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Therapist • Author •
Speaker • Creator
Making healing accessible
📍SEA ☔️ | SAN ☀️
Founder @therapyfundfoundation
📚 New book out now ↓

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What an honor! 🥹✨

This Saturday, I’ll be facilitating the panel “Healing While Doing the Work” at @therapyfundfoundation ’s Holding the Healers event!

BUT LOOK WHO’S EMCEEING!!!! MY BABY @levi2pretty_pt2_ !!!! 😭✨ And of course THEEEEE @dampeyalife1 !!!

To be in the same room doing meaningful work alongside my daughter?! What a privilege! Watching her step into her gifts while continuing to grow in mine is something special!

Thank you, Therapy Fund Foundation, for trusting us with this opportunity!

Seattle, come be in community with us! We’ll have meaningful conversations, keynote speaker @joelbervell , MD, a celebration of scholarship recipients, and FREE 15-minute therapist consultations (limited availability).

🗓️ Saturday, October 24, 2026
📍 @actsonstage , Seattle
🎟️ FREE event! Registration required.
🔗 Register: https://events.humanitix.com/healingtogether

(IF ON IG LINK IN BIO)
Come get poured into, too! 🤎✨

Auntie Michaela signing out. ✨

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Holding space for the space holders❤️

A little look behind the scenes of our Breaking Confidentiality night in LA with @theangrytherapist🙌

Thank you to everyone who came, our incredible crew, and every single person keeping the hotline ringing. This is just the beginning.

To join the movement, submit your therapy confessions 👉@breakingconfidentiality (📞 or ✍️)

📸: @photoshyhanna

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🔥💪 MENTAL TOUGHNESS TUESDAY — YOUR COMEBACK STARTS WITH YOUR NEXT REP!

What happens when confidence fades, progress slows, and adversity hits?

DO YOU QUIT OR FIND A WAY FORWARD?

💯 MENTAL TOUGHNESS ISN’T ABOUT NEVER STRUGGLING. IT’S ABOUT HOW YOU RESPOND.

At PRESSURESTATE PERFORMANCE, we teach the ONE MORE REP RULE. 🏆

When things get tough, take ONE purposeful step forward.

💪 One focused drill.
🧠 One lesson learned.
🎯 One adjustment made.
🔥 One difficult conversation.

SMALL ACTIONS BUILD MOMENTUM.

🏆 TODAY’S CHALLENGE:

1️⃣ NAME IT — What’s challenging you?

2️⃣ CHOOSE IT — What can you control?

3️⃣ COMPLETE IT — Take action and keep building.

Remember, resilience also means knowing when to rest, adjust, or ask for help.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO FEEL READY TO START REBUILDING.

You can struggle and still grow.
You can fail and still improve.
You can lose confidence without losing your purpose.

🔥 YOUR NEXT REP COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF YOUR COMEBACK.

👇 What’s YOUR one more rep today?

👑 TRAIN THE MIND. OWN THE MOMENT.

#PressurestatePerformance #MentalToughnessTuesday #OneMoreRep #MentalToughness #TrainTheMindOwnTheMoment

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We are officially ONE WEEK AWAY from Holding the Healers! 🤎✨

We spend so much time talking about the importance of healing, but on October 24th, we’re creating space to experience it together.

From powerful conversations and community connections to FREE therapist consultations, inspiring speakers, and celebrating our scholarship recipients, this is more than an event. It’s a reminder that those who pour into others deserve to be poured into, too. 🤎

📍 Seattle, WA
🗓️ Saturday, October 24 | 1–6 PM

ROLL CALL! 👀👇🏾 Who’s going to be in the room with us? Drop a 🤎 in the comments if we’ll see you there!

🎟️ Haven’t registered yet? Link in bio! or therapyfundfoundation.org/events

#HoldingTheHealers #TherapyFundFoundation #MentalHealth #CommunityHealing #SeattleEvents

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🎙️ 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬… 𝐁𝐄𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆!

Everybody sees the beautiful events, packed rooms, and unforgettable experiences. But what about everything that happens behind the scenes? 👀

The sponsorships, budgets, creative visions, challenges, and everything it takes to bring people together.

@therapywithash is developing Behind the Gathering, a podcast exploring the real stories, lessons, and people behind the experiences we love.

🎤BTG is looking to connect! Event founders, conference organizers, producers, creatives, sponsorship experts, and anyone who brings gatherings to life. Share your stories with BTG!

BTG is also looking for an experienced podcast producer to help bring this vision to life.

Who should we talk to? Tag them below or send us a DM! 💛

#BehindTheGathering #newpod #podcast #podcastersofinstagram #BTG

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Thank you, LA. For your honesty, openness, and willingness to share your stories.💛

Our Group Therapy session has concluded, but this is only the beginning.🙌

Couldn’t make it? You can still get in on the conversation👇

Pre-order for Breaking Confidentiality opens THIS WEEK. Link in bio.

