Biography
Early Life
Abiola Abrams is a media aficionado.
She has acted, directed, produced, and written award-winning works. Most recently she is an intuitive self-worth coach and an international goddess retreat leader.
Born on July 26, 1976, in New York City to Guyanese immigrant parents, Abrams grew up with a strong connection to her family’s spiritual roots. She descends from a multi-generational lineage of healers, seers, and farmers.
Although her family had been in Guyana, South America, for several generations, their retention of West African spirituality was a catalyst for Abrams’ activism.
Her father often recounted stories about growing up in British Guyana where African spirituality was illegal to practice.
His stories of being raided and having to hide their altars inspired Abrams to utilize her spiritual foundations to connect people of the African diaspora back to their spiritual practices.
Community Leader
One of Abrams’ notable accomplishments early in her professional journey was the production of the hip-hop theater play “Goddess City,” in which she wrote and starred.
The play addresses women’s issues related to love and self-esteem. It was recognized as the first of its kind. It earned the Fun, Fearless, Female Award from Cosmopolitan Magazine.
Continuing to expand her expertise, Abrams became a certified neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) practitioner through the American Union of NLP, a field without many Black women.
Her work uses mindfulness, emotional freedom techniques, intuitive mindset reprogramming, and African spirituality.
She founded Mawu’s Goddess Mystery School and organized international Goddess Retreats. She drew inspiration from Mawu, the supreme creator goddess in Dahomey cosmology.
Activism through Media
As an accomplished author, Abrams has written many books. Her work includes the highly acclaimed Hay House guidebook African Goddess Initiation: Sacred Rituals for Self-Love, Prosperity, and Joy, as well as the bestselling African Goddess Rising Oracle Deck.
She considers her writing as a divine assignment and spiritual calling.
Abrams has also utilized other global media platforms to share her wisdom and insights.
She has appeared on networks such as the CW, BET, and Discovery Channel. She has contributed to renowned publications like MTV, the BBC, DailyOm, Huffington Post, Match.com, and Essence Magazine where she ran an advice column focused on women’s empowerment, “Intimacy Intervention,” for many years.
Wellness Advocate
Today, Abiola is on the faculty of health and wellness organizations such as The Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, The Shift Network, Hay House’s I Can Do It Summit, and London’s College of Psychic Studies.
She aims to challenge narratives that demonize and whitewash African spirituality. Her leadership encourages others to do the same.
In the realm of health and wellness, Abrams focuses on spiritual evolution and self-love rooted in the divine feminine gifts of diasporic African culture.
Through her work, she highlights the transformative power of African spiritual practices and rituals that have been historically overlooked or hidden.
