052: Do Your Own Thing Because You Know You Can with Melissa DaSilva, Founder of East Coast Mental Wellness

Written By Rhodes Perry

Melissa DaSilva is a licensed Social Worker and founder of the Rhode Island based mental health agency East Coast Mental Wellness. She specializes in providing therapy and hypnosis services to members of the LGBTQ+ community. She is also the host of the LGBTQ+ podcast Pride Connections. She is an artist on her off times and a proud wife and pet parent.

This Episode is Sponsored By

·      Rhodes Perry Consulting, LLC

·      Register for the Executive LGBTQ A-Z Mentorship Program

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Questions Answered in this Episode

·      Who is Melissa, and what does her business do?

·      What motivated Melissa to start her own business?

·      How does Melissa help empower LGBTQ communities?

·      How can you get in touch with Melissa?

Resources Shared in this Episode

·      Visit Melissa’s Website

·      Subscribe to Melissa’s Podcast

·      Join the Pride Connections FaceBook Community

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·      The Out Entrepreneur Facebook Community

·      Listen, Download, & Subscribe on iTunes  

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Rhodes Perry

Rhodes Perry, MPA is an award-winning social entrepreneur, best-selling author, and keynote speaker. He helps leaders build belonging at work to achieve industry breakthroughs. His firm offers transformative leadership development, change management, and capacity building solutions for senior executives focused on advancing their organizations’ diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) commitments. Nationally recognized as a LGBTQ+ thought leader, he has two decades of government and nonprofit experience having worked at the White House, PFLAG National, and the City of New York. Media outlets like Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and the Associated Press have featured his powerful work as a (DEI) influencer.

http://www.rhodesperry.com
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