Blackfullness leverages ancient tools in a new environment of trust.

We know the Black community and know that we can help access these tools to the better well-being of us all.

We have seen the Black community thrive despite the universal stressors that are part of the Black experience. We have also seen the power that comes from looking within, controlling anxiety, and building understanding at the individual level. Our unique value is in helping heal the individual in order to improve the universal, leveraging attention and understanding to make the Black community and our world a stronger, wiser, more resilient place

Meet the Crew

Sonia Raye Russell

CEO | Mindful Badass | Unapologetic Optimist | Mother | Reverend

Sonia uses her obsession with technology and passion for mindfulness to organize and harmonize almost every aspect of her life. She has been a black woman her whole life, a small business owner for nearly 20 years, and an active leader for more than a decade. Her consistent mindfulness practices and frequent productive use of technology help her to effectively manage stress, consciously parent her powerful daughter, and to skillfully and successfully design, build, cultivate and grow containers where amazing things happen.

David L. Walker, Jr.

Visionary Thinker | Divine Connector | Universal Healer | Love Warrior | King

David designs, builds and cultivates successful and productive sales and strategic partnerships to increase awareness, affinity, buy-in, and revenue with experience within the tech, publishing, consumer technology, medical device, and corporate retail industries - all with mindfulness at the core. With over 17 years of experience, he puts the FUNK in cross-functional training and leadership, and uses his intense desire to serve to intentionally and effectively connect people, places and ideas. Combining his commitment to his own mindfulness evolution with his commitment to create lasting change and healing, David is on a Soul Mission to serve, collaborate, impact, add value, and have fun.

Dr. Natalie Watson-Singleton

Licensed Psychologist; Associate Psychology Professor, Spelman College; Diversity & Inclusion Education Director at Emory University School of Medicine/Nia Project

An associate professor at Spelman College and a clinical psychology affiliate faculty member with Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Given her training in clinical-community psychology, Dr. Watson-Singleton has specific training and expertise in community-based research, survey research, and qualitative and mixed methods designs and analyses. To date, Dr. Watson-Singleton has used these skills to carry out programs of research that examine stress-health processes that influence psychological and physical health outcomes (e.g., depression, substance misuse, PTSD) among AfricanAmericans and ways to leverage culturally-responsive technology-based interventions to target these outcomes.

Kalani Richard

Product

Joy Perry

Content

Gabriella Ramos

Partnerships

OUR RESEARCH:

Research Accomplishments

Research Summary of Results

Phase I Manuscript

Our App is based on 3 sets of Guiding Principles:

The Principles of Nguzo Saba, which we celebrate as Kwanzaa

Unity / Umoja
Self-determination / Kujichagulia
Collective Work and Responsibility / Ujima
Cooperative Economics / Ujamaa
Purpose / Nia
Creativity / Kuumba
Faith / Imani

The 7 Principles of Mindfulness, as offered by Jon Kabat-Zinn

Beginner’s Mind
Patience
Non-judging
Trusting
Non-striving
Acceptance
Letting Go

The Principles of Ma'at, an ancient Kemetic way of life

Truth(fulness)
Balance
Order
Harmony
Law/Reciprocity
Morality/Propriety
Justice

Our African Centered Guiding Principles

Interdependence
Community
Resilience
Holistic Wellness
Spirituality
Love
Gratitude

Research reported on this website was supported by the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health under award number R44MD012284. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.