Healing-Centered Leadership for People, Institutions, and Systems Ready to Change

Dr. Sherrá Watkins helps leaders, teams, and institutions move from burnout and survival to clarity, alignment, and sustainable well-being — through the W.E.L.L.S.™ Method.

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Meet Dr. Sherrá Watkins

THERAPIST, STRATEGIST & NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LEADER

A catalyst for change, Dr. Watkins works at the intersection of holistic well-being, leadership development, and systems-level transformation. With 20+ years across higher education, public health, and mental health, she helps individuals and institutions uncover potential, navigate complexity, and translate vision into meaningful, sustainable change.

THERAPIST, STRATEGIST & NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LEADER

  • Higher-ed and organizational leaders — VPs, Wellness and DEI officers, Counseling directors

  • Institutions navigating burnout, retention, and culture change

  • Mission-driven organizations and nonprofits

  • Professionals reclaiming purpose, identity, and leadership after burnout

Introducing the W.E.L.L.S.™ Framework

Five pillars. One path to wholeness.

Through the Sister W.E.L.L.S.™ Method, Dr. Watkins helps individuals and institutions move from burnout and fragmentation to alignment, clarity, and sustainable impact.

W
Wholeness
Reclaiming the full self — mind, body, spirit, and story — as the foundation for sustainable leadership.
E
Empowerment
Activating agency through self-awareness, education, and embodied confidence.
L
Lead with Intention
Aligning leadership, strategy, and decisions with clear values and vision.
L
Liberation
Interrupting internalized and systemic harm to build equity-centered, psychologically safe cultures.
S
Sustain + Shift Culture
Creating new patterns and systems rooted in care, equity, and joy — built to last.

Why Leaders Choose Dr. Watkins

78%
Staff response rate
vs. the 30–50% higher-ed norm
Strong
Division-wide well-being measured
Low
Division-wide burnout surfaced
8
Validated well-being domains in the W.E.L.L.S.™ Index
As Featured On

Stages, studios, and national platforms.

Keynote & Conference
Plenary & Summit
Conference
Podcast
Moderated Panel
Television
Invited Address
Expert Interview
Selected from more than sixty keynotes, panels, workshops, and media appearances since 2018.

Why Leaders Choose Dr. Watkins

Trusted by Institutions, Leaders, and Communities Nationwide

Counseling & Clinical
Healing-centered, culturally responsive care for well-being and life transitions.
Coaching & Leadership
Purpose-driven coaching that aligns personal well-being with leadership capacity.
Speaking & Consulting
Keynotes and consulting that center well-being, equity, and transformation.
Programs & Courses
Curated learning grounded in the W.E.L.L.S.™ Method, for people and teams.
New Releases

The Dear God Collection: Sacred Conversations.

Three books, releasing together — the memoir, the ninety-day journal, and the workbook. Read one, or let them work on you all at once.

Option One

Order a standard copy

Fastest route. Ships anywhere from Amazon or Lulu, usually within a few days.

  • Paperback and digital editions
  • Standard retail shipping and returns
  • No wait for personalization
Option Two

Order signed & personalized

Ordered through this site and inscribed by Dr. Watkins before it ships.

  • Signed, with a personal inscription on request
  • Local pickup available in Utah
  • Allow extra time — each copy is signed by hand
The Memoir

Dear God, It's Me Again

A Memoir of Recognizing and Trusting What Cannot Yet Be Seen

An honest, faith-rooted memoir about surviving the unseen seasons — wrestling with the names we give God, and learning to trust what you cannot yet see.

Who Should Read This Book?

  • Women who are competent in public and unraveling in private
  • Anyone in a season that has lasted longer than they expected
  • Readers whose faith and church experience have parted ways
  • Leaders carrying more than anyone around them knows

What You'll Learn

  • How to name a season honestly instead of spiritualizing it
  • Why survival strategies stop serving you, and how to notice
  • What trust looks like before the evidence arrives
  • How to stay in relationship with God without pretending
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The Journal

Dear God, It's Me Again — The Journal

90 Days of Sacred Conversation

Ninety guided prompts for honest, sacred reflection alongside the memoir — built for people who think best with a pen in hand.

Who Should Read This Book?

  • Readers who finished the memoir and want to do the work
  • Executive and professional women with no unguarded place to think
  • Anyone who journals in bursts and wants a structure that holds
  • Small groups, book clubs, and ministry cohorts moving together

What You'll Learn

  • A daily practice you can sustain in ten honest minutes
  • How to write toward the truth instead of around it
  • Language for what you have been carrying without words
  • Patterns you only see once ninety days are on the page
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The Workbook

Dear God, I See Myself in Her Too

Reclaiming Scripture Through the Stories of Women

A thirteen-week womanist devotional journey through the women of scripture — their questions, their silences, and what they still have to say.

Who Should Read This Book?

  • Women who were taught scripture but never saw themselves in it
  • Readers rebuilding faith on honest terms after harm
  • Facilitators leading a women's group, class, or ministry cohort
  • Anyone who wants study with substance, not sentiment

What You'll Learn

  • How to read the women of scripture as full people, not lessons
  • Where your story and theirs actually meet
  • A thirteen-week rhythm you can lead others through
  • Practices for holding faith and questions at the same time
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Also by Dr. Watkins

The Healing in Review Library.

The guided reflection tools that came first — still in print, still in use. Signed copies of any title are available through the shop.

Book · Jan 2024 · Co-Authored

Healing In Review: College Edition

Who it's for: College and first-generation students, and the student-success teams supporting them.
What you'll learn: Health, financial, and life literacy — the practical skills the syllabus skips, and how to ask for help before it's urgent.
Journal · Apr 2023

The 30-Day Gratitude Journal

Who it's for: Anyone who wants a short, daily practice that fits into a full life.
What you'll learn: How to notice what is already good — thirty days of prompts that build gratitude into a habit you keep.
Coloring Book · Jan 2022

Healing In Color

Who it's for: Readers who process better with their hands busy, and clinicians looking for a between-session tool.
What you'll learn: Forty mandala designs paired with affirmations — mindfulness practice for the days reflection is easier with a pencil.
Book · Dec 2021 · Her First

Healing in Review

Who it's for: Anyone beginning counseling or coaching — or deciding whether to.
What you'll learn: How to reflect on your own healing with structure: goals, prompts, and activities you return to between sessions.

WHAT THEY SAY

LPLaurie Payton
★★★★★

"Our staff felt so seen and affirmed — Dr. Watkins went above and beyond."

Laurie Payton
JKJamie Kokot
★★★★★

"The W.E.L.L.S. Method shifted our entire wellness strategy."

Jamie Kokot
KFKeith Finley
★★★★★

"Dr. Watkins changed how our team approaches wellness and psychological safety."

Keith Finley
MHMarilyn Harper
★★★★★

"Her coaching helped me reclaim my identity, purpose, and skills."

Marilyn Harper
From the Desk of Dr. Watkins

Latest Writing

Honest reflections on healing, leadership, faith, and the courage to lead without self-erasure — new essays and letters, published regularly.

Read it all on Substack.