About the Podcast
Elevating Wholeness serves women of color with a knowing perspective on the challenges they face. Guests provide coping strategies for career adjustment, management of life demands, and the resolution of difficult relationships.
Hosted by Dr. Tracee Perryman, Elevating Wholeness is here to help its audience know when mental health treatment is necessary and identifies alternatives to opioid use and abuse through self-medication.
Each episode features distinguished minority and faith-based messengers.
Dr. Perryman is an Amazon Best-Selling author on issues impacting women, as well as a Licensed Professional Counselor. She is also CEO and Co-Founder of Center of Hope Family Services, Toledo, OH.
Episode 101: "Balancing The Mind While Balancing Demands" with Kathryn Tucker
Women often manage challenging circumstances differently than men who might have the same business responsibilities and issues. On the first episode of Elevating Wholeness with Dr. Tracee Perryman, we speak with someone who has the experience to discuss why this is, and who knows when we should focus on the problem and when to focus on ourselves. Our guest is Kathryn Tucker, Chief Experience Officer for Fremont Federal Credit Union.
Episode 102: "Healing The Mind, One Song at a Time" with Kisha Grandy
Can we use music to help our everyday wellness? On this episode of Elevating Wholeness, we’ll talk with someone who knows. Singer and actor Kisha Grandy (Kirk Franklin’s The Family and Tyler Perry’s film "I Can Do Bad All by Myself") speaks with Dr. Tracee Perryman, shares her very personal story, and demonstrates how music therapy reduces anxiety.
Episode 103: "Not Your Ordinary Prevention Approaches" with Valerie Kelley-Bonner
This episode of Elevating Wholeness addresses the most serious of topics. Since Covid, suicides among African Americans have increased. What’s the path to prevention? Dr. Tracee Perryman speaks with Valerie Bonner, an experienced counselor who has been in the inner-city trenches for years and understands the connections between depression, self-medication, and suicide. Ms. Bonner is a Certified Prevention Consultant and founder of her own consulting firm, Strategic Transitions Consulting of Michigan.
Episode 104: "Understanding Our Emotions, Understanding Ourselves" with Dr. Beverly Vandiver
One of our priorities in wholeness is understanding how mental challenges can lead to poor decisions. When we’re stressed, when do we look for help? What happens if we wait too long, especially for women of color? Those are questions for our guest on this episode of Elevating Wholeness. Dr. Beverly Vandiver is an eminent psychologist, a professor at Ohio State University, and edits the Journal of Black Psychology. Dr. Bev tells her own fascinating story of achievement and speaks of the shock she experienced when first meeting women who wished to harm themselves.
Episode 105: "Staying Grounded and Aiming High" with Jeanna Odoms-Temple
Can we constantly improve our careers and still serve ourselves, our family, and our community? Jeanna Odoms-Temple started a family, but still embraced a demanding job with a major corporation that advances continuous improvement in the workplace. She’ll talk about life balance and the rewarding parts of her career help her as mother and wife.
Episode 106: "A New Day and A New Perspective" with Terina Jaynes and Wazeda Wilson
People from older generations often talk about how millennials cope with life's challenges, But they often criticize with little understanding of the millennial experience. This might be because older generations evaluate younger folks without talking with them. So, let’s do that… On Elevating Wholeness, Dr. Tracee Perryman talks with two young professionals, Terina Jaynes and Wazeda Wilson. Both face the public and manage busy households. Each has a lot to say about how they feel they are evaluated by others.
Episode 107: "Staying Whole While Blazing Trails" with Dr. Dione Somerville
Great women seek leadership opportunities. But positions of greater responsibility come with added complexities. Those pressures can’t always be easily managed. Women of color may face even more stressful influences than their counterparts in other communities. Where do they look for coping skills? On this episode of Elevating Wholeness, Dr. Tracee Perryman speaks with an academic leader, Dr. Dione Somerville, President of Owens Community College. Dr. Somerville shares her journey to achievement and points out how everyone needs to find their way to disconnect from the consistent challenges of a growing career.
