I know what it is like for your life to be changed in an instant.  After having new medical diagnoses, the weight of the role reversal of caring for my parents, and losing loved ones (including my own children), I found myself in a place where I was not ok.  I was forced to take a deep look inward.   As a helping professional, I always took care of others but for the first time I just really needed to take care of myself.  I was the “invincible” strong Black woman and friend.  I was not used to needing the support.  I had gotten hit by life so many times previously that I was still willing to keep moving and walk around like I am not deeply wounded and shattered.  Hopeless, depressed, sad, anxious, and confused were just a few of the feelings I experienced on a constant basis. As a Social Worker, I was able to find various supports but they were not tailored for the BIPOC Community.  We need to be loved-on and supported differently! Thus, my practice was birthed out of a place of pain because I didn't want anyone to feel broken and beat up like I did.  I want you to experience support and vulnerability and embrace it as a strength.  You are not less than because you need and/or want support.  You may not have always received support but you definitely deserve it!  I understand both personally and professionally that support looks different at every stage in your life and you get to choose what that looks like for you. 

I essentially became my first client as I had to learn and continue to learn how to take care of myself holistically with all of what life throws at me. Losing my children along with other life experiences helped me not waste my pain.  My pain and trauma became my super power.  Supporting other BIPOC people through grief, loss and the transitions of life became one of my love languages.