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Season 3: Episode 4: I Swear I’m An Introvert — Healing is Done in Community - Meet Arrie Simpson

She left a practice she loved because God made it crystal clear it was time. She thought it would just be her. She looked up and had a whole staff.

In this episode of I Swear I’m An Introvert, Your Savvy SheEO Lindsey T. Evans sits down with Arrie Simpson — therapist, group practice owner, and founder of The Heart of Counseling & Wellness PLLC and nonprofit Josephine’s Way — for one of the most honest, layered, and necessary conversations of the season.

Arrie opens up about growing up in a chaotic household that taught her how to adapt to change, finding her identity as an introvert who learned to turn it on when needed, building a group practice of seven therapists — six of them Black women — and running a nonprofit dedicated to bridging the gap between underserved communities and quality mental health care.

She talks about imposter syndrome, rejection, the loneliness of being the boss, and why she still goes to therapy herself. Because how can you hold everyone else’s weight if nobody is holding yours?

This is the conversation Black women in business — and Black women in general — need to hear.

In this episode we cover:

∙ Building a group therapy practice from one person to seven therapists

∙ Why Black women can absolutely work together — and do it well

∙ Navigating mental health as a mental health professional

∙ The loneliness of leadership and what it really feels like to be the boss

∙ Josephine’s Way — bridging the gap between underserved communities and quality mental health care

∙ What positive representation of Black women in mental health really means

Connect with Arrie: The Heart of Counseling & Wellness PLLC — theheartofcounselingandwellness.com