Thea Monyeé, LMFT

Thea Monyee´is a licensed therapist and Oya priestess in the Ifa tradition, committed to creating healing opportunities to Black/Marginalized bodies through decolonization of joy, mental health, and pleasure. In addition to appearances on HBO, OWN, FOX SOUL, and THE RED TABLE TALKS, she is the host of Shaping The Shift Podcast, founder of MarleyAyo, and The Blacker The Brain: A Mental Health Decolonizing Campaign, Conversation, & Cohort, co-host of Dem Black Mamas Podcast, and co-creator of The Free Joy Experience. She currently serves as a contributor on a policy working group supporting the objectives of the 2021 U.S. COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force, and is the author of Murmurs Of A MadWoman and Blood & Bajareque. Recently she has been featured in the New York Times and NPR discussing COVID-19, race, and mental health.

Blood & Bajareque

Blood & Bajareque uses free language to explore the varied landscape of lineage, identity, and love. Inspired by her own ancestors, Thea Monyeé offers readers a portal into their personal journeys of self exploration, by welcoming them into the deepest parts of her own.