INNOVATIVE, HOLISTIC WOMIN-AFFIRMATIVE™ COUNSELING
SistahPeace™

ReShaping™ WellBalance™

Counseling Services

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                                                   . . . Through Mindful, Proactive SheChange™ ~

SistahPeace™ ReShaping™ WellBalance™ Counseling & Coaching Services - Long Beach ~ (((( * )))) ~ AfraShe Asungi, HHHAS, LCSW, MFA, MSW, CAODC
3939 Atlantic Ave
Long Beach, CA
ph: Messages 562.498.3318 10 am - 8 pm PST]
WellBalance@SistahPeacedot.com

About The Benefits Of

Wimmin's™ Groups . . .

. . . MINDFULLY SHEINSPIRED WELLBALANCE RESHAPING™ ~

INNOVATIVE, WOMIN-AFFIRMATIVE HOLISTIC COUNSELING & COACHING SOLUTIONS FOR YOU™. . .

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Supportive Womin-Affirmative™,

Life Changing Counseling

Solutions For Your Mind, Body & Spirit . . .™

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Mindfully WellBalanced™ Thoughts and Actions . . .

Are Authentic Keys to SheInspired™ InnerPeace . . .

~ AfraShe Asungi

". . . love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those whom you call friend, engage those among you who are visionary and remove from your lives those who offer you depression, despair and disrespect"

~ SisGriot Nikki Giovanni

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About The Benefits Of . . .

Our Wimmin's EduRaps™ , EduGroups™ & Group Therapy . . .

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On Moving From A Self-Depreciative . . .

. . .To A Self-Appreciative World-View Through Wimmin's Groups . . .

Self-appreciation is essential to our having a healthy holistic, balanced and contented lifestyle. It's also another form of self-validation. When we mindfully and naturally validate ourselves, we don't fruitlessly look for appreciation and validation from other folk, who really can't give us this, nor any real or lasting sense of self-worth anyway.

While it's really unfortunate that as wimmin we're often socialized into looking outside ourselves for it; It's simply not possible for us to receive the external validation we might [unrealistically] crave from others.

Ironically, validation from others can only have real meaning when we are able to do it for ourselves first. Without an inherent, healthy sense of self-appreciation, seeking any meaningful sense of validation from others is pretty much akin to pouring wine into a sieve.

With this overstanding in mind, our proactive and wimmin-affirmative groups are geared to assist wimmin to mindfully discuss and learn how we can womin-affirmatively validate ourselves first and then learn to mindfully validate other wimmin similarly, as a result of being grounded in our own authentic sense of womin-affirmative self-appreciation.

In these Post-Feminist and even, in many ways, times of misogynistic backlash, there are endless media-driven, social messages which we wimmin receive that continually derail and deride us for naturally thinking, believing and saying womin-affirmative things about ourselves.

We often hear ourselves criticize one another for being too "acting like she's better than", "thinks she's [special, smarter, etc. - you can fill in the blank]" and on and on . . .

Pause here for a moment, to count just how many wimmin you can

think of, who you'd say seem to be "normally" unhappy with ourselves; are basically dissatisfied with, or disappointed with who we are, what we look like, what we have [or have not ] obtained, and are spending all kinds of time [emotions] and money fruitlessly trying, in one form or another, to avoid, deny or escape from the essential truth of just how dissatisfied, unhappy, and inauthentic we really feel.

"If the first womin God/dess ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these wimmin together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again!
And now that they is asking to do it, the men better let 'em."
~ AnSistah™ Sojourner Truth

It doesn't take much effort to see that there's undoubtedly a growing trend of socially internalized, physically, mentally and emotionally, self-critical, self-sabotaging and wholly dissatisfied wimmin [of all ethnicities, classes and ages] who constantly feel upset about being who we are ~ and still others who "who just plain hate ourselves" in one or more ways. We need only look at the various media steams to see just how "socially normalized" this internalized social misogyny has become, once again.

The woeful irony is that, despite the misleading implications fostered by popular media about our being in the "age of the more independent womin", a womin who's generally more self-effacing is STILL popularly seen as being much more accommodating, polite and "non-challenging" or as "a real team player".

And being a more "feminine" [as opposed to self-sufficient] womin has once again regained high social stature as the "preferred" gender-specific social role; one which is highly encouraged and sanctioned again, as quintessential to the [equally] popular and ever-growing American/ western [Victorian really] nuclear-family-values-oriented, culture.

Always Remember

And Strive To Actively Affirm . . .

That Living With Purpose

Always Includes Mindfully Loving Your Self . . .

~ AfraShe Asungi

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Learn to be your body's number one supporter
Because negative thoughts lead to eating disorders
So treat yourself like somebody you love . . .

And speak to yourself like somebody you love . . .
Love your body size zero or above

And get rid of any thoughts that say you're not enough . . .

I know the hardest lesson is learning to love yourself,
But eat right, exercise, and focus on your health . . .

~ Bro. Khari Toure

And even more undermining [to our ability to naturally formulate any solid sense of self-appreciation] . . . undervalued, yet unwitting girls as young as ten years old, are blatantly being sold on wearing hyper-sexualized clothing, and enticed into day-to-day dress and make-up styles that [dangerously] make them look more like adult "street-walker" than the pre-menstrual, pre-adolescents that they really are.

It has long been acknowledged that we humins are social animals and therefore strive to belong to groups of one kind or another. And it's commonly acknowledged today that our first group experience is usually with our own family system ~ parents, siblings and extended family.

