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.
Meet Dr. Sherrá WatkinsTHERAPIST, 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.
Why Leaders Choose Dr. Watkins
vs. the 30–50% higher-ed norm
Stages, studios, and national platforms.
Why Leaders Choose Dr. Watkins
Trusted by Institutions, Leaders, and Communities Nationwide
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.
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- Signed, with a personal inscription on request
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Dear God, It's Me Again
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
Signed and personalized copies are ordered here and shipped by Dr. Watkins. Utah pickup available.
Dear God, It's Me Again — The Journal
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
Signed and personalized copies are ordered here and shipped by Dr. Watkins. Utah pickup available.
Dear God, I See Myself in Her Too
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
Signed and personalized copies are ordered here and shipped by Dr. Watkins. Utah pickup available.
Choose a Dear God Bundle.
Pair the books that meet you where you are, or choose the complete collection for the full journey through story, reflection, and scripture.
Scripture & Story Bundle
Pair personal testimony with deeper biblical exploration. Begin with Dr. Watkins's honest account of unanswered prayer, worthiness, suffering, disability, work, and learning to trust God without pretending to understand. Then continue with a thirteen-week guided journey through the stories of women in scripture.
- Dear God, It's Me Again — Memoir
- Dear God, I See Myself in Her Too — Workbook
Sacred Writing Bundle
Create space for both daily conversation and deeper study. Use the journal to speak honestly with God each day, then use the workbook to explore scripture, examine inherited beliefs, and recognize your experiences within the stories of women who questioned, endured, resisted, healed, and became.
- Dear God, It's Me Again — The Journal
- Dear God, I See Myself in Her Too — The Workbook
Complete Sacred Conversation Collection
Experience the complete Dear God Collection through memoir, reflection, and guided biblical exploration. This collection is for women who want room to ask difficult questions, tell the truth about their experiences, and build a faith rooted in relationship rather than performance.
- Memoir
- 90-day guided journal
- 13-week workbook
- One premium Dear God bookmark
The Healing in Review Library.
The guided reflection tools that came first — still in print, still in use. Choose the available Amazon or Lulu edition below.
Healing In Review: College Edition
The 30-Day Gratitude Journal
Healing In Color
Healing in Review
WHAT THEY SAY
"Our staff felt so seen and affirmed — Dr. Watkins went above and beyond."
"The W.E.L.L.S. Method shifted our entire wellness strategy."
"Dr. Watkins changed how our team approaches wellness and psychological safety."
"Her coaching helped me reclaim my identity, purpose, and skills."
Latest Writing
Honest reflections on healing, leadership, faith, and the courage to lead without self-erasure — new essays and letters, published regularly.