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Books and the Reflective Journal
The original book, Dr. Linda James Myers's other writing, and a journal that walks alongside it.
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Optimal Psychology Institute
Optimal Psychology begins with how we come to know what we know. In Understanding an Afrocentric World View: Introduction to an Optimal Psychology, Linda James Myers, Ph.D., traced how a fragmented way of seeing the world sits at the root of racism and the other isms, and offered Optimal Conceptual Theory as a path back to wholeness, rooted in African deep thought.
The Optimal Psychology Institute brings that work to people where they are. Readers find the books and the Reflective Journal. Groups invite us for book studies, retreats and talks. Practitioners shaped by this work are listed in the Practitioner Network, and the Library gathers the research that cites and extends it.
The Institute is led by Dr. Linda James Myers with Cheyennis Doom, M.S.
Optimal Conceptual Theory, briefly
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Linda James Myers, Ph.D.
Founder · Developer of Optimal Psychology
An internationally recognized scholar whose work places the wisdom tradition of African deep thought at the forefront of a paradigm shift now supported by contemporary science. She developed Optimal Psychology, Belief Systems Analysis, the Optimization Process, and the HeartFeather Strategy.
Cheyennis Doom, M.S.
Digital and operations · Reflective Journal co-author
Cheyennis R. Doom, M.S., is an Optimal Industrial-Organizational psychologist, and lifelong student and teacher of liberation. She co-authored Understanding an Afrocentric World View: Introduction to an Optimal Psychology: Reflective Journal and supports the Institute's digital home and day-to-day work.
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The Optimal Psychology Institute shares the work of Linda James Myers, Ph.D., whose Optimal Conceptual Theory offers a whole way of understanding ourselves, one another and the world we share. Book time with us to talk about speaking, retreats, courses, the Practitioner Network, or bringing Optimal Psychology to your classroom or organization.
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