Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Dr. Latanya Tolan, Phd, Lcsw, Ma.ed., Ma. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Dr. LaTanya, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Let’s start with the story of your mission. What should we know?
“I curate Soul Care and Wellness experiences that transform the lives of Black professionals and catapults them to achieving their God given purpose with ease”. The aforementioned statement is my mission which was established because of my God-given purpose – which is to make an impact on the Black community by affirming the importance of having a personal relationship with Christ so they can walk into their God-given purpose with ease. The foundational tenet of my Soul Care framework is having a personal relationship with God. I believe that we all were created by God as unique individuals, with and for a specific purpose and it’s our job to find out what that purpose is and to do it! So my mission is meaningful to me because it is my God-given purpose to help Black professionals figure out and operate in theirs!
Dr. LaTanya, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
I have been a mental health professional for twenty years, first as a Social Worker, now I also have a PhD in Psychology. I was called by God to make an impact on people’s lives. I have done that many times over at this point, but I still am not finished! I am the Soul Care and Black Liberation Psychologist and Strategist™️, so I continue to make impacts on the lives of others, although how I make that impact has changed. Now, I am a Speaker, Coach and Consultant. I serve Black Professionals (including those in Film & TV), Business Owners and Corporate Leaders. I provide transformation supports via my coaching and consulting offers, as well as speaking engagements.
While my flagship offer focuses on three pillars (faith, wellness, and entrepreneurship), in all of my offers I really do work around and support the whole person, by solving quite a few problems for my clients with my individually calibrated interventions and proven frameworks! I help and empower them to have or build a stronger personal relationship with Jesus (Soul Care), discover and/or get more clarity on their God-given purpose, align their faith with their purpose, help them to annihilate faulty mindset issues, self-sabotage, and doubt, promote wellness in their lives and businesses, support with transitions, provide income diversification strategies, create programs and products, help them expand their offer suite to include high ticket offers, enlarge their profit margins, and ultimately find and experience happiness and harmony in their lives and businesses. Whew, that’s definitely a lot! LOL!
What I am most proud of is that being in my God-given purpose supports others to the same, which means that we are contributing to the world in the way that God intended! I absolutely LOVE to help my clients get personal and professional wins! This literally is my jam! I am smiling just thinking of a few wins of current clients now! Life feels really good when you do what you were born to do!
Can you tell us about a time you’ve had to pivot?
I literally call myself the “Pivot Princess” because I have had to pivot so many times in life and business. Most of us don’t like change and it often isn’t easy to transition from something that you know and where you feel comfortable. However, I choose to live my life by utilizing my Soul Care framework, which includes following the promptings of the Holy Spirit. My favorite scripture is Romans 8:28 – which says that “All things work together for the good of those that love God and are called according to His purpose”. So with this scripture always in mind (and fun fact – it’s even tattooed on my wrist!), I know that even what I may not want to do, for example, another pivot – will ultimately work out for my good! I live by that and I trust that!
Since 2011, I have had my own private mental health practice, where I focused on the Black population. In maybe 2016-ish, God started talking to me about making the pivot to focus on Black mental health therapists in my practice. I didn’t initially want to do that. But in 2019, I did obey and made the pivot to do so, and that is when Soul Care for Black Clinicians® (SCBC) was born. Then in 2020, I began providing business coaching to Black therapists with their own practices, so then the Soul Care for Black Clinicians® Academy was created.
I always did speaking engagements, workshops, and provided other auxiliary services in the SCBC Academy. However, towards the end of my PhD program (which I was another pivot I didn’t want to do – but that’s for another episode!), I started to hear God say that yet another pivot was to come. This time no longer focusing on Black mental health therapists, but now focusing on Black professionals (including those in Film & TV), Business Owners, and Corporate leaders. So basically, the auxiliary services that I provided in the Academy would now be taking the front stage.
By this point, I had already learned so much about myself and knew that irrespective of how much I fought and tried to advocate for my wishes with God, I would end up obeying anyway! LOL! So, now because of another pivot – Soul Care with Dr. LaTanya™️ has born and basically means that my previous business the SCBC Academy is no more. With all of that said, I must admit that I am excited about where this recent pivot and rebrand will take me!
Can you open up about how you funded your business?
I actually have self-funded all of my businesses. I one hundred percent and absolutely do NOT recommend this! But since I started my first business in 2011, that’s all I knew to do. I now understand that there are so many loans, grants, and other ways to fund your business. I highly recommend for any new or aspiring business owner to check into all of your options before doing any self-funding. Having money come in from the outside will make your life and business run so much more smoothly. Trust me, if I could do something over in business, it would positively be this. With the information that I have now, I would never self-fund. It’s a different day and help is available.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.soulcarewithdrlatanya.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soulcarewithdrlatanya/
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/latanyatolan/
- Twitter: https://www.x.com/soulcarewithdrl
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SoulCarewithDrLaTanya
