Coming Summer 2026

Part memoir and part guide, Divorcing Religion, Finding God examines how unhealthy leadership, spiritual manipulation, and abuse of power can leave lasting emotional and spiritual wounds. Achea helps readers identify these patterns, understand their impact on identity and faith, and begin the healing process.

This book is not just about loss but restoration. Achea encourages readers to reclaim their voice, release shame, and rebuild a spirituality rooted in truth, offering hope and guidance for those seeking a deeper, more authentic connection with The Divine.

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“Faith was never meant to wound.”

Achea Redd
Divorcing Religion, Finding God

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Achea Redd makes mental health awareness her mission—because for Achea, it's personal.

About Achea
About Achea
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The Keri Croft Show

Counterfeit Relationships and Becoming Your Own Best Friend

Achea opens up about growing up in a chaotic religious household, becoming addicted to external validation, and how anxiety and panic attacks brought her life to a halt. She reflects on the unseen emotional labor of supporting a high-profile athlete, the identity loss that can come with visibility, and why becoming your own best friend is the foundation for every healthy relationship.

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Shades of Strong Podcast

This episode is story four of the 26 Black Women Storytelling Series, where Black women share what being strong has cost them, and the kind of support that could have made a difference.

In this conversation, Achea Redd shares what it looked like to become the one everyone leaned on, not just in adulthood, but from childhood.

Achea learned early how to manage other people’s emotions, how to step in, smooth things over, and carry what didn’t belong to her.

But over time, that role came with a cost.

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