Author. Alchemist. Afrofuturist.
About Me
“There can be no revolution without love, and we cannot know love without knowing ourselves” - RR
What’s good!? 👋🏿 I’m Rachel (she/they), a sacred soul having a wild human experience in a multiracial Black, queer, highly-sensitive, disabled & badass femme body.
I am many a ting, including an author/storyteller, speaker, healer & sacred space holder. I share my vision & wisdom on a variety of topics - like community care, Afrofuturist activism, transformative justice & creative wellness - all centering and in service of Black & Indigenous solidarity, liberation and healing.
My work is rooted in Afrofuturism, abolition & alchemy.
I envision a world where Black & Indigenous folx are and feel deeply cared for.
And I help you, especially my Black & Indigenous babes, remember your innate wisdom & unlock the love, dignity and divine feminine power that systems of oppression tried to take from you.
I’m here to:
(A) activate & support Black & Brown lightworkers; and
(B) cultivate & co-create belonging, dignity, liberation & healing for queer, trans & disabled Black, Indigenous & other melanated folx of the global majority.
My offerings & their impact cannot be sufficiently summarized on these interwebs. I AM AN EXPERIENCE.
My work is mostly intangible & energetic and that’s precisely why it’s so POWERFUL.
I EMPOWER FOLX WITH SKILLS & TOOLS NEEDED TO:
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Decolonize and re-village your body, mind & spirit
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Prioritize the oppressed (esp. if that’s you)
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Make art centering Black healing & liberation
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Co-create inclusive, brave and sacred spaces
I think about revolutionary shit in a revolutionary way & support others do the same.
“Holy Healing! What Rachel offers the world..is a bold possibility for change and healing…”
- Iyanla Vanzant, #1 NYT Bestselling Author & TV Host (OWN)
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Books
For every (inner) child who has ever felt that they don’t belong.
This lyrical mindfulness guide filled with inspiring messages helps young ones, especially Black and Brown children, feel big feelings, celebrate their whole being and know they are enough.
Includes a mindfulness map to help little ones (and caregivers) get embodied in their feelings.
Do Better is a revolutionary offering addressing inequity from an intersectional and spiritually-aligned perspective. Part memoir, part actionable guidebook for anyone & everyone, Do Better illustrates how to engage in mindfulness-based practices to get embodied & fight white supremacy from the inside out.
“Rachel [has shared] a magnificent offering y’all…we ALL need this book. Yesterday, tomorrow. We’re gonna need this motherfucker as long as somebody’s breathing.”
- Kiese Laymon, NAACP Image Award Winning Author
JOIN ME ON TOUR
JOIN ME ON TOUR
Events
Holding Onto Joy workshop - Tkaronto
This will be a sacred space to learn about, honor & be our whole, authentic & beautiful selves – especially for Black & Brown folx.
When we get to connect with our inner children (and truest selves), and support them feeling safe and free to be exactly as and how they are, it anchors us in love, acceptance and possibility - all of which supports both personal and collective liberation.
Work with me
As an internationally renowned guide & activist, I offer keynote speeches, workshops & consulting on a variety of critical topics in service of Black & Indigenous liberation - all through an intersectional, non-hierarchical, spiritual & liberatory lens.
I’m currently interested in being invited to share my visions & wisdom about:
Co-Creating Inclusive, Brave & Sacred Space - what’s required for creating & facilitating sufficiently safe & inclusive spaces
Afrofuturist Activism - how can we imagine a new world centering Black & Indigenous care, liberation & healing
Love As Activism - how can we better embody love & use it as the driving force for personal & collective change
Abolitionist Art & Creative Wellness - how can we best use our art in service of both our wellbeing and intersectional & collective liberation
Authentic AF - how do we cultivate care & safety to be our authentic selves in a world designed to oppress & assimilate us
Community Care - what does it look/feel like, what’s required & what are the obstacles
I’m also down to share my wisdom on other topics if they align; and open to influencer or other collabs with aligned brands actively prioritizing Black and/or Indigenous liberation. Hit me up :)
For the full lowdown on collaborating w/ me, snag my Co-Creation Kit below:
Read thru the deets in my kit?
If your power of discernment is saying let’s do this - send me an invite to co-create below!
“Every time I am in a room with Rachel, I am filled with a light & energy that keeps me lit for days - lit with optimism, passion, and hope…”
- Alica Forneret, Grief Champion for BI&PoC
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Courses
Below are my offerings to support a world centering the unapologetic liberation, healing & caring of/for Black and Indigenous folx.
Radical Hope
This 75 min pre-recorded webinar is an opportunity for you to acknowledge your heavy heart and practice radical hope to contribute to collective action. You will acquire tools to feel more empowered in your journey to better show up for yourself & the collective (esp. those made most marginalized). Closed captioning included.
Includes:
The 5 “Rs” for radical hope
Meditation & breathwork
Practical tips for collective action
Reflection worksheet
Abolitionist Art Party [coming Spring]
A virtual creative gathering for those committed to abolition in all forms to be (and be held) together in sacred space for healing, solidarity, release, JOY & communion. No art experience necessary.
Black Resistance as Revolution (coming soon[ish])
This webinar supports attendees to learn about Black resistance & the ways we can all learn from the Black community to better fight oppression in our lives. Using mindful prompts we will explore the global impact of anti-Blackness & Black resistance, acknowledge our grief and practice radical hope to take embodied action in the name of Black, and thus collective, liberation.
Cultivating Creative Empowerment (coming soon[ish])
For Black, Indigenous and other folks of the global majority seeking to empower & liberate themselves and their work to live and create authentically while navigating the oppressive systems of creating, distributing & selling art in a cis white hetero capitalist system.
If you’re interested in my Spiritual Activism workshops, they can be accessed here for a limited time (I’m focusing on more revolutionary work).
Resources
Think Peace(s)
Get Zen
Spend Ya Privilege
RooteD
ROOTED by rachel
A newsletter of my soulFULL prompts and reflections for rooting into & reconnecting with ourselves, as well as each other, and using love as the pathway for revolution.
All with my signature sacred space-holding, truth-telling…and side of sass ;)
Press & Praise
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