Descendant of Equatorial Guinea West Africa, Native of Houston, Texas, daughter of Dionnya Williams. 

Growing up all I ever wanted to do was make my mother happy but I could see she was plagued by childhood trauma so her love was tough and sometimes painful. Throughout it all she still raised a real one. She taught me how to be strong, smart, resourceful, independent and resilient. My mother would say to me, “Misty, go flower the world with your essence.” As I started matriculating through high school I noticed that my mother got cold and distant, so I decided to leave home at the age of seventeen and started my collegiate career early.

While attending college, my concentration was in the field of communications and psychology, which educated me on the deeper knowledge of mental health. That’s when I came across the term generational trauma. I realized that my life path led me to experience generational trauma and at the same time carry the responsibility of breaking the cycle.

It wasn’t until I started my spiritual journey when I noticed I was holding onto a generational mother wound and I kept attracting the same wounding in my relationships. Black women have been hurting and healing mother wounds since our voyage across the waters. Whether it's from our biological mother, mother earth, our mother tongue, or the biggest separation of them all, being displaced from mother Africa. The wounds are in our bloodline. This wounding gets passed down in many different dynamics knowingly and unknowingly.

Mother wounding was passed down through my family lineage and I have been charged with the truth of redemption. When I discovered the trauma my mother experienced as a child, I started to gain more clarity on her personality, character, and behavior. This knowledge gave perspective on the way I was raised and how I view and respond to the world. My mother is a beautiful intellectual wounded warrior that has moved through hurt and pain— she is revolutionary about her healing. 

After college, I went on a spiritual voyage which led me down the yellow brick road of holistic healing, through the practice of yoga, meditation, and somatic integration. I transformed my wounds into my heart's art. I discovered grace under pressure. I wanted nothing more than to love myself and feel love for my divine mother and all my relations, so for one year I dedicated my yoga practice to healing the mother wound from within.

I do work around mental health on a spiritual level because a great deal of our life’s work is within the sphere of relationships and emotions. To spark the mind into self-awareness is to shift the energy frequency on the planet. I truly believe in order for you to be a powerful healer you have to first heal yourself and then work to heal the wounding within the family bloodline. When I started seeing this shift happen, that’s when I became even more intentional with mental health. My self-care practices include: gardening, dance/somatic movement, meditation, womb wellness, medicine ceremonies, and vibrational sound healing.

Wholistic Healing Arts Institute is built upon healing through art. Healing doesn’t always have to be painful, it can be fun, exciting, thrilling and transformative. It's a beautiful mess turning your pain into art. I know this and have dedicated my life to learning about all different types of healing modalities, spiritual practices, and psychological pathways in order to connect to the core of humanity. This is my heart's art.