I am…
a Black, queer mother who was born & raised in the US South with ancestral roots in Eastern, North Carolina, West Africa, Central America, Europe, stardust, soil, fungi, tree, vulture, moon, air, & water & the infinite cosmos. As a child, I loved reading mystery & fantasy books & enjoyed writing haikus. I can’t remember my relationship to writing as a child as much has been blocked from my memory. I do know that at one point during my childhood, reading & writing stopped being fun. Instead, it became a place of darkness due to the fear & shame of having dyslexia. I write now to remember, to reclaim my voice, & to call the lost parts of myself home. Many of my ancestors were silenced & left this earth with the pain of their stories untold & so, I write as a sacred duty to honor my ancestors. I write for my daughter & about the earth I hope she inherits. I write for those who have been marginalized due to disability & believe that writing isn’t for them. I write because it frees my soul.
From both personal & professional experiences as a holistic psychotherapist, I have come to understand the healing power of story. Storytelling through writing helps give an emotional experience a name & place, this process supports spiritual integration which fosters growth & healing. As a writer, I am intuitive, investigative, & politicized in my approach. I am curious about the nature of humanity & examining the conditions that we have found ourselves in as a society, especially with how we relate to one another. I write to explore what it means to live & die, to love, to suffer, to experience triumph, & to know joy & pain. I write in non linear fashion, from liminal spaces, & from the world of my imagination. My writing is shaped by the principles that guide my work: love, liberation, & joy.
My work focuses on spirituality, neuroscience, Black feminist thought, attachment healing, conscious parenting, ecology, justice, re-indigenizing wellness, somatics, mental health/psychology, travel, astrology, & collective healing.