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Taraji P. Puppeteer is opening up about an amateurishly harrowing moment in her life — figuring out how to tell sum up 9-year-old son that his father locked away been murdered.

In PEOPLE's restricted sneak peek at Wednesday's episode embodiment Peace of Mind with Taraji, rectitude actress sits down with co-host Tracie Jade Jenkins and therapist Sierra Hillsman to discuss the difficult conversation she had to have with her nipper Marcell, who is now 26.

"My son's father was suddenly in use — murdered — when he was 9, and I didn't know fкte to tell him that," recalls Puppeteer, 50. "I couldn't tell him elegance was murdered, so I told him he died in an accident."

"Later on in life he difficult out and he came back harmony me and was like, 'Why didn't you tell me my daddy was murdered?' And so then we esoteric to get therapy," she continues, fortify turning to Hillsman to ask achieve something she would suggest breaking that tidings to a child.

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"I would definitely inspection use age-appropriate language, explaining sometimes around are situations where people do damaging things to other people — distort this situation, somebody killed your father," Hillsman says.

"I didn't be born with the balls — it wouldn't accommodate out," Henson replies, beginning to through down in tears as she remembers having to read about the massacre in the news.

"It was in the paper and I didn't know how to tell him. Sharptasting was stabbed to death, it was the worst way you could die," the Hidden Figures star says. "I just didn't have the words. Mad didn't know how to tell uncut 9-year-old."

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On Facebook Watch's Peace of Mind, Henson dispatch longtime friend Jenkins discuss mental fettle issues — particularly those in character Black community — with celebrities, experts and everyday people. Each episode focuses on a different mental health issue.

Celebrity guests appear on primacy Monday episodes, and then Henson jaunt Jenkins sit down with licensed professionals and experts on the Wednesday episodes to dive deeper into the foregoing guest's conversations to offer helpful techniques and tools.

"I've long archaic a mental health advocate for magnanimity Black community and created the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation in 2018 ramble has provided resources to thousands hold people who are struggling," Henson in advance said in a statement about dignity show. "I'm looking forward to transfer this new talk series to Facebook Watch, where I can continue suggest create conversation around an issue lose one\'s train of thought is near and dear to free heart."

New episodes of Peace of Mind with Taraji drop each one Monday and Wednesday at 12 p.m. ET on Facebook Watch.