Dr. Adia Gooden is a licensed clinical psychologist, author of 4 Practices to Connect to your Unconditional Self-Worth, host of the Unconditionally Worthy podcast, and TEDx speaker. She specializes in providing therapy to people of color and speaks about unconditional self-worth, imposter syndrome, and black women in mental health. She has served as a staff psychologist and the coordinator for multicultural outreach and support for the Student Counseling Services at the University of Chicago and the Director of the Clinic and Community Programs at the Family Institute at Northwestern.

She received her bachelor's in psychology from Stanford University and her doctorate in clinical community psychology from DePaul University. She offers online courses and programs to help people build healthy relationships with themselves and discover their unconditional self-worth.

Are you struggling with thoughts of not being good enough? You've accomplished personal and professional goals but still feel insufficient.

Intrusive thoughts of self-doubt can make you feel worthless, that you are not fulfilling your purpose in academia, your career, and your relationships. How can you connect to your unconditional self-worth? Dr. Adia Gooden has proven strategies to help you on your journey to identify your self-worth — because she spent years trying to accomplish the same thing.

In this episode of Our.Love Podcast, Dr. Keely Sikes Rollings sits down with Dr. Adia Gooden, licensed clinical psychologist, author, and podcast host, to talk about proven practices to improve your self-worth. Dr. Gooden shares her story of struggling with disbelief in her self-worth, learning how to forgive yourself through self-compassion, and the importance of self-soothing to cultivate healthy relationships.