The Family Patches Project & Comedy Couch: Supporting You & Your Family's Mental Health & Well-being

Meet Ayana Osborn, comedienne, mother of 4 children, and now, entrepreneur. We were thrilled to have her as a guest on the "Whole Health Series". As DC's own homegrown comedienne, she is inspired by her oldest daughter (who has a medical complexity), former patients, and her late beloved father to share her sense of humor with the world. She can change any situation into smiles and laughter. She believes that laughter is the best medicine and can be channeled in very challenging situations.  As a mother of 4 children, parent leader and a community/family advocate working with DC families for over 15 years, Ayana has found a way to get family members connected and reconnected to strengthen the wellness of their family.  Her life became challenging with the fight to keep her family healthy: educationally, physically, mentally, and emotionally so she began to become better organized and developed a plan so she would not be as stressed.   She is working her talent through stand-up, podcast, and community projects such as the co-produced Podcast “DC Porch Talk” and her own show “Da Comedy Couch” that was shown on the UnCensored Network. As a Domestic Violence Survivor, she has starred in "Spoiled by Your Love, "which shared her personal survival story.  Ayana is currently working as a Certified Peer, Family, and Youth support Specialist under Washington, DC's Department of Behavioral Health.  She also just finished her course to be an Addiction Counselor with Catholic Charities Institute. Bringing laugh therapy into Mental & Substance/Domestic Violence Abused families leads to her current project with Eliana’s Light called “The Family Patches Project”. It is designed to assist families in working together so they can develop a wellness plan for each family member and the family as a whole!  Naturally, Ayana is known as “Lady”, having a beautiful sense of humor, the passion to make people smile and laugh, and the desire to help keep families healthy and working together.