Even when the world feels absurd, we can still choose joy.
My work is about finding that joy through relational liberation, inside ourselves, our communities, and the lives we’re building beyond empire.
Who I Am
I’m Christabel Mintah-Galloway, a Black, lesbian, African immigrant, nurse leader, writer, and founder of Rich Queer Aunties. My work is a direct result of my own journey, shaped by complex trauma, self-exile from my religious community, and the years I’ve spent healing through both therapy and collective care. I’ve learned that home isn't a place other people hand you, it’s something you build within yourself, and then extend outward into your relationships, your community, and your world.
Why I Do This Work
As an absurdist, I believe life has no inherent meaning. And yet, even when the world feels despondent, children are starving, genocide is ongoing, billionaires are hoarding resources, I believe joy is possible. For me, joy is knowing myself so thoroughly that I no longer contort into someone I’m not just to survive white supremacy, capitalism, and patriarchy.
That joy is also relational. When we show up in our relationships honestly, messily, and imperfectly, we create mirrors for each other. We remember that healing doesn’t happen in secrecy, it happens in community. That’s what I mean when I say relational skills are liberation. They’re the daily practices that help us build lives that feel like warm homes, lives rooted in reciprocity and lives strong enough to outlast empire.
What I’ve Built
All of my work grows from the same seed: showing up truthfully in our relationships so that we can co-create the worlds we want to live in. Here are some of the ways I've done that:
Relational Skills for Liberation workbook (1,200+ copies sold since April 2025)
Relational Skills for Liberation workshop (sold out signature event)
Rich Queer Aunties podcast (13,000+ downloads)
A Substack community of 2,000+ readers and a mailing list of 3,200+