Dr. Joi Lewis
Facilitator of Liberation (social justice and healing justice)
+ Radical Self Care Strategist = Joy Instigator
“Dr. Joi” Lewis is CEO and Founder of Joi Unlimited Coaching & Consulting and the Orange Method of Radical Self- Care (Healing Justice) and Radical Hospitality (Social Justice).
She is the author of the wildly successful book – Healing: The Act of Radical Self-Care. Her work is deeply informed by growing up in East St. Louis, Illinois, and is grounded in healing justice.
She is a “bodyworker” for the collective body (systems) and individual bodies (self), Dr. Joi (as many fondly call her) holds space for the discovery of critical pressure points for liberation and healing from trauma through radical self care.
Dr. Joi is a highly sought after mediator, coach, community healer, social entrepreneur and facilitator of liberation locally, nationally and globally. After a 20+ year career in higher education, she now describes herself as the “Artist-Activist formerly known as Dean Lewis.” Dr. Joi is on a mission to “put healing in the hands of everyone, everywhere.”
She is an unapologetic joy instigator, a healer for healers, a certified kemetic and hot vinyasa yoga teacher, and a facilitator of meditation and mindfulness.
She also founded the OM Community Coach Program in Healing Justice.
She offers courses, coaching programs, healing circles, workshops and retreats on Radical Self-Care, Social Justice, and The Business of Healing for Emotional Laborers, Social Justice Activist & Advocates, Facilitators of Liberation, Yogis, Creatives, Birthworkers, Energy & Light Workers, Meditation & Mindfulness Practitioners, Healers and Helpers.
Dr. Joi is the President of the Healing Justice Foundation, whose mission is to reclaim the inherent dignity, brilliance, and humanity of all Black people.
Dr. Joi believes in interrupting oppressor patterns (including her own) with loving kindness so we can reach for our own humanity, and each others’. She has a daily practice of trying to “live” fully in her own body.
She claims the Frogtown neighborhood of St. Paul, Minnesota, as her adult home.
About Joi Unlimited
Joi Unlimited promotes transformation of self and systems, through the process of the Orange Method (OM). We are a coaching and consulting firm specializing in conflict, crisis, and change management.
About Radical Self-Care
Radical Self-Care is the intentional practice of attending to your mind, body and soul in ways that oppose the forces of oppression that want you exhausted and sick.
Radical Self-Care is a centering process of transformation and healing that reminds us of our inherent brilliance and goodness. It is the core value that underlies our coaching and consulting strategy: the Orange Method (OM).
Joi Unlimited was birthed in 2013 from a call to address historic and present day trauma, particularly around racial justice and Black liberation.
Dr. Joi Lewis saw a real opportunity to center issues of Radical Self-Care and Healing Justice as a model to reclaim our humanity and deeply connect to community. The creation of Joi Unlimited was a liberating act; a Black woman building a business around radical self-care at a time when historical expectations framed Black women as taking care of everyone else first. (According to Pew Research, in 2020, Black or African American people accounted for only 3% of all US firms classifiable by the race and ethnicity of their owners and only 37% of majority Black- or African American-owned businesses in 2020 were owned by Black women.)
Over the last ten years and through speaking, facilitation, group coaching, and course offerings, Dr. Joi has used the Orange Method (OM), sharing its four principles of meditation (getting grounded), mindfulness (getting present), emotional liberation (getting free), and conscious movement (getting moving) to bring healing and radical self-care to those who need it most and their co-conspirators.
About the Orange Method (OM)
CREATED BY- DR. JOI LEWIS, FOUNDER & CEO OF JOI UNLIMITED
Why Orange? It is the sacral chakra color. It is located in your lower abdomen and is the most important emotional center; transformation starts at this centering place. Furthermore, the color orange is amazing!
Why OM? It is a sacred sound and spiritual icon in Dharmic religions. It means “self within” and “the entirety of the universe.” The Orange Method is expanded in this context to also mean transformation and liberation and to remind us of our need for therapeutic spaces, healthy eating, conscious movement and emotional liberation, as well as our ability to transform against the back-drop of oppression induced trauma.
The Orange Method (OM) is copyrighted by Dr. Joi Lewis.
In Healing Dr. Joi Lewis offers a powerful framework for all who want to uncover their heartbreak and reach for connection. The remedies in Healing will help you confront every aspect of your life that demands radical self-care. Dr. Joi’s life-changing Orange Method (OM) inspires you to interrupt historic cycles of oppression and fully reclaim your humanity using practices for both self-care and community care. Healing is a path to transformation when your back is against the wall and you’re buckling under the weight of everyday life.
Joy is possible and unlimited. It’s also worth reaching for. Healing is the beginning of your restorative journey back to you your community and your greater yet to be.
Radical Self-Care requires your ultimate health not just your ultimate sacrifice.
About the Book
Joi Unlimited works with clients at all levels and across a variety of industries. Through the Orange Method, Joi Unlimited connects key stakeholders, influential thought leaders, and teams with each other, resulting in self and systemic transformation.
Joi Unlimited’s clients include:
About the Clients
FOUNDATIONS & NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Aegis Foundation
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Bush Foundation
Face to Face Health & Counseling
Minnesota Public Radio
Propel Nonprofits
YWCA (Minneapolis and St. Paul)
Wilder Foundation
COMMUNITY & HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS
Avivo
Hennepin Healthcare
Kaiser Permanente
The Living Room
Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities (MACC)
Seward Community Co-op
Youth Collaboratory
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
Augsburg University
Hamline University
HBCU- Leadership and Career Summit
Minneapolis Public Schools
Mounds View Public Schools
Saint Paul Public Schools
The Family Partnership
CORPORATE ORGANIZATIONS
Ecolab
The BrandLab
Canyon Ranch
City of Bloomington
Clockwork
Hennepin County
Land O’ Lakes
Lululemon
Walker Art Center
Joi Unlimited is a change management firm that draws from a broad network of local, national and international industry experts, practitioners, strategists, artists, techies, researchers and community organizers, from a variety of industries and experiences as partners in doing good in the world.
The principle of collaboration is key to this work. Contact Joi Unlimited for more information about how to join the team and become a certified or licensed coach or consultant (an Orange Methodologist/OMie).
About the Team
“None of us are as smart as all of us.”
Grandmama Trudy B. Lewis, Truth Teller