Psychologist & Performance Advisor for Leaders, Athletes, & Brands Under Pressure
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At Let's Get Free Consulting, our mission is to enable individuals and organizations by harnessing psychological insights and championing organizational excellence.
We empower executives, athletes, and organizations to convert pressure into purpose through strategic insights, performance psychology, and dynamic reinvention.
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Our journey across diverse sectors is driven by a singular vision: to unlock potential and foster growth in both individuals and complex organizational structures through impactful interventions. As a Black-owned change agency, we are dedicated to expanding access and promoting economic mobility for all, with a particular focus on historically marginalized communities.
BRAND PILLARS
We are a diagnostic-first performance and leadership advisory service helping talent-driven brands measure and recalibrate identity, pressure, and performance so that strategy, culture, and visibility actually match.
Our tools and advisory drive recalibration through focused interventions on storytelling, role alignment, and the environment as a performance catalyst.
Identity-Informed Performance
We treat identity as infrastructure, not a side conversation.
Systems Oriented Strategy
With cross-sector experience in healthcare, higher education, sports, and entertainment, we've actually run the machinery involved in strategy offices, multi-site programs, organizational change, and executive initiatives.
Diagnostic Architecture
We build bespoke measurement tools before we design development plans. Decision makers walk away with more than just content; we leave them with a roadmap of where identity, pressure, and performance are misaligned, plus a plan.
Story, Visibility, & Pressure
We understand visibility as a pressure system, especially for Black executives and highly visible personas. Our advisory helps people navigate attention, scrutiny, and opportunity without losing identity or burning out.
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![[1of3] At its core, anxiety involves excessive worry about a potential threat or negative outcome. When we are anxious, we have successfully convinced ourselves that some future event will end negatively.
As a result, we often try to reduce our anxieties by avoiding specific situations or interactions that will trigger said fears. While we may receive temporary satisfaction through avoidance, we must not convince ourselves that this method will cause the issue itself to fizzle out and disappear.
This is especially true in interpersonal relationships. When we have specific anxieties (such as fears of abandonment), [which are often] triggered by previous experiences, we may find ourselves in an ever-present cycle of avoidance. We avoid conflicts, debates, and topics that may lead to a rupture in our relationship. This cycle often continues subconsciously. Ultimately, we restrict ourselves from growing as individuals and within our relationships because we believe the key to success in our relations is accomplished through pleasing and peacekeeping. <There’s more....>
Check out the next post for a summary of the avoidance cycle. As we raise our awareness, hopefully, we find relief and grow in our personal journeys with ourselves and with others.
Signed, Dr. D 👨🏾⚕️🧠
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#mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #blackmentalhealth #getfreewithDrD #wellbeing #healing #blacktherapists
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![[2of3] The first key to addressing the cycle is raising our awareness about the things we are avoiding and being honest about how these anxieties influence how we show up in the world and interact with others.
If we are honest in our reflections, we may find that the relief from avoidance is short-lived because the issues are still present. We also still have uncomfortable feelings about our inability to confront our concerns in the moment. As such, we may pull away from subsequent interactions or choose to sever connections altogether to avoid these negative feelings of inadequacy. Now, we find ourselves contributing to the very outcome we feared would occur on its own. A lost connection.
And the cycle continues.
Avoidance gives an illusion of peace. On this journey to finding relief... Maybe try vocalizing your unmet needs as an alternative way to cope. Working through your issues via communication can help release you from the inner conflict that comes with avoidance and addresses the issues with those whom we need/ love. As a result, we grow as individuals, and our relationships grow through sharing how we would like to be cared for moving forward. It may be challenging initially, and as with any new skill, we may fumble our way through. That’s ok!! We must learn to be patient with ourselves. Just think, this is a new method for us and it involves leaning into our anxieties vs. running away from them.
However, it’s not lost on us that in order for us to experience something new in our lives.. we may have to do things differently for a change. TAKE THE CHANCE.
Signed, Dr. D 👨🏾⚕️🧠
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#mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #blackmentalhealth #getfreewithDrD #wellbeing #healing #blacktherapist
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![[3of3] There’s growth on the other side of this challenge. I promise. Let’s get your relief. LETS GET FREE!
Signed, Dr. D 👨🏾⚕️🧠
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![[1 of 3] Did you answer yes? How do you know? Check out the next post for a few simple suggestions to love on yourself a little more. Signed, Dr. D 👨🏾⚕️🧠](https://scontent-sea5-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/140024860_112825067388076_7972247884082928564_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=103&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=om7ZRTVs-2EQ7kNvwEprNzn&_nc_oc=AdnTfpNe22WfTCH9pFFUUQ75jXoiZ0Zmc1pc53D6t62EYez6GVilzx4MzcawcDM1Nvc&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-sea5-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=ZJcuaVcq2d7rd0XH0i6ioQ&oh=00_AfquSn8pXIryuLk7zy0wbjSCsixTiS8P0u2X0bgxdhRicA&oe=696D3AE1)
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👉🏾Self-love is a state of appreciation for oneself. The action alone has a tremendous potential to improve our psychological growth and overall well being. Self-love, often used interchangeably with self-care, is the idea that we should hold ourselves in high regard in our efforts to reach lasting and sustainable happiness.
