A Little About Me

Hi, I’m Dohundu (Dahonda like the car), but a lot of people call me Dee or Honda.

I live in my hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and most of my life has been about serving and caring for people. I spent many years traveling around the world because of my career in the Army, helping soldiers with their needs, listening to their stories, and walking with them through some tough seasons. I deployed twice downrange, and along the way, I experienced death on many levels and carried the weight of other people’s pain as well as my own.

Because of all this, I have not walked an easy, “clean” path. I have seen what that inner turmoil does to our perception and have been diagnosed with PTSD from my deployments. I have been homeless and hungry after a career in the military. I have undiagnosed ADHD. I have struggled with intrusive and impulsive thoughts because of depression. For a long time, I also used drugs and alcohol too much as a way to numb and cope with what I was feeling inside. These are not just labels to me; they are genuine parts of my story that I have transcended and am continuing to grow beyond.

Now I’m in a different chapter. I am looking to help bring Baton Rouge together. Soon, I will be graduating with a degree in Positive Psychology and a minor in Business and Entrepreneurship from Maharishi International University. I practice Transcendental Meditation every day. My plans after school are to start a non-profit to teach others Transcendental Meditation, and become a community activist so our community can come together as one. TM undoubtedly helped me to find my path and purpose in life. Little by little, I’m learning how much my inner state shapes the way I show up for others. When I am more rested and connected to who I am inside, I listen better, I have more patience, and I feel more like myself. That is what the SCI principle Outer Depends on Inner means to me.

I also like to volunteer in the Baton Rouge community, spending time in places that support people who are often overlooked. Since I have moved back to Baton Rouge, I have volunteered at St. Vincent de Paul (Dining Area and the retail store on Plank Rd), Habitat for Humanity, and Volunteers of America's Geaux Groups. Those moments serving food, talking with someone, and sharing a small laugh have kept me grounded. They remind me that wisdom is not just in books or classes. It lives in real people, real stories, small acts of kindness, and gaining complete knowledge of the Self through profound reflection.

I created this site to bring all of this together. It is a place for me to be honest about my own process, share tools that have helped me with my well-being, and offer resources for anyone who feels called to turn within and still care for the world around them. I am not here as a finished product or as an expert. I am someone who has seen a lot, made mistakes, survived things I never expected, and am learning as I go.