Let me inspire and inform your audience, group, or employees with lectures, presentations, and workshops focused on mental health and self-care. I have lectured and presented workshops on mental health in diverse settings, including John Hopkins Medical, Yale University, MIT, and The Kennedy School of Government.

My books The Strong Black Woman How a Myth Endangers the Physical and Mental Health of Black Women and The New Black Woman Loves Herself Has Boundaries Heals Every Day have been embraced by readers as indispensable guides to health and healing. In The Strong Black Woman, I interviewed Black women, mental health professionals, doctors, and researchers and shared my own story of overcoming the toxic impact of The Strong Black Woman complex. The New Black Woman is an inspirational guide to how to start a sustainable practice of radical self-care.

I facilitate both virtual and live presentations on a variety of health and wellness topics including:

• Challenging the Myth of The Strong Black Woman
• Radical Self-care How to Heal Every Day
• Writing Through the Storm: Journaling as an Act of Discovery
• Yes, You Can Say No
• You Must Be Well to Do Well

Or work with me to design the specific presentation you need.

I am the award-winning author of over twenty works of fiction and nonfiction, as well as a veteran teacher of writing, at universities that include Virginia Commonwealth University, George Mason University, and Johns Hopkins.

My article in the Washington Post Sunday Magazine, about African Americans and Alzheimer’s was one of the first to reveal the disproportionate impact of the disease on African Americans. I wrote about Alzheimer’s disease in my NAACP-Image award-nominated novel The Wide Circumference of Love and edited the anthology Us Against Alzheimer’s.

I’ve been a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, interviewed on Tuesdays with Maria Shriver, and a question on Jeopardy! As a literary activist, I co-founded and am President Emerita of The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation.

For information on bringing me to your organization send an inquiry to [email protected].

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