The family experience is thought to have the strongest bearing on who we'll become as adults. Still, we also belong to other groups that play an important role developmentally. We also tend to belong to groups based on our gender, age, religion, race, and the economic class they were raised in, to name a few. Many non-western traditions inform us that as Spiritual Beings, we select the family which we are born into as part of our Soul Purpose.

At the same time, there are many commonalities which we wimmin share with each other simply because we're wimmin. Exploring our lives through the lens of our association with other womin-affirmative wimmin can be a powerful tool for authentic self-discovery and spiritual revitalization.

"Because we're all connected, as wimmin. It's like a spiderweb.

If one part of the web vibrates, if there's trouble, we all know it.

But most of the time we're just too scared or selfish or insecure to help.

But if we don't help each other, who will?"

~ Sarah Allen

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And so it goes . . . more and more of us are coming, yet again, to realize the endless ways in which this latest misogynistic and socially forged "mask" of modest politeness [or social "muteness"] comes at a high price - often, that of our not even knowing - let alone appreciating - that we have lost any meaningful knowledge of, or connection with our Authentic Self.

At the same time, most of us seek out and [often recklessly] engage in endless ways in which we can [temporarily at best] "cover-up" or attempt to evade [or ignore] our ever-present, self-depreciating and self-effacing feelings which wait there, like an angry child, for the moment they'll be able to "act out" on us again.

Such socially encouraged, emotional numbing and psyche cover-ups are ritually accomplished through the [media glamorized and encouraged] [mis]use of alcohol, drugs, sex, endless partying, clothes & jewelry, homes, food, TV, music, cosmetic surgery, endless-gossiping, social status seeking, computer love affairs, "sexting", you name it, 'cause the ways we can ignore, deny, avoid [truly do] go on and on . . .

Denial and depreciation of Self, mistrust, deception and common-place rivalry are listed as the most pervasive interpersonal and social patterns seen among wimmin today, and despite any advances that might have been made in between the mid 60s through the late 70s, the gender inequity rupture just seems to be growing worse and worse.

What this means regarding this discussion is, that often-times, wimmin who seek treatment and join support and therapy groups arrive intrinsically disconnected from very important parts of ourselves.

As a result, we often arrive feeling a loss of self-worth and inability to love and nurture ourselves . . . our feelings, our instincts, sense of power, intuition, our authentic voice, creativity, sexuality, dreams, passions, and/or our bodies. We often arrive unable and reluctant to authentically affirm and value ourselves, let alone other wimmin.

You will free your Self when you learn to be neutral and follow the instructions of your heart without letting things perturb you . . .This is the Way of Maat . . .

~ Kmt / Afrikan Spiritual Wisdom

In order to be whole in our Authentic Being . . .

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About Our Current Groups For Wimmin™  . . .
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We offer an array of process, support and personal growth groups on a variety of subjects . . .
Wimmin's groups provide a forum to explore our feelings about the others in the group in a safe setting, and allows us room to think about how these feelings are related to one's life outside the group . . .
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AfraShe specializes in helping with:

Relationship Enhancement & Rescue for Clever, Unconventional, Artistic, Imaginative Wimmin, Lesbians, Bisexuals, Wimmin of Color, Wimmin-Affirmative Men In Couples, or With Life-Mates
Substance Abuse & Harm Reduction For Wimmin Making Really Bad Choices, But Can't Stop Addictive Behaviors
Introverted, Intuitive, Unconventional, Artists, & Activists
Moods: Anxiety, Stress, Depression, Anger Management, Self-Sabotage, & Trauma
Gender, Ethnic, Cultural, Spiritual, Sexual Orientation, Identity Issues
Self-Esteem, Aging, Loss, Academic Stress, & Burnout
Mother-Daughter Conflict Resolution

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INNOVATIVE, HOLISTIC WOMIN-AFFIRMATIVE™ COUNSELING

SistahPeace™

ReShaping™ WellBalance™

Counseling Services

About The Benefits Of

Wimmin's™ Groups . . .

Supportive Womin-Affirmative™,

About Our Current Groups For Wimmin™ . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

About Our Current Classes For Wimmin . . .
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About Our Current Workshops For Wimmin™ . . .
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Our lives are a series of
navigating through one ever-changing
life transition after another!

An experienced, mindful, supportive
therapist/ counselor can help.

INNOVATIVE, HOLISTIC WOMIN-AFFIRMATIVE™ COUNSELING

SistahPeace™﻿

ReShaping™﻿ WellBalance™

Counseling Services

About The Benefits Of

Wimmin's™﻿ Groups . . .

Supportive Womin-Affirmative™﻿,

About Our Current Groups For Wimmin™ ﻿ . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

About Our Current Classes For Wimmin . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

About Our Current Workshops For Wimmin™ ﻿ . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Our lives are a series of navigating through one ever-changing life transition after another!An experienced, mindful, supportive therapist/ counselor can help.

SistahPeace™

ReShaping™ WellBalance™

Wimmin's™ Groups . . .

Supportive Womin-Affirmative™,

About Our Current Groups For Wimmin™ . . .
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About Our Current Classes For Wimmin . . .
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About Our Current Workshops For Wimmin™ . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Our lives are a series of
navigating through one ever-changing
life transition after another!

An experienced, mindful, supportive
therapist/ counselor can help.