In this episode, I connect with the brilliant Rowana Abbensetts-Dobson to talk about the importance of our stories and being a voice for the voiceless. How can our healing contribute to the healing of those who come after us? Rowana Abbensetts-Dobson is a Guyanese-American writer, mental health advocate, and founder of Spoken Black Girl, a publishing & media company that promotes mental health and wellness among Black women & women of color by amplifying emerging voices. She is publishing her first book, Departure Story, in June 2021. Rowana has had fiction and poetry published in Moko Magazine, Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora, Culture Push, and Free Verse Magazine. As a freelance health and wellness writer, Rowana has written for Well+Good, Bold Culture by Streamline Media, The Tempest, and Electric Lit. Connect with Rowana Website: www.spokenblackgirl.com Instagram: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjjyMyK9sXwAhUHqJ4KHWR4DJYQFjAHegQIERAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fspokenblackgirl%2F%3Fhl%3Den&usg=AOvVaw16tBiZoaJXE8qkopa9eXn4 (@spokenblackgirl) Facebook: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiGqcCd9sXwAhXO3J4KHb9WAikQFjAAegQIBBAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fspokenblackgirl%2F&usg=AOvVaw1yRIKhXb3MXpA90Q4pYIgF (@spokenblackgirl) Twitter: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwil6Nep9sXwAhUYvZ4KHRHODdIQFjAAegQIAhAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fspokenblackgirl%3Flang%3Den&usg=AOvVaw0Uj4-L8I1XsNiMuLFbVked (@spokenblackgirl)