WATCH: The Hood Healer Takes Us Back to The Very Beginning

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The Hood Healer reflects on her early start and how she continued to develop her skills.

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00:00 It started off very rocky.

00:01 When my parents passed, there was no provisions,

00:05 is that the word I guess, for me.

00:08 And that was jarring because I,

00:13 I would say that they were a financially affluent

00:17 black family, but just no preparations for death.

00:22 So when my parents, and I'm adopted.

00:25 So when my parents passed, I was on my ass on the streets.

00:30 I couch surfed for a little bit.

00:33 I could not deal with the shame of my circumstances.

00:38 And I took myself to Skid Row, which is crazy.

00:44 Thinking back on it, but it was so pivotal and such,

00:53 it was so pivotal and exactly where I needed to be.

00:56 My early start was actually not a start at all.

01:01 I was really just trying to figure it out.

01:04 I was waitressing actually at Simply Wholesome

01:07 and playing with these cards, trying to get myself together.

01:11 And just the consistency of that attracted other people.

01:16 And I started pulling their cards

01:20 and I realized like, I might be kind of good at this.

01:23 And we just continued to develop.

01:26 But it really was haphazard.

01:28 It really was in pursuit of my own peace and stability

01:33 that brought me to this.

01:35 First, I want to preface and say, I'm not a tarot reader.

01:42 I'm not a card reader.

01:44 I do use cards, but that is not my medium.

01:47 Spirit communicates to me

01:49 and I communicate what spirit has communicated.

01:53 I feel like the astrology, the tarot, the crystals

01:59 are all extensions and expressions of the most high

02:05 that really bring out our magic.

02:08 And our magic has been suppressed.

02:12 And I feel like black folks have got,

02:14 I always say black folks,

02:16 we got to go watch "Birth of a Nation."

02:18 That is my homework to folks.

02:21 We have to watch "Birth of a Nation."

02:23 I think that we have to, as people of color,

02:26 recognize how religion, how Christianity

02:30 has been manipulated to suppress our magic.

02:34 So not saying that I don't identify with Christianity.

02:39 I'm not saying obviously that I don't believe in God,

02:41 but I do feel that we have been truly manipulated.

02:46 And through these modalities, I've gotten closer to spirit.

02:50 I've gotten closer to my spirit, my essence,

02:55 in the essence of God.

02:57 So I want us to be open-minded.

03:00 I want us as people of color to recognize

03:04 that we have a plethora of modalities that we can rely on,

03:10 that can support our journeys.

03:12 And I speak about God so much

03:15 because I know that there is apprehension

03:19 and I know that there's resistance.

03:21 But when we hear that sweet name, okay?

03:24 ♪ Something about the nation ♪

03:28 I know you didn't ask for all that.

03:30 (laughs)

03:32 Okay, but I feel like it disarms folks

03:36 and they're a little bit more receptive.

03:40 (upbeat music)

03:42 (upbeat music)

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