Coming Out Forums

The Strong Women Phenomenon ~ Is This a Blessing or a Curse in our Society?  Can you be strong and vulnerable at the same time?  Do strong women have needs?  Tune in to hear Michelle Gray, a LCSW, Kelly Campana, an Executive Coach, any myself, Dr. Lisa Cook share our perspectives and drop some nuggets of truth that can be helpful for all women! Tune In, Subscribe! Share!

Two Licensed Clinicians chop it up on a provocative topic, Intersectionality of Faith and Mental Health-A Clinician & Personal Perspective!  We answer the questions, “Can I experience anxiety, depression and/or trauma and be a person of faith?"  Does going to therapy mean that I have a lack of faith?   We address how faith and mental health can be bi-directional and both spaces can increase one’s...

Two Licensed Clinicians chop it up on a provocative topic, Intersectionality of Faith and Mental Health-A Clinician & Personal Perspective!  We answer the questions, “Can I experience anxiety, depression and/or trauma and be a person of faith?"  Does going to therapy mean that I have a lack of faith?   We address how faith and mental health can be bi-directional and both spaces can increase one’s...

Dr. Lisa Cook, a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, offers 10 tips on how to cope with unexpected job loss or job transition!  She provides her personal and professional lens to this topic...offering support for emotional wellness for those who may be facing job insecurity today or in the future.  Tune In! Subscribe! Share!

Do you want to know a few secrets with "being okay with not being in control"?  Well, my conservation with Dr. Cleo Booker, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, will enlighten you as she shares her journey with learning to be okay with not being in control.  You will hear about the tough internal questions you should ask yourself, the concept of allowance and the truth that Dr. Booker's wan...

Being wired to help someone could be in your DNA, so how do you cultivate a lifestyle of practicing the principle of "Help Who I Can, While I Can?  What could be the driving force?   The conversation with our Special Guest, Tina Stringer provides us with some insights and portable tools to look for opportunities to help others!  PLEASE do not forget that helping who I can, while I c...

The language we use is so much important in our healing journey!  If you are looking for some strategies on operating your healing "in REAL Time", you do not want to miss this conversation! Get ready to be enlightened and energized by our conversation! Now Tune In, Share and Subscribe!

Looking to gain a collaborative women's mindset!  You will want to listen to my conversation with Dr. Temeca Richardson!  "Dr. T" points you in the correct direction for building partnerships that can support your unique purpose!   There is power in harnessing collective ideas and benefits to tapping into other great minds!   There is no fear in building with the collectiv...

*Special Coming Out Forums episode dedicated to MOTHERS! * To all the moms, especially mom, I honor and salute you today!! Happy Mother's Day!

Looking for a refreshing perspective of how to manage your life, when life's circumstances have interrupted your plan!  Well stop...what you are doing and take some time to hear my conversation with Special Guest: Darlene Thorn!  She drops some powerful and priceless gems about living by faith and being a caretaker. Please don't think that this conversation is not for YOU because learnin...

Hey EVERYBODY! Stop what you are doing and listen to this POWERFUL episode on Breaking the Chains for Transformational Living...A Mind, Body and Soul Experience!  Change can only occur when there is AWARENESS to our blind spots!  We all have them!   If you are living in an emotional arrested position or made unconscious agreements with yourself that impact how you show up each day,...

Have you found that you rarely deal with your emotions! Have you been guilty of stuffing your emotions with food, shopping, aggression or another unhealthy coping skill?  If you feel the heaviness of emotional baggage, then this episode is waiting for you to listen! This episode will ignite your journey to "face your triggers", confirm that you are heading on the correct path for your healing, and...

Our relationships with others are a direct reflection of the relationship that we have with ourselves. ~Dr. Lisa Cook If you have expended your energy giving love out to everyone else, but neglected to give love to yourself, you want to listen to this episode! If you are eager to explore how you can learn to have a greater capacity of love in your life, you want to tune in TODAY! If you have been...

Everyone, stop what you are doing and listen to the conservation with this "Trailblazer", Coach RoShawn Broussard!  She has learned the art of how to lift her voice to a higher level and to take her voice to a different place to help pull women from the incarceration of the mind, body and soul due to the aftermath of trauma! If are seeking or struggling to find your voice in your life, this conver...

Sometimes in life, we can be a witness to others' pain, loss or difficult circumstances or we can be an un-intentional participant of life's natural flow of loss and pain.  In any case, we all are afforded an opportunity to create purpose from the pain! Our Special Guest, Patricia Freudenberg, is here to share with us how to take the door that is presented to us to create purpose from pain. &...

Have you faced depression and a perpetual sadness?  Has trauma in your life caused you to lose the beauty of who you are?  You do not want to miss the conversation with our, Special Guest, Dee Avant, where we talk about discovering who you are before and after trauma!  Think about who you were created to be outside of trauma.  We are created as beautifully unique individuals wi...

Some morning inspiration and motivation from Dr. Lisa Cook!! Are you stuck in an area in your life? Are you ready to give yourself permission to move!!  Your mind, body and soul are communicating to you it’s time to go forward and come out of the internal contemplation, or the inner turmoil, or an external situation that needs a change in your life!! It only takes us giving faith another chance! I...

Women Creating Your Own Grass is a life choice and our special guest, Shaltreece Herron, provides the blueprint for all of us to follow. She is driven and is hard-wired to help people. You can learn how to pursue your dream and listen to some valuable strategies for the process.  Consider, "Giving Up" and not "Giving In" as an initial step pass the resistance for you to create your own grass in ma...

You won't be disappointed when you hear from my special guest, Mrs. Charmagne Lambert, a woman, a mother, a wife, a PsyD student and a beautiful human being! She drops the mic on giving us some truth about her journey of self-discovery and how a deep soul searching process can look different for each person, as we all unique individuals! Listen to her share her journey and walk away ready to choos...

If you are struggling to get it right, YOU want to hear from our special guest, Jeniece Paige! Her story is powerful and illustrates how we can be malleable with the twist and turns of life.  Hear from a self-taught woman who trusted God despite the nay-sayers and labels others put on her.  She is raw and honest!  She will teach you how to NOT let what others say about you be YOUR STORY! You can b...

Looking to understand how to LIVE YOUR PURPOSE...well, you will want to hear from a Serial Entrepreneur, Mom, Wife and Undeniably A Woman of Strength and Faith, Elsie Norman!  You will leave this opening episode with some powerful nuggets for your life!  Sharing her personal life lessons, Elsie offers strategies to employ for you to get to where you want to be...living out of your purpose with cou...