— To ignite change, you have to become comfortable with being uncomfortable. According to actress, Regina King, “Comfort zones are where dreams go to die!” If you put yourself in situations that challenge you, then you have no other choice but to rise to the occasion. If you are not successful in the situation, think about what you learned about yourself and what adjustments you can make to go along a different path. Jumping out of your comfort zone means that you are able to see other paths for your life and you muster up the courage to no longer settle with being comfortable.
Valeria Teles interviews Dr. Natasha Williams — the author of the “Embracing Selfishness - It’s Not What You Think!: How to Redefine Selfishness as Radical Self-Care.”
Dr. Natasha Williams is a Registered Psychologist with the College of Psychologists of Ontario and the past Chair of the Board of Directors at Women’s Health in Women’s Hands, a Community Health Centre for black women and women of colour in Toronto. Dr. Williams is a member of the Ontario Psychological Association (OPA), Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) and the American Psychological Association (APA). She was the OPA’s diversity delegate representative at the APA State Leadership Conference in Washington D.C. in 2011 and is the past Chair of the OPA Diversity Task Force whose aim is to raise awareness of the importance of diversity and to promote ongoing efforts to influence social change in the field of psychology practice in Ontario. She is also a past board member of the Ontario Psychological Association. Dr. Williams is a past faculty member with the Bridge Training program for internationally trained mental health professionals and a former trainer for TAPE Educational services which provides professional development programs for clinical teams at healthcare centres and human services organizations. She is also the former lead trainer with the Adler Graduate Professional School in the CBT certificate program. Dr. Williams is a guest facilitator/trainer with CAMH in topics such as culturally adapting cognitive behavioural therapy for the English-speaking Caribbean community and Motivational Interviewing. Dr. Williams is the Clinical Director of Allied Psychological Services and she is the current President of the Association of Black Psychologists (ABPSI).
To learn more about Dr. Natasha Williams and her work, please visit: https://www.drnatashawilliams.com/
— This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.
