Well-Being Educator, Author, Life & Purpose Advisor

I started as a case manager and grew to contribute to various state and non-profit agencies as a social worker, counselor, program manager, and ultimately director. I worked in both clinical and residential settings. I worked with clients one-on-one, developed programming, led initiatives, facilitated workshops, hired and supervised staff, and collaborated with local officials and community members.

Before becoming a full-time entrepreneur and author, I spent 20+ years serving vulnerable individuals and communities.

I hold space for truth, purpose, and calling.

I make self-healing a daily practice.

My books are included in collegiate studies.

My words have made a global impact.

Proof that good can come from the hood.

Sharing wisdom to continue the legacy.

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I have the education, training, and experience you need in a facilitator, speaker, advisor, and guide.

Decades Later

Healing Nakeia

The Decision

Work Inspiration

We are always just doing the best we can. Part of our work is to continually redefine and expand what our best is. I saw so many people living below their potential. I didn't want that to be my story, so I started rewriting the narrative.

My work with others was inspired by the work I’ve done on myself.

Work Inspiration

While growing up in “the projects” and enduring major adverse childhood experiences, I had no control over my circumstances. I wanted to reclaim my life, break generational cycles, and become the person I knew God created me to be.

I was 10 years old when I decided that life could and would be different for me.

The Decision

Little Kei

Granny's Baby

I set my first goal (to get out of the hood), started journaling, found mentors, and clocked in to my personal development—engaging in habits, practices, and making favorable choices—like it was my full-time job.

So I began my healing journey.

Healing Nakeia

It helped me become a first-generation college graduate and transition from my work in human services to the music industry, and from the music industry to wellness. It’s helped my clients heal childhood trauma, survive abusive relationships, earn degrees, start businesses, and upgrade their entire lives.

Decades later, I still follow and teach that same method for personal and professional success.

Decades Later

I create high-impact experiences, collaborating with brands to bring healing habits, daily practices, and guided affirmations to their global audiences and staff. My voice is favored among mindfulness apps and used to lead meditations, workshops, and pep talks. Through meaningful media conversations, I unpack sensitive topics like childhood trauma, mother/father wounds, and heartbreak—and I elicit inspired action through conversations about purpose, pivoting, and the growth journey.

I work with individuals to heal their past traumas, return to themselves after major life transitions, uncover their purpose and calling, and build lives and careers that align with their values, and leverages their unique gifts.

In 2020, I released my first self-published book, I Hope This Helps, an Amazon bestseller. My second book, All The Right Pieces (2022), and third book, Habits for Healing: Reclaim Your Purpose, Peace, and Power (2024), are also reaching the hearts of readers looking for guidance on their healing journeys. As the founder of Heal and Grow Daily, a global community and private membership, I guide industry leaders, parents, trauma survivors, and others as they pursue purpose and calling and create the lives they deserve.

The Work

That means I must stay in integrity with my personal work and hold myself accountable to walking the talk. I am committed to using my voice to speak the truth, empower others, and share my story as a testament to what’s possible.

God has given me the gift of seeing how you can use your gifts and unique essence to do the same in your own life. Every morning, I ask this question: How can I better serve?

I am called to serve as a guide and influential role model.

The calling

That means I must stay in integrity with my personal work and hold myself accountable to walking the talk. I am committed to using my voice to speak the truth, empower others, and share my story as a testament to what’s possible.

God has given me the gift of seeing how you can use your gifts and unique essence to do the same in your own life. Every morning, I ask this question: How can I better serve?