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Sauce Mackenzie is the voice where street wisdom meets divine purpose. Born in Gary, Indiana, his early recklessness cost him freedom—but also forged the clarity and resilience that define his journey today. What began as struggle became strategy. What began as loss became legacy.
Now a family man, author of The Game Changer, entrepreneur, mentor, and host of the Concrete Genius Podcast, Sauce delivers raw truth and powerful insight that inspire both the trenches and the boardrooms. His story is proof that transformation is real, peace is possible, and purpose is non-negotiable.
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You Can’t Fake It Every Day: Mental Health, Domestic Violence & Community Accountability
Welcome back to Concrete Genius Pod — I’m Sauce MacKenzie.
Some days you’re up… some days you’re not. And I started thinking:
All them days I forced myself to smile just to survive… was that good or bad?
This episode is about real mental health — not the trendy version.
I’m talking about the stuff we hide: domestic violence, silence in the community, protecting women and seein’ kids traumatized while everybody “mind they business.”
We have to stop treating abuse like a “dirty little secret.”
If you know your homeboy is putting hands on his woman or his kids, at some point you complicit if you don’t step in or speak up.
In this episode I also talk about:
- Why we have to protect women and children first
- How trauma turns into rage, violence, and tragedy
- Why some topics in our community stay “taboo” (church, abuse, secrets)
- Holding men accountable AND holding women accountable too
- Raising standards, raising self-respect, and rebuilding community leadership
- Why we need more Black men present in schools, mentorship, PTA, and everyday life
- Why therapy shouldn’t be shameful — and why we need more Black therapists
If you’ve ever had a day where you couldn’t fake it — this one is for you.
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00:02 Can’t fake it every day
02:10 Forced smiles + survival mode
04:00 Real mental health = the uncomfortable stuff
06:20 Domestic violence & community silence
09:00 “If you know, you complicit”
12:10 Protect women + protect kids (foundation)
15:20 Calling out abusers in families + circles
18:30 Trauma, anger, violence — why it keeps happening
22:00 Men checking on men (state of mind shows up later)
26:00 Standards, accountability, and relationships
32:00 Black church taboo conversations
38:00 Speaking up > protecting reputations
44:00 Mentorship + community presence
50:00 Therapy, Black therapists, healing forward
54:00 Final message + call to action
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