Healing Bloom: A Safe Space to Grieve

Carolyn Wallace, Psychotherapist, Spiritual Director, and Archetypal Consultant, shares with the audience how the use of archetypes, innate potentials that are expressed in human behavior and experiences, help bring people to transformative spaces in life to "stand in their authority with unapologetic, radiant confidence." Carolyn shares how archetypes were pivotal in her grief journey through leaving her marriage and stepping into courage and independence.

Part 2 of 2 Following her passion for honoring her son's legacy, affectionately known as Vari, Lekesha Benson left her position as Children's Program Director at a local non-profit to create The NOLA Network. Co-founded with her son, Jacory, The NOLA Network is actively advocating for and creatively crafting change within the healthcare and educational systems by highlighting disparities in the caregiver and services received, training and educating families, and working with educators and providers to recognize and dismantle implicit bias within those systems.

Part 1 of 2.  Lekesha Benson, mother, child advocate, entrepreneur, and non-profit founder shares the story of how she and her family was impacted by the sudden death of her son, Javaris Benson, as the result of a sudden cardiac arrest.  From this experience, Lekesha is now leading a community, along with her son, Jacory Benson, to rally behind programming to highlight equity concerns around health and education.