About Me

My intention is to co-create a sacred space for you to reconnect with your true self, awaken your inner wisdom, and remember your wholeness.

Born and raised in the U.S. South, I carry the resilience, wisdom, and unshakable faith of my parents—survivors of Jim Crow and the Vietnam War. Their steadfast belief in justice and possibility grounds my work and inspires my mission to create spaces for healing and liberation. I also hold the fortitude, ingenuity, and strength of my African and Indigenous ancestry, while honoring and grappling with the complexity and pain of my European ancestry. Like each of us, I am a multi-dimensional being, embracing the contradictions, richness, and wholeness that define us all.

I created Whole with Joy because I know what it feels like to carry the weight of the world’s conditions inside me—feeling broken and insecure, seeing those wounds play out in my relationships, and not knowing how to break the cycle. Living under systems of oppression, we often lose touch with our inherent wholeness. These systems of fear, shame, and disconnection fragment us, showing up in how we relate to ourselves, others, and the world.

As a queer Black womxn, mother, and neurodivergent person navigating life at multiple intersections, this work is deeply personal. I’ve come to understand that the personal is political, and the political is personal. The wounds inflicted by the world often become the wounds we carry within, perpetuating cycles of pain.

Over the past 15 years, I’ve worked in diverse settings—with migrant and displaced communities, formerly incarcerated men, families, women in domestic violence shelters, and in medical, community mental health, and private practice. Time and again, I saw how what the world calls “mental illness” is often the soul’s expression of pain—a reflection of violent conditions, denied dignity, and a deep longing for belonging. The medical model of psychotherapy often views pain through a narrow lens of labels and band-aid solutions, failing to address the systemic and interconnected roots of suffering.

I noticed a recurring theme in the struggles of those I worked with: a deep disconnection from the larger web of life. Beneath the pain were spiritual wounds calling for attention. This realization shifted my approach, leading me to understand that true healing begins with rekindling our sense of belonging. It’s about remembering who we are, rediscovering our purpose, and restoring the bonds that unite us with life itself.

Today, my approach goes beyond traditional psychotherapy, viewing suffering as ecological, environmental, and spiritual. I focus on cultivating spaces where wholeness can emerge and spiritual liberation can take root. My journey has been shaped by my own healing—through embodied practices, land-based community care, and ancestral and Indigenous traditions.

I practice healing that has freed my spirit, weaving together somatics, Earth wisdom, plants, community care, sensuality, and generational transformation. Alongside my elder mother, I co-steward Still Magnolias, a nonprofit supporting the holistic healing of women of color in rural North Carolina. I am also the visionary of Alberta’s Homeplace, an ecovillage for single Black mothers and children.

As a former community resilience educator trained through the Trauma Resource Institute and Resources for Resilience, I supported individuals and communities in cultivating resilience, healing trauma, and reconnecting to their innate well-being. My approach integrates formal training, lived experience, and personal healing into a holistic framework informed by:

Somatic Experiencing
Attachment Theory
Trauma-Conscious Yoga
Relational Connection
Reiki Energy Healing
Ancestral Healing Practices
Earth-Based Healing

Yet, out of all the training and experiences that have shaped my work, none has been as transformative as the wisdom I have gained through motherhood.

I believe in the human capacity for healing and change. These are critical times, calling us to dig deep within ourselves, free ourselves from what binds us, and lift each other to greater heights of love, harmony, and peace.

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