Healing, Healthy, Brave & Safe Spaces:
Dr. Lurinda Sumpter, Certified Life, Grief & Loss Coach, PhD Psychology
Lurinda, aka iRiS INspires®, has coached and counseled women and men for over 35 years; I specialize in activating one's inner power that heals, awakens, supports, and transforms the journey of grief, loss, and trauma into a powerful platform of full-filled dreams. It is not what happened but how you perceive and interpret your experiences. Using key principles of Person-Centered Therapy, you create your future by redefining your past, stepping into the present, and moving forward in your creative power. Certified Grief counselor and Grief Doula, Caregiver Support, Breath-work practitioner, inPOWERmeant™ Technician, Cultural and Spiritual healing coach. BA in Africana Studies, MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, PhD Psychology (Consciousness, Spirituality, and Integrative Health). Founder of Center of inPOWERmeant (COINPM)™ Inc. 501c3 a holistic center bridging hope beyond solutions to families in transition.
Counselor and Coach Referrals
Dr. Nyiema D. Carter, PsyD, PMH-C
Nyiema Carter, provides therapeutic services and consultation for active adults and working professionals. Clinical focus includes Trauma, Life Transitions, Issues of Womanhood, Grief/Loss, End of Life Issues, Depression, Anxiety and Work/Life Harmony. Primary population includes Women, Geriatric, Forensic, Active-Duty Military and Veterans, First Responders, Social Workers, Teachers, Attorneys, Accountants, Medical Professionals, etc. She is the Executive Director of Well2Thrive, a wellness practice dedicated to nurturing overall well-being through a blend of psychological expertise and compassionate care. Dr. Carters, robust educational foundation begins with a foundation in double major BA in criminology and sociology, master’s degree in criminal psychotherapy, counseling, training, and education. justice, Phd in Clinical Psychology. Licensed by the State of California, Board of Psychology she has over 15-years of experience in psychology, counseling, training, and education.
Dr. Cassondra Jackson, PhD Mind Body Medicine
Cassondra Jackson, is the proud co-founder of Blue Lotus Wellness, a seasoned writer, mind-body practitioner, and an engaging public speaker. I am deeply committed to helping individuals connect with their inner selves to foster personal growth and transformation as a community mental health advocate and therapist with a Bachelor's in Psychology, a Master's in Community Counseling, and a PhD. in Mind-Body Medicine. I believe in the power of healing from the inside out and am dedicated to guiding others on their path to wellness.
Dr. Jewel Diamond Taylor
Jewel Diamond Taylor is a wife of 55 years, mother, grandmother, conference speaker, author, life coach, and founder of Women On the Grow, Inc., 501c3. Jewel has traveled internationally inspiring audiences (e.g. corporate, churches, campuses, conferences, and government agencies). Taylor offers many churches, funeral homes, and one-on-one grief coaching. Dr. Jewel Diamond Taylor received her honorary doctorate in divinity 2019 and received the 2021 Emmy Award for her contribution as an associate producer for the documentary filmed in Norway about race relations. Dr. Taylor offers pearls of wisdom for faith, resiliency, self-care, and effective coping skills for emotional wellness.
Natalie Lamb , Certified Life Coach & Counselor
Natalie started her coaching business in 2007 called “It’s Your Choice ”. This company offers classes, workshops and retreats in marriage, parenting, personal and spiritual development. She has classes and seminars to instruct the public about the most dangerous people. She created Child Predator seminars, which educates adults on the manipulative skills of sexual predators and bringing awareness to child sexual abuse as well as cybercrimes and sex trafficking. Natalie also teach, Dangerous Men and Women, teaching others on the 8 types of men and women to stay away from. In conjunction, she created a seminar, The Disturbed, to teach the masses about those without conscience or low conscience.
Tracy Holemeyer, Somatic Practitioner
Tracy is a Somatic Practitioner. Multimodal soul guide helping humans heal, reclaim, embody, align, remember their wholeness and live in their truth. Somatic Experiencing + Breathwork + Meditation + Sacred Initiations
Well-BEing focused | Energy-alignment | Trauma-responsive facilitator. Holding Sacred containers for self-healing, bringing light to the shadows, initiations, breathing & somatic remedy for clearing core ruptures. Birth doula.