She Wins Interview - Andromeda Peters, Miss United States 2018, Therapist, Mental Health Advocate

This week we are so excited to welcome Andromeda Peters to the podcast!! We talk about sleep and why it matters. We tackle when to look at your phone and ways to start your day. Be mindful of how you plan your day and prepare to start your day.

Every no is also a yes - sometimes it is important to say no to something so you can say yes to you!

Miss United States 2018-2019 is Andromeda Osam Peters, being crowned as one of the first
African beauty queens to hold a national pageant title in the US, making history. Andromeda
touts a Master's Degree in Social Work and Bachelor's in Psychology with a minor in Theatre and is a licensed clinical therapist, speaker, and life coach. 

No stranger to the stage, she grew up around music and performing, having one parent who is a Ghanaian highlife musician, and another parent as a nurse and life coach. Andromeda became active in musical theatre and improv at age 10. She remains passionate about modeling, writing, acting, and singing today. This penchant for the arts gave way to her interest in modeling following her runway debuts at several DC fashion shows, beauty and skincare campaigns, ambassadorship to Inglot Cosmetics, Vizcaya swimwear, Domingo Shop, Lara Designs, and more, and she is a signed model. You can also catch Andromeda’s on screen debut in hit show My African Love which premiered this year on Prime Video and Tubi. Outside of the fashion and entertainment industry, Andromeda also works as a psychotherapist with a concentration in mindfulness and trauma. She focuses on building her name in the industry to be known as an educated model and actress who advocates for body positivity and success through self-love.

Service has always been a large part of Andromeda's life and provided her with a myriad of opportunities; namely working as an AmeriCorps member, volunteering with the Florence Mensah Foundation in Ghana, Pro-Health International in Nigeria, working nationally with Habitat for Humanity, and traveling to New Orleans to help rebuild homes damaged by
Hurricane Katrina on a service trip. She was also fortunate enough to go on a mission trip to the rurals of Jamaica where she worked in schools and in homes of families living in poverty.
Andromeda is now a global ambassador for the Tis Foundation implementing mental health
resources and education in the US and the continent of Africa.

As a therapist, Andromeda established her organization “Your Mind Matters Global” where she teaches others that mental health is just as important as physical health. Andromeda facilitates self-care panels for women all over the world, builds community support groups, and she educates young students on the signs on when and how to seek help for themselves and others, and mindfulness techniques such as meditation and breathwork.

Andromeda’s passion lies in letting our world know that asking for help makes you brave,
utilizing her platform on social media and growing notoriety in the entertainment industry to
educate audiences with mental health tips and resources. Carrying her pride of being a
Ghanaian and multi-cultural woman, she is dedicated to philanthropy on the continent of Africa and in the diaspora, empowering our youth and women. Andromeda uses her platform and voice to speak on the importance of self-care which even led her to Dubai as one of the faces of the Huda Beauty Overachiever Campaign and continues to remind us that self-compassion is the key to healing and to success.

Looking for more content with this superstar? We had a great discussion about what to do when your support team is less than supportive and social media and priorities on the most recent Patreon episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/solutions-for-124238742?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

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