Revolutionizing Africa's Mental Health Landscape One Step At A Time | Queen Murielle & Omon Odike

In today's episode, Omon has a chat with Queen Murielle; an accomplished integrative therapist who specialises in helping people heal from their past pain and trauma. Murielle shares how she made the unexpected but prayer-led move from politics to psychology and how she's been able to make awe-inspiring strides in the mental health landscape through her private therapy practice, “Raising The Standard International”. Stick around, enjoy, and be sure to share! 🟡 Nominate a Guest for Omon's Couch 👉🏽 https://forms.gle/E3idpNckXKqAXP7NA CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro 02:02 - Murielle's move from politics to psychology 07:36 - Faith-based entrepreneurship 08:31 - Working in the Nigerian mental health industry 10:43 - Exercise and integrative therapy 12:54 - Murielle's milestones with her mental health work 15:12 - Different mental health methodologies and techniques 18:25 - Advice for potential mental health workers 24:11 - Making money in the mental health industry 26:20 - Aspirations for the mental health industry 27:58 - How emotional intelligence helps with work 29:35 - Scaling a mental health business 32:54 - Advice for future therapists 39:38 - Challenges of a mental health practitioner 46:23 - Work-life harmony and balance 50:31 - Trivia Time! 🤔 52:24 - Outro & Dance Party!💃🏼 ABOUT THE GUEST ✨ Murielle Jean-Michel (known fondly as Queen Murielle) is an accomplished integrative therapist and the CEO & Founder of “Raising The Standard International”, a private therapy practice that specializes in helping people to heal from their past pain and trauma. She is also an Intercultural Social Professional who works closely with corporate organizations to help them psychologically assess and create a harmonious culture within their organizations. ABOUT THE SHOW ✨ Omon’s Couch is a platform created with a passion to help young entrepreneurs and professionals reach their full potential in their respective careers and businesses. Our founder, Omon, understands firsthand the struggles that come with pursuing a dream and the need for the right mindset, strategies, and support to achieve success. On this show, you'll hear several testimonies and success stories of Nigerian entrepreneurs - a wonderful source of motivation for startups and women in business. Each episode takes us through how to overcome some of the challenges of a business owner; especially the challenges of running a business in Nigeria! If you're a young business owner or aspiring entrepreneur, be sure to subscribe for practical advice on how to scale up your business and solve real business problems. Visit our website: omonscouch.com ABOUT THE HOST ✨ Omomene (Omon) Odike is the CEO & Principal Consultant of U-Connect, One of Nigeria’s leading Human Resource Company and Founder of Gr8jobsng, the first of its kind HR Recruitment Platform in Africa. As an Entrepreneur, she is credited with introducing innovative and pro-active solutions in Recruitment and Outsourcing, Training and Development, Verification & Background Checks, Pre-Assessment Testing as well as Quality Management Strategies to clients; positioning the U-Connect brand as a trail blazer in the Human Resource consulting industry. Her experience spans over 18 years from Legal Practice to HR Consulting and she is very passionate about youth empowerment, employability and employment as well as women in business. CONNECT ✨ Instagram: instagram.com/omonodike & instagram.com/omonscouch Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005190336214&mibextid=ZbWKwL LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/omomene-odike-1b5a7347 Twitter: twitter.com/omonodike