to mental health when Dodson says social media can create imposter syndrome, drain energy, and make people question their impact. 16. He says he lost 1,000 followers in a week during a rebrand, and that shift changed the kind of content he now posts. 17. The tone stays conversational and reflective, with the host mixing commentary, questions, and personal examples. 18. Dodson answers directly and openly, moving between business details, family boundaries, and mental health language. 19. People interested in Black family business, credit education, and mental health. 20. People wanting light entertainment without heavy personal topics.

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A plainspoken conversation that moves from social media metrics into grief, survival, and family responsibility.

This episode takes a social media conversation and lets it deepen into suicide ideation, survivor's remorse, loss, and the strain of showing up for family.

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