Below are the highlights of my conversation with Amandella:

• How did her name come about? It is unique.
• What is Stimming in the mental health arena?
• What is a 'Physical Room'? Her advice on  how to create one in your personal space.
• Coast Mental Health in Vancouver, British Columbia & Prairie Institute of Expressive Arts Therapy in Calgary, Alberta.
• The challenges of growing up in the smaller towns in Southern Alberta in the 90's.
• Trust me, I never knew about the Commonwealth of Dominica as a country. 
• Trivia: the Lagoon scene of the Pirates of the Caribbean was filmed in the Commonwealth of Dominica. 
• How did she come up with the name, Asha Agape as a pseudonym?
• She is bolder as a Writer, when she writes in a male voice. 
• Shaving her hair 6 times. 
• What to experience upon visiting the Commonwealth of Dominica?
• Her perspective on how oxtail became a delicacy in the West Indies diet. 
• Trivia: POC means Person of Colour; BIPOC means Black Indian Person of Colour. 
• Her answer to a destabilizing event she experienced and how she rebounded from it. 

You can follow her on Facebook by searching Amandella Joseph; her Instagram handle is @chevonah.