Episode 1 - Healing Isn’t Just Clinical: Reclaiming the Spirit in Mental Health

Before therapy, there were elders. Before diagnoses, there were divinations. Ìyá Ashley invites you to remember what mental health looked like before it became a medical industry — and what it can still look like today if we choose. Drawing from her work as a mental health innovator, founder of MindRight Health, and an initiated Ìyánífá, she reframes healing as remembrance, not fixing. This episode explores why Western clinical models alone often feel incomplete, how ancestral wisdom and community care have always been medicine, and why healing itself has always been an act of resistance. This podcast is not a lecture. It’s a meditation. ✨ Looking for everyday mental health support? Text 886-886 or visit www.mindright.io to connect with nonclinical emotional support partners through MindRight Health. 🔗 Connect with Ìyá Ashley + The Healing Underground Community: Instagram: @iya_ashley / @healingundergroundpod TikTok: @iya_ashleyy / @thehealingundergroundpod Twitch: @iya_ashley YouTube: @iya-ashley