![]() ![]() White became moved by the “Heal your body with your mind” ideology of Joe Dispenza, who has a doctor of chiropractic degree. So, I started to do a deep dive into self-healing and neuro research.” ![]() I want to see her get married, have kids, get old. “The only thing I thought of when I was in that hospital bed was my daughter and not being able to be there for her. “For me, that wasn’t enough,” says the 41-year-old. But she was told there was no way to ensure this type of bleeding wouldn’t happen again and that there is no known cause of RCVS. She was connected to specialists at UCLA, who suggested she take blood thinners. A week later, she was told she was lucky to be alive after suffering from a rare condition called reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome, caused by the sudden constriction of the vessels that supply the brain with blood. “They did an MRI-and kept me there because they saw a bleed,” she says. But not long after the CST session, her pain started to flare up again, and she went to the E.R. ![]() Upon returning home to L.A., White underwent craniosacral therapy to help relieve compression of the bones in the head. But with the help of her cousins, who put wet towels over her eyes to try to calm her symptoms, she felt the throbbing pain in her head start to ease up a few hours later. “I had stripped out of my clothes, and I was like, God if you’re going to take me, take me now, because I can’t take it.” Away at a remote location, White didn’t have access to immediate medical attention. My head felt like it was going to explode.” ![]() My whole body was shaking, and I was sweating. “It was to the point where it was blinding me,” recalls White. But the next day, the migraine kicked up again-and the pain was ten times worse. A few hours after taking Aleve, she felt fine. Since migraines were rare for her, she figured the altitude had caused the pain. While on a retreat in Sedona, Arizona, in December 2019, White came down with an awful migraine after a hike. “I wasn’t taking the time to see what I needed and to give myself grace, love and care.”Īishah White enjoying the warm, healing water at Cocles Beach, Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica./Ocean Morisset “I was trying to be everything for everyone,” she remembers. For White, devising initiatives while processing the trauma of the killing was an extremely heavy task, especially when paired with the effort to help her preteen daughter understand what was happening in the world. In its wake, White and many other music-industry heavyweights drove efforts to ensure equality and equity for Black artists in music. The killing of George Floyd made things harder. She believed that the stress brought on by her hectic work schedule in Los Angeles, the policies of Donald Trump and the various racial tensions they created were factors that could have contributed to her suffering a life-threatening brain hemorrhage in 2020. She was searching for peace for her mind, body and soul. In early 2021, Aishah White, SVP of Media and Strategic Development at Warner Records, took a vacation to Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica. This story was featured in the January/February 2023 issue of ESSENCE, on stands now. ![]()
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