Exploring Emotional Awareness and Trauma Recovery with Demetria Nickens

What makes Demetria Nickens from Dove’s Inner B.E.A.U.T.Y. a good neighbor?

Have you ever wondered what lies beneath the surface of your own emotional landscape? Demetria Nickens, a certified mental health first aid instructor and trauma recovery coach, joins us to explore the depths of building emotional awareness and understanding personal trauma. Her platform, Dove's Inner B.E.A.U.T.Y., goes beyond skin-deep definitions of beauty to embrace true well-being. Through her lens, we learn about the transformative power of mental health first aid, trauma recovery coaching, and suicide prevention training. Demetria brings her wealth of knowledge and empathy to the table, guiding us through the intricacies of emotional resilience and the journey towards healing.

Away from the microphone, Demetria finds joy in the simplicity of life – a testament to her belief in the importance of balance. She shares her experience of juggling a demanding career with the delights of family time, providing a heartfelt example of how one can nurture their own inner beauty amidst life's chaos. As we chat with Demetria, it's not just her professional acumen that shines – her dedication to her family and her own self-care practices offer a blueprint for listeners looking to harmonize their work and personal lives. This episode is not just a conversation; it's an inspiration to champion mental health and rediscover the beauty within ourselves.

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Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:04

Welcome to the Dove's Inner Beauty Podcast, where we foster emotional awareness, one individual at a time. Leading the way is Demetria Nickens, a certified mental health first aid instructor and trauma recovery coach with over two decades of experience in fostering emotional awareness in others by engaging their mental health.

Speaker 2: 0:32

Join us today for an insightful interview with Demetria Nickens, the driving force behind Dove's Inner Beauty Podcast. Discover her unique approach to fostering emotional well-being and empowering individuals on their journey to healing. Demetria, how are you doing today? I'm doing well. How are you? I'm great, Demetria. You've built an impressive following over the years and it's clear your show has gained significant momentum. However, some of your listeners might not be familiar with you or your business. How about we start from the beginning? Could you share with everyone a bit about your company and what you do?

Speaker 3: 1:06

Sure. So, doves, inner Beauty stands. There's an acronym for the beauty. It is not your traditional thoughts of beauty, it is inner beauty. And the beauty stands for building emotional awareness, understanding trauma in you.

Speaker 3: 1:22

And so I call myself a mental health service, right, where I do one-on-one coaching, I do trainings, workshops, presentations, and so if I can help to build emotional awareness with someone in multiple ways, I will do that. And so, with one-on-one coaching, it's trauma recovery coaching with a life design lens, and what that just means is being able to help someone specifically through their goals and being able to see what are the mental health aspects of that. Is there trauma in their way? You know what is it that's inhibiting them from moving forward? Right, and then trying to reach those goals Right? What does that look like? So working with them to to reach those goals.

Speaker 3: 2:18

Then the trainings that I do I am certified as a mental health first aid instructor.

Speaker 3: 2:25

Am certified as a mental health first aid instructor, so I teach mental health first aid to businesses, agencies, organizations, communities, anyone that's willing to listen, willing to take the class, and so you officially get certified as a mental health first aider.

Speaker 3: 2:37

I'm also certified in QPR, which is question, persuade, refer, which is a suicide prevention training, and so I train people to become what they call gatekeepers QPR gatekeepers, basically to help the prevention of suicide. And so with those trainings, I try to certify individuals to to feel a little bit better about mental health and just understanding how to help others. Whether that's helping themselves, a family member, a coworker, it doesn't matter. And so then, last but not least, I do workshops and presentations. So I've done mental health workshops about shame, I've done mental health workshops about the eight dimensions of wellness. There's just a plethora of workshops in the field of mental health, and so I can conduct those types of different workshops in order to help individuals, no matter, like I said, agency, business, a company to, to help them build their emotional awareness. So that's kind of what I do. In a nutshell, that's awesome.

Speaker 2: 3:44

It sounds very powerful and like there are a lot of options for people to consider and that you're able to provide for them. So when you're not busy with your business and all of these things, what do you like to do for fun?

Speaker 3: 3:59

Oh man. So I have a seven year old son, and so hanging out with him is probably the most fun thing I do right now, right? So, whether that's taking him into a museum where he wants to be the photographer and take all the pictures so I have 50 million pictures in my phone of random things that he takes pictures of in museums that we go to, or going to putt-putt golf or something right, you know. So every weekend, every other weekend, every weekend, something like that I try to make sure I take time out and just spend quality time with him and my son, my husband and my son uh, we go do something fun together, right? It absolutely matters. Uh, for self-care, right, I teach others, so I have to do for myself too, and so I love spending time with them and just having fun, finding more ways to have fun together.

Speaker 2: 4:52

Yes, of course, that sounds very fulfilling. It is. Thank you. So, demetria, you're a very busy person and, in your own words, why are you doing this?

Speaker 3: 5:01

Oh man. So I mean, for starters, I feel like I, growing up, I never knew, right, that I was poor or I never knew you know what I mean. My mother was hard for all the things, and so I never really knew that we quote unquote struggled. But I did end up going through some sexual abuse, right. And because my mom worked she was a single mom, right, she was working to pay the bills, and you know I don't attribute that to be her fault, right that I suffered this sexual abuse at all.

Speaker 3: 5:38

And so I came out of that experience in my life and I wanted to learn more about mental health. I needed to understand it and why it happened. Right, it was a matter to me. And so, from my experience, I decided to go to school for psychology and I needed to learn more. And so my whole life has really just been dedicated to learning more about mental health, and through my years of education, through everything you know, I've just felt like I've learned so much and I have so much to give, and I just want to help others understand that mental health is not something to be afraid of, right, mental health is something that you need to pay attention to, that, just because you do have risk factors in your life, it does not dictate your life, and you can have protective factors as well, and so I just really want to be a protective factor for people.

Speaker 2: 6:28

Absolutely. That's always a good feeling to feel protected, and we love it. So, demetria, we will see you in the next episode, in which we will be tackling some questions, and you have a wonderful rest of which we will be tackling some questions, and you have a wonderful rest of your day.

Speaker 1: 6:51

Thank you so much. Thank you for tuning in to the Dove's Inner Beauty Podcast, where we foster emotional awareness, one individual at a time. For a complimentary consultation, visit DovesInnerBeautycom or reach out to us via email.