Nurturing Wellness and Advocacy: Personal Reflections and Professional Insights into Mental Health, Culture, and Empowerment. Reflections written by
Joi McGowan LPC
The Healing Journey: Insights from Amani Counseling & Co.
FRIENDSHIP
Friendship as an adult, especially as a busy Black woman, can be challenging yet deeply meaningful. I’m learning to quiet my anxiety, trust the love of my friends, and honor boundaries without taking them personally. True friendship reminds me that I am whole, loved, and never alone. Read more here…
This is my protest…
This is my protest… This is my everyday protest. To be in my body. To be fully present. To live, to love, to laugh, to cry, to rage, to heal, to breathe. To be fully alive in this body. This is my everyday protest…
More than a Mother… I am worthy…
More than a mother. I am more than just a mom. I have been learning to honor all the different parts of me. Working to come back to whats at my core. Understanding that my core, my purpose is what is left if I could never do therapy again. What’s left of me? There’s more than just being a mom. There’s compassion, leadership, hopefulness, joy, and so much more

