Free Mind
Rooted in Peace. Surrender. Rebuild.
You don't have to carry the hard season alone — or stay in it. AMANI- Free Mind, LLC walks with individuals and organizations through life transitions, stress, and starting over, toward a rebuild that is better and healthier than what came before.
The name
Amani — peace
Swahili · serenity
Amani is the Swahili word for peace — a deep serenity that settles the heart. It is the ground this work stands on: before anything is fixed or figured out, there is a place to stand that is calm.
Free Mind — clarity
Mental clarity
A free mind is a mind no longer gripped by anxiety and noise — clear enough to see the season you're in, and clear enough to choose what comes next. Peace in the heart, clarity in the mind.
Together, they are the whole journey: settle, release, and begin again — clear-headed and at peace.
Mission & vision
Our vision
To cultivate a world where life's transitions—whether faced by individuals, communities, or organizations—are met with clarity instead of chaos, empowering people and workforces to break free from systematic overwhelm and claim an authentic state of structural and internal peace.
Our mission
Amani - Free Mind LLC guides individuals, academic institutions, and corporate organizations through high-stress pivots and structural transitions. By delivering collaborative consulting, strategic action blueprints, and interactive group seminars, we bridge the gap between mental clarity and operational execution. We make personal growth, team alignment, and systematic organization accessible, fair, and highly structured.
The journey
The AMANI tree tells the story every client lives. Its roots were never the problem. Its trunk carries the season everyone can see. And its canopy is proof of what is still ahead.
Movement one
The foundation
Look at the roots — strong, wide, and healthy, drinking from calm water. That is the foundation of a person, and of an organization: what is deepest in you was never broken. We begin by finding your footing again, and watering it with a healthier mindset.
Movement two
The season you can see
The trunk looks broken and dry — and that is honest. It is the stress, the anxiety, the hard chapter the world can see. Surrender is not giving up; it is loosening your grip on how it was supposed to go — and noticing the new green shoots already rising from the crack.
Movement three
What is ahead
Above it all, the canopy is full and bearing golden fruit under a rising sun. That is what's ahead once clarity is found through reconstruction: not a return to the old life, but a rebuilt one — stronger at the roots, and fruitful in every direction.
A moment of still water
Peace is not a destination at the end of the work. It is where the work begins. Try it here, for one quiet minute.
Four counts in. Four to hold. Six to let it all go.
The foundation
The tree stands because more than one thing holds it. Every service, seminar, and package AMANI offers is built on one or more of these three pillars.
Pillar one
Stress Management
FocusStripping away the noise of anxiety, overthinking, burnout, and acute academic or life pressures.
OutcomeDeveloping emotional self-regulation, mindfulness, and mental breathing room.
Pillar two
Relationship Coaching
FocusNavigating interpersonal dynamics, setting firm boundaries, and managing expectations.
OutcomeEmpowering clients to handle roommate, dating, family, or workplace shifts with high emotional intelligence.
Pillar three
Organization, Life Systems, & Corporate Strategy
FocusCreating physical, behavioral, and operational order out of chaos.
OutcomeBuilding concrete life systems, routines, and organized spaces — the bridge into corporate consulting and organizational workflows.
Services
Two tracks, one foundation — every offering below is built on one or more of AMANI's three pillars, and shaped around the season you're in.
Every service below is coaching and consulting informed by the founder’s behavioral health background; none is therapy or clinical treatment.
Direct coaching tracks
01
One-time intensive · 75 minutes
A standalone consultation to unpack a current crisis or transition, and leave with a written, step-by-step action plan for what comes next — clarity you can hold in your hands.
Rooted in: the founder’s years of conducting client intakes in behavioral health settings, Motivational Interviewing, and strengths-based, measurable goal-setting, translated into a clear written plan rather than a clinical assessment.
02
Group coaching · Weekly, 60 minutes
Weekly group sessions built on peer connection, shared transition strategies, and boundary building — for people walking through the same season side by side: college students, women’s and men’s cohorts, and anyone who shouldn’t have to navigate the shift alone.
