Advocate for Yourself – Protecting Your Well being During Chaos | Guest Dr. Ericka Goodwin

Today my guest is the accomplished and intellectual Dr. Ericka Goodwin. Listen closely as Dr. Goodwin shares her insights on managing the impact of the current reality on our overall well being.  With all that is unsettled right now, many people struggle to find inner peace or any peace for that matter.  These feelings are new for many of us.  Especially those who crave human physical contact.  Simple things like a week without the kids to be all alone with no one to touch or the daily handshakes or hugs we took for granted seem more important than before. The messaging and marketing that is ever-present in our current society is borderline offensive for its volume if nothing else.  So how do you keep your sanity and peace when you feel like you have no control? Dr. Goodwin does an incredible job of answering that and other questions as we go Full Contact with Coach Arlo the SwitchOn Coach on this episode of The Full Contact Life Podcast.  Learn More About Dr. Goodwin via the links under the BIO!  Dr. Ericka Goodwin, the CEO of Goodwin Wellness Enterprises, LLC and Goodwin Medical Associates, LLC, is a board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist, as well as a bestselling author, speaker, and integrative lifestyle coach. A graduate of Spelman College and Emory University School of Medicine, she became a Jeanne Spurlock Congressional Fellow before training in child and adolescent psychiatry at Harvard. She is passionate about improving mental wellness, making people feel loved, cared for, and seen, and helping people see the best in themselves.   In addition to her clinical work, she has co-authored Thinking About Quitting Medicine, Volume 1, Mind Matters:  A Resource Guide to Psychiatry for Black Communities, and How Amari Learned To Love School Again:  A Story About ADHD.  Her new book is Fix Your Fairytale:  A Woman’s Guide to a Great Life, Love, and Legacy.  Along with serving as the president of Global Health Psychiatry, LLC, and working as a traveling psychiatrist, Dr. Ericka also mentors and volunteers as faculty at Morehouse School of Medicine. Her goal is to enable women to embrace their authentic selves free from the expectations of others while living a life filled with love and joy. In her free time, she enjoys traveling and cooking. Dr. Ericka lives in Atlanta.  Website:  www.doctorericka.com URL to promote for show:  GoodwinTelepsych.com (this is my new telepsych practice)   Hastags: #spellman, #hbcu #stl #mothersfishstl #emotionalwellness #mentalhealth #selfcare #mentalhealthawareness #emotionalwellbeing  #emotionalhealth #mentalwellness #mentalhealthmatters #emotionalintelligence #wellness #happinessfactors #essentialoils #selflove #relationships #therapy #mindfulness #emotionalhealing #anxiety #mentalhealthsupport #wellnesslife #emotionalsupport #happiness #love #mentalhealthrecovery #depression  #motivation #inspiration #doctorericka #goodwintelepsych #sista #blackdoctor  #blackwomen #blackgirlmagic #melanin #blackmen #blackgirlsrock #naturalhair #blackexcellence #melaninpoppin #blackisbeautiful #blacklove #blackwoman #love #black #blackgirls #beauty #blackhistory #blacklivesmatter #hair #blackqueen #blackbeauty #blackpower #fashion #women #blackbusiness #blackculture #blackpeople #beautiful #blackgirl #explorepage #bhfyp #covid19 #SwitchOn