About

Dr. LaTosha Pinckney

Personal Development Strategist · Founder, The Richardson-Pinckney Group · Creator of Daring Woman

I help people understand how their experiences have shaped what they believe about themselves and how those beliefs may still be influencing their lives. Through teaching, reflection, and strategy, I help them examine those patterns and consider what it would mean to respond differently.

This work is personal to me. When my oldest son left for college, I began asking questions about who I was beyond a role that had been central to my life. Motherhood was still part of who I was, but the way I lived it was changing. That experience helped me recognize how much of our understanding of ourselves can become tied to what we do, what others need from us, and the responsibilities we carry.

Those questions have continued through other seasons of my life. I've questioned myself, examined beliefs I had accepted for years, and recognized patterns that did not change simply because I could explain them. My study has given me additional ways to understand these experiences and develop teaching that others can apply to their own lives.

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My Approach

I begin with identity

Purpose matters, but who we are cannot be reduced to a particular role, responsibility, or expression of our purpose. Those expressions can change throughout our lives.

Part of understanding ourselves is learning to distinguish who we are from ways of being that developed in response to what life required. Being the dependable one, avoiding disagreement, or always appearing strong may have helped us maintain connection or navigate a difficult season. We can appreciate why those responses developed while also examining whether they still serve us.

The questions I return to are:

These questions give us a way to examine our lives with both honesty and compassion. We are not trying to dismiss what happened or criticize the person we were. We are learning to understand what influenced us and where we may now have room to choose differently.

Faith

Faith and the complexity of being human

My Christian faith is central to this work. It informs how I understand our value, our identity, and our capacity to grow. It also gives us a place to bring the questions and disappointments that do not resolve easily.

I believe we can be faithful and still struggle. We can have made progress and still be affected by something we experienced. Acknowledging that complexity helps us approach ourselves more honestly and recognize when we need prayer, support, time, or a different response.

From understanding to practice

Awareness gives us a place to begin. As we recognize a belief or pattern, we can examine it in relation to truth, our faith, and the life we want to live. Then we can identify a practical choice and begin making it, sometimes more than once as an old pattern returns.

The aim is to develop an understanding of yourself that can guide how you live, lead, and relate while leaving room for continued growth.

The Business Behind the Work

The Richardson-Pinckney Group and Daring Woman

I founded The Richardson-Pinckney Group as the business through which I develop my work. Daring Woman is one expression of that work, created specifically for women exploring identity, beliefs, faith, and becoming.

Through the Group, I bring together teaching, frameworks, experiences, and resources that help people apply what they are learning about themselves.

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Education

Education and development of my work

I earned my Doctor of Philosophy in Counseling and Psychological Studies from Regent University. My dissertation, Building Resilience: Facilitator Training Program for Overcoming Limiting Beliefs, focused on developing training to help facilitators understand and work with limiting beliefs in personal development settings.

That academic work informs the frameworks and teaching I develop. My focus is on making these ideas understandable and helping people consider how they apply to their own lives.