Your Host
Latonia Francois,
CEO of Let’s Write Life, LLC.
Peace and Blessings, I’m Latonia, CEO of Let’s Write Life, a faith-based journaling and wellness company for women on a healing journey and navigating life change to rediscover the best of who they are through transformative journaling, self-discovery, and personal growth retreats and programs we provided. The Anya House is where women can find REST on their personal wellness journey.
About The Anya House
A Mental Health & Wellness Retreat Center
The Anya House is a Mental Health & Wellness Retreat Center of Faith, Hope, and Healing For Women to regroup from the daily routines, responsibilities, and stress of life to reconnect with themselves. This space was created for women to experience the real life aspects of Latonia’s “Best of Me” Program, a 8 week program that teaches methods of healing that successfully transformed her own life and mental health. This space takes women beyond the program and into pursuing their healing journey. We’re not just learning and reading about healing here, we’re women doing the work on ourselves, practicing self-care, and making wellness an active part of life!
AT THE ANYA HOUSE, OUR MISSION IS TO MAKE HEALING AND MENTAL WELLNESS CONSISTENT, UPLIFTING, AND EASY FOR WOMEN TO PRIORITIZE IN THEIR WELL-BEING IN EVERYDAY LIFE.
The Anya House is Day Retreat Center designed with two Solo Wellness Pods and a common area to relax and feel at home. Each room has a unique theme to support your wellness needs.
WHO IS ANYA
Hebrew: A name that means “God answered”, “grace”, “favor”, or “compassion” and is a derivative of Chana, the mother of the prophet Samuel. It means “caring”, “affectionate”, “one who consoles others”, “one who helps others”, “mother”. Anya means: resurrection; He (God) has favored me.
There are so many powerful meanings behind the name Anya. I had no idea this was the case when I chose this name. The name Anya came to me during a conversation with my intern as part of my marketing plan back in 2017 for Let’s Write Life. I needed an avatar for the type of woman I desired to serve and “Anya” was born as my women of hope. A women who needs hope to find her light in a dark place and women who reflect their light of hope for others to see what faith, courageousness, and bravery with God can do.
In 2019, I created the “I AM ANYA” art piece to create dialogue and deeper conversations around my story of healing, journaling, and to break barriers around the stigmas of mental illness. Out of thousands of applicants, this art piece became selected in 2019 as one of 7 art pieces to go on tour with the Janssen (J&J Innovative Medicine) and Johnson & Johnson’s national mental health campaign called, #ArtofEndingStigma. With this recognition and the story of what this art piece represents, I have awarded a women every year with this art piece as a beacon of light within the Let’s Write Life community.
I art piece is a portrait of my face with words of affirmations that reflect my story and my journey of healing and a real page from journal that fills in my face. Many people have asked me, is Anya my a name and the answer is YES. It is not my birth name, but the name God gave me on the other side of my healing. A name I now share with you. When you look at the art piece, go find yourself in my story, in the words, and in what you see that truly speaks to your heart. Journal your thoughts. There is a piece of ANYA in every one of us.
Let’s Write Life,
Latonia Francois – Your Purpose Doula, Mental Health Hope Dealing, Journaling Sista, Friend.
