Honoring the Ancestors
“You are the latest version of your Ancestors. Within your DNA exists their consciousness”. – Dalian Adofo Africa is, as we know, not a country. It is a vast land mass rich with…
Read MoreDemystifying African Spirituality
“[…] intuitively there is a fear of the spiritual, the cultural, and the political power that these rituals can have. That us coming together and performing libation together – they know that there is power…
Read MoreCultivating Courage
What is courage? The word itself has its origins in the Latin word for heart. The heart is widely thought of as the seat of Love in the human body. So, courage is a matter…
Read MoreThe Power in Your Identity
“If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” – Maya Angelou There is an idea in society that we all have to be the same…
Read MoreOn Self-definition: Who Are You?
“I know […] that if I […] do not define myself for myself, the outer world certainly will, and, as each of you will discover, probably will define each one of us to our detriment,…
Read MoreChoosing a Therapist
Therapy, psychotherapy, or counseling – however you refer to it – is a wonderful thing. A beautiful process of unfoldment, opening up, growing and healing. It is a place of refuge and re-centering. It is…
Read MoreDecolonizing Mental Health
The first thing I want to say about mental health is that mental, emotional and psychological pain are very real. Not only is the pain real but there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. The…
Read MoreHistorical Ties That Bind
Historical trauma is trauma that is passed on from one generation to the next. Dr. Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart – a Native American researcher, clinical social worker, and mental health expert – defines it…
Read MoreOn Self-healing
Healing ourselves is a revolutionary act. Yet, and perhaps because of this, self-healing is highly neglected if not completely ignored in traditional psychology and related fields. Just imagine if each and every one of us…
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