Meet the Cohort : Healing at your Fingertips 24x7

At Flywheel, we continue to marvel at what our community would look like if all of our social entrepreneurs were wildly successful. Dr. Calisha Brooks and her business, Soul Care.

Flywheel: Describe your business in 2 sentences or less.

Dr. Brooks: Soul Care is a holistic mental health practice created for people of color by people of color.

Dr. Claisha Brooks

Flywheel: What inspired you to start your venture?

Dr. Brooks: I’m committed to meeting the mental health needs of marginalized identities and communities. Seeing the lack of culturally sensitive and impactful resources really moved me to make a difference.

Flywheel: If you are wildly successful, how will our community be a better place

Dr. Brooks: Healed communities creating healed families and producing healthy individuals.

Flywheel: As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up and why?

Dr. Brooks: A fly girl! lol (And a helper/healer ) 

I’m a lover of all things hip hop, and fly girls represented the culture well!

Flywheel: What’s a good piece of advice you got from a former boss or mentor?

Dr. Brooks: Stay true to your mission and truth. You were created for such a time as this.

Flywheel: What’s a fun fact about you that would make people smile?

Dr. Brooks: I’m a distant relative of Diana Ross. (The cousin of my great-grandmother).

Flywheel: What’s a household chore you enjoy doing and why?

Dr. Brooks: Making my bed. It helps me start my day and keeps me disciplined.

Flywheel: Favorite Cincinnati Food?

Dr. Brooks: Island Frydays

Flywheel: What is your super power? 

Dr. Brooks: Weaponizing Love