Rooted in: group programming and curriculum experience from residential and outpatient program leadership, trauma-informed and culturally responsive facilitation, and Mental Health First Aid skills (recognize distress, respond with support, refer when needed). Circles may be offered as women’s or men’s cohorts, informed by the founder’s HEAT certification for women and men.
03
Short-term package · 6 weeks
A highly structured six-week container to push through an active, time-sensitive shift — like executing a career move or establishing post-divorce boundaries — with steady support the whole way through.
Rooted in: Stages of Change and Motivational Interviewing frameworks, treatment-plan-style goal setting with measurable milestones, and learning from The Kaizenaire Mind’s “The Other Side” program (certificate in progress).
04
Premium 1:1 · Long-term support
High-touch, long-term support for complex, ongoing transitions: bi-weekly deep dives paired with open text and voice message support, so you're never carrying the season by yourself.
Rooted in: the founder’s experience supervising, coaching, and developing clinical staff, long-term follow-through with clients, trauma-informed care, and Mental Health First Aid training (Adult and Youth) for recognizing when a client needs a higher level of care and making a warm referral.
Speaking, seminars & conferences
05
Presentations · 45–90 minutes
Energetic, high-impact presentation slots at campus orientations, leadership conferences, and corporate wellness events — all focused on building a “Free Mind” in the middle of change.
06
Half-day intensives · 3–4 hours
Half-day intensive training sessions broken into practical modules, with physical workbook blueprints for every participant to take back into daily life and work — including Supportive Conversations & Knowing When to Refer, informed by the founder’s Mental Health First Aid training; awareness-level, not clinical training.
07
Multi-day engagements
Partnering with corporations and large academic systems to host multi-day wellness or structural organization tracks — including breakout coaching rooms and executive deep-dives.
08
Consulting engagements · by project
AMANI steps into behavioral health organizations as a strategist — structuring programs that hold together, creating curriculum that meets people where they are, and shaping spaces where clients feel safe to heal and staff feel safe to do the work. Built on the founder’s years directing residential and outpatient substance use programs.
Who it's for
Based in Omaha, Nebraska, AMANI serves three kinds of transitioners — on campus, in the middle of life, and across whole organizations — each met with the same calm, steady presence.
Students & recent graduates
Adults in a high-stress pivot
For the people inside the change
Meet the founder
AMANI- Free Mind, LLC is led by Medjine Desgraves, a behavioral health professional with a career in substance use, co-occurring, and mental health services. That experience is the foundation the business is built on, carried into structure, accountability, cultural responsiveness, and clarity, delivered through coaching, consulting, and speaking rather than clinical treatment.
Program Director (2023–2024) and Assistant Director (2023) of the HERO residential, intensive outpatient, and outpatient substance use and co-occurring treatment program at Stephen Center (2020–2024) — staff supervision and training, program planning, regulatory and accreditation compliance, budget oversight, and program evaluation.
Years of intake, individual work, treatment planning, and transition planning with people facing co-occurring substance use and mental health challenges — trauma-informed, strengths-based, and culturally competent, including Motivational Interviewing, Stages of Change, and cognitive-behavioral frameworks. She also spent years in private practice, from 2024 to 2026, at True Vine Counseling.
B.A. in Psychology and B.A. in Foreign Language (French) with a Black Study minor, and an M.S. in Counseling (Clinical Mental Health Counseling), all from the University of Nebraska-Omaha; currently pursuing a Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) in Behavioral Health Leadership (International) at Walden University, expected Summer 2028.
Mental Health First Aid (Adult and Youth); Habilitation Empowerment Accountability Therapy (HEAT) certification for women and men; Motivational Interviewing training (2024); The Kaizenaire Mind’s “The Other Side” program (certificate in progress).
Native Creole and French speaker, fluent in English — supporting access for Creole-, French-, and English-speaking clients.
Member of the Region 6 board’s Behavioral Health Advisory Committee (Douglas County) since 2022; Vice President of the Haitian Association of Nebraska and its Mental Health Advisory Committee since 2024.
These credentials shape how services are designed, how clients are supported, and when clients are referred onward. They are never used to deliver or imply therapy.
You don't need the whole road mapped — just the next honest step. Start with a conversation, or bring AMANI to the people you lead.