hello and welcome to my temple! my name is cassandra and i’m a new york city based multi-disciplinary artist, youtuber and life coach, cassandra’s temple was created to inspire and empower artists to design futures steeped in creativity, soul and radical authenticity.

about

cassandra’s temple started as a password-protected diary on my laptop in high school. when feelings felt big or trapped inside, i’d seek asylum in admitting my feelings to myself in private. it wasn’t pretty, but i’d always feel better after i’d purged on the page. the safety i created within empowered me to be honest and speak my truth publicly. it was through this process of self-confidence that i realized the truth really does set you free.

when it comes to building the life you want, it’s important to do it based on your values and no one else’s. for a lot of us, it can be difficult to know the difference. that is why asking deep, clarifying questions is at the heart of my coaching practice and artistic projects. cassandra’s temple values truth over membership, belonging over fitting in, and what it feels like over what it looks like. these values are the foundation for a soulful and creative life.

qualifications:

  • mindvalley certified life coach

  • shamanic reiki certified practitioner

  • 200hr yoga teacher certificate

  • bfa in acting (cum laude) from pace university

mentors:

  • rev. safiya oni brown

  • iyalosa apetibii akaltunde aka @got2boshun

  • jonathan hammond, author of the shaman’s mind

 FAQs

  • therapists assess, diagnose, and treat mental illness. as such, therapists often focus their work on identifying and reducing symptoms.

    life coaches guide and encourage people through personal challenges. they help their them navigate toward their goals.

    ultimately, both professions have value, and the work can look fairly similar between therapy and coaching. however, when assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness is needed, that work becomes therapy, and it requires a licensed therapist.

    here’s an article written by benjamin e. caldwell, PsyD, LMFT for further explanation:

    https://tinyurl.com/35rjnjj9

  • no. a sex therapist is a licensed therapist with rigorous training in sex education and human sexuality.

    i am a life coach and though i’ve self-led my studies on evidence-based sexual health concerns and sexuality, i have not had the intense exposure to the variety of sexual concerns that sex therapists have

    if your sexual concerns are rare or require medical attention, i recommend a sex therapist.

    otherwise in my opinion, sex and sexuality are so deeply integrated with all other areas of life that a holistic approach to wellness, self-perception and identity are usually enough to see some improvement in these areas.

  • all the love you could ever hope for is present inside each and everyone one of us. the work is a process of unlearning everything we’ve told about what makes us good enough to experience that love as fully as possible.

    everything you need is already within you! doing the work will help you shed all that keeps you from your optimal version.

  • there is a long tradition of black women breaking written grammar rules. grammar has a long history marginalizing groups of people and minimizing their intelligence. intentionally breaking them is a revolution. everybody has their own reasons but ultimately changing grammar is another way to express ourselves. personally, i use lower case letters as a reminder that everything is ultimately one, and that which is capitalized sits on a horizontal line of equanimity, not a vertical line of hierarchy.