👉🏾We can be dedicated to helping and serving others without sacrificing our own well being and joy. Remember, we can’t pour from an empty cup. It’s time out for feelings of guilt when we love ourselves. Have you loved yourself today?!
👉🏾If not, here a few ways to show yourself love, with intentionality. Be good To YOU!!
Signed, Dr. D 👨🏾⚕️🧠 #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #selflove #blackmentalhealth #selfcaretips](https://scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/140099111_2830353270541150_813093010798125659_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=106&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=ZB_lQcAM6RcQ7kNvwGGsNJD&_nc_oc=AdmBDqgkNJ_ZpVMf_BJt4Zy7qbCJ5lUCt8cCXuTM7btMY7St85voPWG9WHNyyeZO9C4&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=ZJcuaVcq2d7rd0XH0i6ioQ&oh=00_AfrMe4JQ-S_NzTbi6U_OSlf8F7SdzsdYtXmkeyV1YK7z8Q&oe=696D5290)
![[3 of 3] We often say it, but are we demonstrating this love daily? Signed, Dr. D 👨🏾⚕️🧠](https://scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.71878-15/529802450_1838261533417280_1019788021937964922_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=104&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=OVNl_AAHoCYQ7kNvwFlH424&_nc_oc=Adnvp9pyEWmNp-uxHF7wfajBH8Tz6YGhL_U7Ego_g2CMNY9fzVj3E8R7IQQHNXzFqEM&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=ZJcuaVcq2d7rd0XH0i6ioQ&oh=00_AfpW9AaLfkvURjN3WUPDXvpeLtwObgpOSPx-JInWb2VMYA&oe=696D5CE6)
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strive
/strīv/ • [verb] : 1. Make great efforts to achieve something. 2. Struggle or fight vigorously.
-I had a conversation this week about the efforts necessary to rise and reach our goals. We often fall short of our goals because we grow weary in the process and give up too soon.
-There’s a process involved in growth, and if we put forth the effort and stick it out, we’re sure to find good results.
-What are you striving for? Keep GOING… you’re closer to thriving than you know. See the next post for a few suggestions to be mindful of on your journey.
Signed, Dr. D 👨🏾⚕️🧠](https://scontent-sea5-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/139743212_2109185595880512_3570209201290984351_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=111&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=GQbI8bUhVGQQ7kNvwFDb1OR&_nc_oc=Adm-lOQHO0yEBVec6obTePCuhnMw6ygehNCfmZ_JzHpeawE3sDvjWplJNeozjvPXm4g&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-sea5-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=ZJcuaVcq2d7rd0XH0i6ioQ&oh=00_AfpDZlj77IKYPV4DNnPrt-A_kq9Xnd3tTUFKXRguoOVt0w&oe=696D546A)
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I offer you a few suggestions to be mindful of while on your journey.
-At first glance, the steps seem intuitive and straightforward. However, we often skip over some of these steps, for one reason or another, and find that our growth and goals fall short.
-Be patient with yourself and use the world and your connections with intentionality to advance your cause. Most of all, give yourself credit for the gains and extend grace toward yourself when you fall short.
-You’ll be thriving soon...Flourish and repeat!!!
Signed, Dr. D 👨🏾⚕️🧠 #mentalhealth #blackmentalhealthmatters #blackmentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters](https://scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/139310672_865957384240794_35676131169460137_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=104&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=aHJZyJlR7qIQ7kNvwGapzee&_nc_oc=Adk4RzyJh9umXxLCnnkTdhfBRNvW6aD7WYs7RNxEW2aSMAWGwwOxonDs1fUsasMGzO8&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=ZJcuaVcq2d7rd0XH0i6ioQ&oh=00_AfpjAakwWbUXNlfti_y2KB1FRQDwhkKdWmt3puawS7GZqQ&oe=696D4F76)
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-FLOURISH & REPEAT
Signed, Dr. D 👨🏾⚕️🧠](https://scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/139270722_1151175791988055_6872580526769861551_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=108&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=IYFKnq-NElcQ7kNvwGOGQal&_nc_oc=AdkfKOYVTtwHvbUMtUFYiPclqdJ_sy_QygYgXzxWmCW1NGqz0G9oye_kL0WUWdFnVSM&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=ZJcuaVcq2d7rd0XH0i6ioQ&oh=00_AfqUkDq5EXO0XwzqTSdAw_dORLny25FE0CYfNfrFKfVKyQ&oe=696D5126)
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