My Story
Cathy is a student of psychology, counseling, science, and law. She is the founder of Positive Sisters Supporting Sisters (PSSS) a unique sisterhood circle to encourage cohesiveness amongst women of color and to break down the barriers between the generations of women. Cathy is also the founder of Keeping It Soulfully Sexy (KISS) a sacred women’s circle focused on womb health, learning, and unlocking the Divine Feminine, and understanding First Cause. She is motivated to speak to the brokenness of people's lives and help them to uncover hidden possibilities. Her vision is to plant seeds of faith, healing, and sisterhood in every woman she meets.
Coming from humble beginnings, I was a victim to maternal abuse, paternal abandonment, and a domestic violence. These surroundings lead me to addiction to escape a reality that I was too young to understand and powerless to leave. From there my story becomes more colorful as homelessness, cycles of dysfunctional relationships, and health issues became a part of narrative. Like many others, I hid in the church, busies myself with service, school, work, and anything else I could find to distract me from the real pain. The pain of facing myself and admitting that when I looked in the mirror, I saw a grown woman with two children without fathers ~ who didn’t have a clue of what being a woman was, or how to take care of myself. I had become a victim of myself, and the way was nowhere in sight. Oh, and did I mention while all of this I was broke as broke could be.
Today, I Am an entrepreneur and, on my way, to being a homeowner. But more importantly than that, I Am a woman who is complete within my Soul. What does that mean? It means I know who I Am. I know who God is to me and how God operates through me. The joy, peace, and freedom that I am now experiencing is the fruit of more than 20 years of self-discovery and healing work. I no-longer ascribe to suffering and martyrdom as some badge of honor for holiness or righteous living. I no-longer jump through hoops to be in my rightful place of service – serving everyone and everything except myself. I have healthy boundaries and I know the value that I Am and that I bring to the rooms I enter. I no-longer run to this service and that service looking for a word or to lay at an altar. I Am the rightful place, I Am the service, I Am the word and the alter.
Because of my background and all the pain suffering in my life by not having anyone around to guide me, I have a tremendous passion for working with young women. It is my sincere desire that by sharing my experiences and healing journey, others would learn from my mistakes and be transformed. For this reason alone, I am absolutely and unapologetically raw when it comes to speaking to the youth.