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Meet Dr. Donna
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Dr. Donna Oriowo (oreo-whoa!) LICSW, CST, is an award-winning DEI advocate, international speaker, and certified sex and relationship therapist based in the D.C. metro area. She’s the founder of AnnodRight, a private practice dedicated to supporting Black women in unpacking colorism, texturism, and their impacts on mental and sexual health.
Dr. Donna’s work centers Black women’s healing, joy, and sexual liberation. The motto: Helping Black women to feeling Free, Fabulous, and F*cked!
She’s the author of Drink Water & Mind Your Business and Cocoa Butter & Hair Grease: A Self-Love Journey Through Hair and Skin, the host of In My Black Feelings, a biweekly community space for emotional and embodied wellness, and the voice behind Desire Dialogues, a podcast exploring the personal, cultural, and political dimensions of love, lust, and everything in between.
With a passion for cultural accountability, self-esteem, and embodied living, Dr. Donna brings both clinical expertise and cultural fluency to every space she enters. She collects quotes, devours books, savors donuts, loves pasta, travels to learn, gives COVID safe handshakes, warm hugs, and (figurative) knocks on the head.
Dr. Donna has served as DEI Co-chair and Communications Steering Committee Chair for AASECT, and is a proud member of the Women of Color Sexual Health Network (WOCSHN). Stalk ..I mean connect with her on social media @Dr.DonnaOriowo or online at DonnaOriowo.com.
Meet The Reference Text
Released in May 2025.
Self-esteem ain't self-taught—and it does see color.
Let's be real: society was not built with the needs of Black women in mind. And as a result, we learn that the only way to feel good about ourselves is to prioritize everyone else's needs over our own. We find our value in being the perfect partner, mother, daughter, employee, and friend. But that is exhausting. Instead of feeling good about how dope we are—regardless of our service, bank account, or looks—we only feel good about what we do for others.
Supremacy culture teaches us to hate Black people, to hate women, and to especially hate Black women… except when they need us to either save them or serve them. So in a world where our service is required for acceptance, how could we ever feel good about ourselves while also giving the middle finger to systems of power? How can we possibly live our best lives? How are we supposed to feel confident, secure, and fabulous AF in our bodies?
The answer: Self-esteem. Self-esteem as we know it has been gatekept by the white and male supremacist delusions for far too long. It's time to put power where it actually belongs.
In Drink Water and Mind Your Business, Dr. Donna Oriowo helps readers understand the basic foundations of self-esteem—what it is, how society molds it, and how it affects us all—and offers real, meaningful solutions to feel like the most glorious and badass versions of themselves. Based on years of research and Dr. Donna's career as a licensed sex and relationship therapist, this book will help you set boundaries, prioritize your needs, understand your immense worth, and pursue a life that brings you pleasure and joy.
What To Expect
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It’s Not A Zoom Link
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