Elevating Wholeness with Dr. Tracee Perryman

Jul 31 2024

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Elevating Wholeness serves minority women with a knowing perspective on the challenges they face. Guests provide coping strategies for career adjustment, management of life demands, and the resolution of difficult relationships. Hosted by Dr. Tracee Perryman, Elevating Wholeness is here to help its audience know when mental health treatment is necessary and identifies alternatives to opioid use and abuse through self-medication. Each episode features distinguished minority and faith-based messengers. Dr. Perryman is an Amazon Best-Selling author on issues impacting women, as well as a Licensed Professional Counselor. She is also CEO and Co-Founder of Center of Hope Family Services, Toledo, OH. Find out more at cohfs.org.

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107 Dr. Dione Somerville: “Staying Whole While Blazing Trails”

Jul 31 2024 15 mins

Great women seek leadership opportunities. But positions of greater responsibility come with added complexities. Those pressures can’t always be easily managed. Women of color may face even more stressful influences than their counterparts in other communities. Where do they look for coping skills? On this episode of Elevating Wholeness, Dr. Tracee Perryman speaks with an academi

106 Terina Jaynes and Wazeda Wilson: “A New Day and A New Perspective”

Jul 31 2024 20 mins

People from older generations often talk about how millennials cope with life's challenges, But they often criticize with little understanding of the millennial experience. This might be because older generations evaluate younger folks without talking with them. So, let’s do that… On Elevating Wholeness, Dr. Tracee Perryman talks with two young professionals, Terina Jaynes and

105 Jeanna Odoms-Temple: “Staying Grounded and Aiming High”

Jul 31 2024 18 mins

Can we constantly improve our careers and still serve ourselves, our family, and our community? Jeanna Odoms-Temple started a family, but still embraced a demanding job with a major corporation that advances continuous improvement in the workplace. She’ll talk about life balance and the rewarding parts of her career help her as mother and wife. Elevating Wholeness serves minority

104 Dr. Beverly Vandiver: “Understanding Our Emotions, Understanding Ourselves.”

Jul 31 2024 16 mins

One of our priorities in wholeness is understanding how mental challenges can lead to poor decisions. When we’re stressed, when do we look for help? What happens if we wait too long, especially for women of color? Those are questions for our guest on this episode of Elevating Wholeness. Dr. Beverly Vandiver is an eminent psychologist, a professor at Ohio State University, and edi

103 Valerie Kelley-Bonner: “Not Your Ordinary Prevention Approaches”

Jul 31 2024 16 mins

This episode of Elevating Wholeness addresses the most serious of topics. Since Covid, suicides among African Americans have increased. What’s the path to prevention? Dr. Tracee Perryman speaks with Valerie Bonner, an experienced counselor who has been in the inner city trenches for years and understands the connections between depression, self-medication, and suicide. Ms. Bonner

102 Kisha Grandy: “Healing the Mind, One Song at a Time”

Jul 31 2024 16 mins

Can we use music to help our everyday wellness? On this episode of Elevating Wholeness, we’ll talk with someone who knows. Singer and actor Kisha Grandy (Kirk Franklin’s The Family and Tyler Perry’s film I Can Do Bad All by Myself)“ speaks with Dr. Tracee Perryman, shares her very personal story, and demonstrates how music therapy reduces anxiety. Elevating Wholeness serves

Episode 101 Kathryn Tucker: “Balancing The Mind While Balancing Demands”

Jul 31 2024 19 mins

Women often manage challenging circumstances differently than men who might have the same business responsibilities and issues. On the first episode of Elevating Wholeness with Dr. Tracee Perryman, we speak with someone who has the experience to discuss why this is, and who knows when we should focus on the problem and when to focus on ourselves. Our guest is Kathryn Tucker, Chief