Therapist & Speaker
Helping women discover their true voice as they navigate self-worth
challenges, relationship concerns, life stage transitions, and recovery issues.
Mazi Robinson is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Atlanta specializing in helping women discover their true voice as they navigate women’s issues, healthy relationships, self worth, personal growth and development, leadership development, living with purpose, life stage transitions, and motherhood.
With almost two decades of counseling and speaking experience, Mazi maintains an active motivational speaking schedule, presenting to such groups and organizations as The Home Depot, Chick-fil-A, North Point Community Church, Georgia Tech, Holder Construction, CREW Atlanta, Booster, government organizations throughout the country, Buckhead Church, and other churches, schools, and nonprofits.
Mazi is the Founder and Director of Cultivate. Through its counseling center and gatherings for women, Cultivate encourages women to cultivate joy, courage, and freedom in their lives as they pursue emotional, mental, and spiritual health.
Mazi is a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator, and presents both Daring Way™ and Rising Strong™ retreats and workshops, which are based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown, to individuals and groups. Mazi believes this valuable work on shame, vulnerability and learning to live courageously can be truly life changing in how we view ourselves and relate to others.
Mazi is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and has a Master’s degree in Professional Counseling from Georgia State University. Mazi is also a Certified Professional Counseling Supervisor.
Prior to becoming a Therapist and Speaker, Mazi taught History at Marist School in Atlanta, Georgia. Mazi and her husband, are the proud parents of two boys.
The Story Behind My Passion for Helping Women
Long before I was a speaker or counselor or teacher or wife and mother, I was a singer. There have been so many years and life experiences since then that it is almost hard to remember that period. What I do remember very clearly, though, is how much I enjoyed my voice lessons.
Truth be told, I enjoyed the voice lessons more than I enjoyed performing for it was in the lesson that you really grew as a musician. You dove into the nuances and interpretations of the music, and sometimes just thinking of a phrase differently changed the way you sounded. Mistakes were expected. You grew and learned because of those missed notes and missteps, and the hardest lesson often ended up being the most helpful.
In the voice lesson, you experimented with different techniques, making the slightest adjustments here and there. Those slight adjustments sometimes unlocked attributes of your voice that you didn’t even know were there. Very simply, you found your voice in the midst of the lesson. I think many of us search for our true voice because, unfortunately, we lost it or it got silenced years ago. Bad relationships, trying to fit in, attempting to be everything to everyone all the time, addiction, abuse, or maybe just the daily grind have the power to make us very quiet. We lose our voice, we lose our sense of self.
My passion for helping women discover their true voice is fueled by my own journey of losing and rediscovering my own voice. Many years ago, I realized I had grown silent in my own life. I was caught in unhealthy patterns and relationships, and instead of thriving, I was just existing. Discovering my voice meant healing old wounds, surrendering even older lies, and taking baby steps and leaps of courage and faith both personally and professionally.
What I’ve learned along the way is that discovering and using our voice is a journey of life changing lessons. Yes, at some point in time, we all lose our way. The path gets clouded with bad choices or life events that are out of our control, but on that path littered with disappointments, difficulties, and challenges, we find markings of grace and learn that no life experience is wasted. The experience becomes a lesson.
We can all find our voice in the midst of the lesson. I look forward to journeying with you!
Joy. Courage. Freedom.
Mazi is the Founder and Director of Cultivate, an Atlanta-based counseling center and community for women. The organization’s mission is to provide women with excellent, affordable counseling services and resources. Offering individual, couples, and group therapy, Cultivate’s vision is to inspire women of every stage and season to walk in joy, courage, and freedom. Cultivate also hosts bi-monthly Gatherings to provide welcoming community with like-minded women on the same growth journey.
The Rooted & Established Podcast
Mazi is host of Cultivate’s Rooted & Established podcast, which was created to continue the mental, emotional, and spiritual health conversations that begin in her counseling sessions and speaking events. The episodes are designed to help individuals and friends learn, grow, and heal together.
