After decades of searching, Anita’s son Antonio has just learned the very gruesome details about how his mother was murdered. As he grapples with what he’s learned, he and Tonya ask, what’s next? In this episode of She Has A Name, the two take you inside their intimate therapeutic session with Dr. Robin L. Smith, co-author of The Invisible Ache: Black Men Identifying Their Pain and Reclaiming Their Power. They delve into the illusion of closure and how to move forward. We want to hear what you think about She Has A Name. Please help us out by filling out a short audience survey: https://www.apmstudios.org/survey
Thank you so much for listening to the she Has a Name series.
As always, I just want to give you a heads up.
We talk about murder and other acts of violence in this show, so listener discretion is advised.
You know, I was thinking about how Antonio now has most of the answers he's been searching his entire adult life for.
He now knows where his mother has been for the last three decades, buried in an unmarked grave.
He now knows the savage way she was murdered.
And police are now closer than they ever have been in trying to find who did this to Anita.
So where do we go from here?
Well, I think it's going to take more for us to heal than finding and punishing the person who murdered Anita, because what if that never happens?
You're feeling nervous, Antonio?
Yeah, very much so.
That's understandable.
But what do you feel nervous about?
Everything.
Recently, on a rainy afternoon in April, Antonio and I traveled to Philadelphia to meet with Dr.
Robin L.
Smith.
She's a psychologist known for many years as the resident therapist for the Oprah Winfrey Show.
She co authored this excellent book called the Invisible Ache with Courtney B.
Vance.