Psychologist. Recovering superwoman. Your guide home.
Meet Dr. Gilberte "Gigi" Bastien
Out of both seasons, Ubuntu was born: a home for the women who carry everything.
In 2017, a traumatic event abroad, a painful divorce and the loss of my grandmother arrived in the same six months. Travel became how I healed. Years later, burnout broke me open again during COVID.
Every Journey Home Starts With a Breaking Point
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Assistant Professor, HBCU Medical School
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
APA "100 Psychologists Rising"
Assistant Professor, HBCU Medical School
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Global Leadership Fellow, World Affairs Council of Atlanta
APA "100 Psychologists Rising"
Assistant Professor, HBCU Medical School
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
5 Sold-Out Retreats
Global Leadership Fellow, World Affairs Council of Atlanta
APA "100 Psychologists Rising"
Assistant Professor, HBCU Medical School
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Fluent in English · Kreyòl · French
5 Sold-Out Retreats
Global Leadership Fellow, World Affairs Council of Atlanta
APA "100 Psychologists Rising"
Assistant Professor, HBCU Medical School
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Licensed psychologist, professor and researcher, trained in retreat curation through OMNoire's Retreats Academy.
Clinical Expertise. Lived Experience.
None of us heals alone. Ubuntu is the medicine of sisterhood, shared humanity and collective healing, carried home to the motherland, where our history becomes our healing.
I Am Because We Are
UBUNTU
- Olga, Saint Lucia 2022 & Tanzania 2025
"Just being amongst women I've never met before, and I feel like I've known them for years. I thank Gigi for bringing us together and making us love ourselves for who we are"