Got something to confess? Call our hotline (Phone # and link in @breakingconfidentiality bio)🤝

📸: @photoshyhanna

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Thank you @theangrytherapist @soulprintmediaco for creating a space to have an honest conversation about therapy in @breakingconfidentiality

These days, there is so much noise and bullshit out there, which makes me appreciate authenticity even more. It was great to connect with other therapists that keep it real and are genuinely invested in moving the mental health space forward in a positive direction @silvykhoucasian @therapywithash @themondaycollective

More of these honest conversations are needed, and I’m grateful to @theangrytherapist for being a leader in his willingness to pull back the curtain in a way that allows people to truly connect. It was a privilege to have been part of this event!

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A look back at our McGirt-Adair Scholarship holiday celebration! We can’t wait to welcome our 2026 cohort and celebrate the next generation of healers.

📅 Applications close October 10
✨ Awards presented October 24 at Holding the Healers, alongside our community panels!

Apply today! Register to Attend!!! https://therapyfundfoundation.org/scholarship

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$10 on the 10th. Because healing should be accessible to everyone.

As we approach World Mental Health Day on October 10, we’re inviting our community to turn awareness into action.

At Therapy Fund Foundation, mental health isn’t something we talk about for just one day or one month. It is at the heart of what we do every day.

We work to eliminate financial, cultural, and systemic barriers to healing by expanding access to culturally responsive therapy and peer support, investing in youth and families, strengthening the behavioral health workforce, and creating spaces where our communities can heal, connect, and be heard.

And none of this work happens without community.

This October 10th, we’re asking you to give $10 on the 10th. 💚

$10 may feel small, but when a community gives together, it becomes therapy access. It becomes youth programming. It becomes healing spaces. It becomes connection, advocacy, and the reminder that someone does not have to navigate their healing journey alone.

Donation link in bio!

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CONNECT. MATCH. HEAL. 🤎
Finding the right therapist can feel overwhelming. Sometimes, you just need a chance to sit across from someone, ask questions, feel the energy, and see if the connection is there.
On Saturday, October 24, Therapy Fund Foundation is bringing therapists directly into community for FREE 15-minute, one-on-one consultations during Holding the Healers at Acts On Stage.
✨ CONNECT with a therapist.
🤝🏾 MATCH with someone who may align with your needs.
🌿 HEAL by taking that first step toward the support you deserve.
Use your 15 minutes to ask questions, explore therapy options, talk about what you’re looking for, or simply see what it feels like to connect with a therapist in a low-pressure environment.
Consultations are complimentary, but availability is limited. Registration for the event is required.
📅 Saturday, October 24, 2026
📍 Acts On Stage
🔗 Register using the QR code or link on the flyer.

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Nearly one hundred Black women, community leaders, elders, and youth recently gathered for Excellence in Advocacy 2026 at the Mt. Baker Community Club (@mountbakercommunityclub), marking a convergence dedicated to honoring grassroots service, intergenerational solidarity, and long-term political power.

Organized by Colorful Communities founder Emijah Smith, Excellence In Advocacy celebrated the unsung heroines who pour into their neighborhoods daily, like community organizer Mary Smith, Elder and former State Representative Dawn Mason (@dawnseattle), and Rev. Harriett Walden. Blending holistic care like acupuncture and sound baths with strategic legislative discussions, the event exemplified how sustainable activism requires both community healing and organized action.

Reflecting the spirit of Sankofa, Jackie Vaughn of Black Women Empowerment for Life and Liberation (BWELL) highlighted an intergenerational room united to build political power. Community organizer Mary Flowers emphasized that movement work is not simply about passing a baton, but carrying it together.

Other speakers included Therapy Fund Foundation (@therapyfundfoundation) founder Ashley McGirt-Adair (@therapywithash), Community Day Center for Children Director Lois Martin, spoken word artist Monique Franklin (@moniquefranklin360), and community advocates Carol Mensah (abenaa46), Teroshuah Thomas (@teroshua_rosh), and LeJayah Washington.

Anchored by Mason's moving declaration that the room represented "our ancestors' wildest dream," the gathering was both a sanctuary and a launching pad for ongoing action. As Emijah Smith made clear, Excellence in Advocacy 2026 went beyond celebration, unifying the community to wield their collective power for good.

#WWConverge #BlackMediaMatters #BlackWomen #ExcellenceInAdvocacy

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Some conversations stay with you long after they’re over.

Please help us welcome @therapywithash to the Real Life, Real Talk track at Kinfolk Lit Fest 2027.

Memoirs, history, politics, culture and conversations that challenge, inspire and inform.

📍 Indianapolis
📅 July 16-18, 2027
🎟️ Festival Passes kinfolklit.com

Who all gone be there? 👀
See the lineup: kinfolklit.com/lineup

Curators: @browngirlcollective @theliterarycyph

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