In Conversation with Fatima, the Nomad – Part 2
*You can read the first part of this conversation in the previous post. YF: So, tell me about your activism, what is it about and how did it come about? FO: I think…
Read MoreBarbara Mensah – Beauty and Healing
Sometime at the start of this year, I attended an event where I met Barbara in person. Although I knew of her services through social media, I did not know Barbara in person, nor did…
Read MoreMy African Spiritual Psychotherapy Practice
I am often asked by prospective clients what it means in practical terms that I work from an African spiritual perspective and, in general, that I include the spiritual in my approach to psychotherapy. Because…
Read MoreHealing the personal, Healing the Collective
People often ask me why I choose to serve black women. I think the better question is, why not? When does anyone ever do something special and beautiful just for us, that is not merely…
Read MoreCelebrating Women, Celebrating the Feminine
Today is international women’s day, a day to celebrate women around the world and our achievements in all spheres of society. It is also a day to highlight the need for continued action to restore…
Read MoreThe Therapist as Healer
Healers have existed from time immemorial in all societies all around the world. In Africa, in Europe, in Asia, in the Pacific, in the Americas and everywhere else in the world, every community has always…
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