Show Notes
What happens when your identity is shaped by two worlds—but fully accepted by neither? In this powerful episode of The Lifestrong Project, licensed therapist and author Johnzelle Anderson shares his deeply personal journey growing up as a biracial Black man in America while navigating race, faith, family tension, and the search for belonging. Born during the era of the 1992 Los Angeles riots to a white mother and a father from Sierra Leone, Johnzelle opens up about confronting internalized messages about identity, wrestling with cultural expectations, and discovering healing through self-reflection, music, and truth. His memoir—structured around songs instead of...
