A Bit About Me

Writer-Gatherer. Deep Listener. Dedicated Liberationist.

Favorite Mantra: I take full responsibility for the experience I am having.

Through personal coaching, business consultations, small-group facilitation, and public speaking, I partner with co-conspirators to challenge and encourage people to explore privilege, power, and ritual in their relationships with personal leadership and all relationships.
 

My parenting and spirituality book, Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Work, integrates humane, consent-based ways of divesting from our school-centric hazes.

All of my offerings support people in trusting towards daily lives that allow space for paying attention to each others needs, normalizing ritual, noticing our own opportunities to evolve our thinking, and contributing generously to the types of changes we want to see around us.

I recently completed a year as a seminary student, then pivoted to Thanatology studies (death, dying, bereavement). If you’re reading this, then you’ve met me at a time in my life where I’m swimming in the waters of grief at the individual and communal levels. Also, not only grief from the death  of a person or animal, but grief from other losses and ends-of-cycles. Break-ups, identity-realizing, quitting something, losing a job or ending a friendship, dem tings deh.

I live in metro Atlanta with people I love, I’ve got a passion for plants and making things that are not stored on computers, and I dig working with private and corporate clients earthwide.

"I'm feeling all the feels as I reflect on our journey together. Everything that rippled out as a result of us sitting together over the past year - the safety, shedding, joy and education, I'm grateful for all of it and forever changed. As the sun sets on this [part of our] walk, I'll remember this season fondly while looking forward to where the next path leads. I just wanted to say that I’m honored and thank you for taking the time to craft such a plan that would profoundly impact me and my daughter!"
Kristina J.
California
"I have gained so much insight just by expressing myself and hearing myself reflected in your witnessing of me. I feel progress in the areas of pace, creation, and permission and know that this is a result of our sessions together. Even before and during coaching, your voice, perspective and presence has had a massive impact on my life. I often hear your voice and speak of you as if you are an auntie, a sister - and most certainly a wise woman and sage."
Monica R.
California
There is nothing quite like a savor session with Akilah. What a gift to spend an hour with someone who listens so intently who possesses such a deep desire to understand. It is a time and space dedicated solely to being in the moment, allowing, and getting curious. I am a person who has been in different therapy and coaching sessions, and this work is completely different. Savoring (as I’m continuing to understand) is not solely about healing or propulsion; rather, savoring asks us to investigate in order to allow more of our fuller, more authentic selves to emerge. This is a ‘come as you are’ space, where all parts of me are accepted and welcomed. Everything has a place and ‘fits’ into our sessions, even if it’s not something I had the intention of mentioning. Somehow, through deep conversation, periods of pause, and (sometimes uncontrollable) laughter, we find a way to expose truths and find connections of all kinds. Savor coaching with Akilah is transformative work; I could not be more grateful for her presence and wisdom.
Kate T.
Michigan

Investment

for Session 1 (30-minutes)
$ 77
each additional session (monthly rate)​
$ 200
each additional session
(twice monthly rate)​
$ 150
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