Episode 08: The Healing Power of Barbershops

Lorenzo Lewis

Illustration by Alexander Bustamante

In the season one finale, Maytal chats with Lorenzo Lewis, an entrepreneur and mental health advocate. Lorenzo’s organization, The Confess Project, trains barbers across the U.S. to provide mental health support to Black men and men of color. With a goal of training 800 barbers and impacting 1 million individuals across the country, Lorenzo is changing the face of mental health as we know it.