11/05/2025
9 Years of Healing, Building, and Becoming
Today, Myers-Galloway Counseling has reached 9 years in business.
And I’ll be honest — I’m just really starting to understand what I’m doing.
I’m just really starting to understand the true purpose behind it all.
It took a major life interruption for me to slow down long enough to walk this thing out with clarity. To see that what I’ve been building all along isn’t just a practice — it’s a movement of healing, responsibility, and restoration.
Here’s what I’ve learned so far:
1. This is monumental work.
Most service-based businesses are created to help others. But this? This is deeper.
I’m helping people rewrite entire belief systems, dismantle emotional survival strategies, and reclaim identities they were never given permission to hold.
That’s not just “helping people” — that’s liberation work.
2. I had to figure it out along the way.
My love for learning kept me stuck in perfectionism and analysis paralysis more times than I can count.
But every experiment, every mistake, and every risk built the version of me who could now lead with conviction instead of constant comparison.
3. Leadership is service and trust.
I didn’t always trust myself — and I definitely didn’t trust the process.
But over time, I realized I don’t need 100% of the information to make a decision.
My risk tolerance grew. My faith deepened.
And I’ve learned that leading is less about knowing everything, and more about being willing to keep showing up — certain that I am capable.
4. Motherhood and entrepreneurship taught me expansion.
Both require nurturing, boundaries, and patience — especially with myself.
5. Marriage taught me partnership, not perfection.
Running a business while building a family showed me that alignment takes constant tending, not balance.
6. Business didn’t break me — it revealed me.
Every challenge, loss, or hard season showed me what I’m really made of.
Each one gave me more clarity, conviction, and confidence in who I am and why I’m here.
7. Witnessing others heal is witnessing legacy in motion.
When my clients begin to heal, they don’t just feel better — they expand.
They gain the capacity to reach their dreams, to parent differently, to love themselves and others more deeply, and to change every space they walk into.
8. Growth required outgrowing old versions of myself.
Each new level of impact asked me to shed something — fear, control, or the illusion that I had to do it alone.
9. The story isn’t over.
I’m just getting started — building spaces, systems, and legacies that let Black women breathe deeper and lead freer.
I built a business around healing others and witnessing others overcome their deepest obstacles. Somewhere along the way, it healed me too.
If you’ve been part of this journey in any way—thank you.
Drop a đź’› if this work has touched your life in some way.
