Dr. Charlene AkuaRose Feathers
Featured Author — Strong Black Women who desire SOFFNESS & Still His
Dr. Charlene AkuaRose Feathers is an Oakland-born author, empowerment speaker, coach, and life strategist whose work explores wellness, liberation, healing, and the courage to define ourselves for ourselves. She holds a Ph.D. in Human Development with a concentration in Traumatology Counseling.
She is the author of Strong Black Women who desire SOFFNESS when perfection ain't enough and Still His: Hope and Healing for Those Who Were Hurt in the Church, and the creator of original research on External Invalidation Syndrome (EIS), examining how messages communicated by people, institutions, and culture can become internal identity. Through her writing, research, and work with women, Dr. Feathers invites people to challenge socially accepted norms, reclaim their internal authority, and create lives rooted in wholeness, authenticity, and freedom.