Reclaiming Minds Therapy and Wellness

Reclaiming Minds Therapy and Wellness We are a group therapy practice dedicated to women of color and allies as they heal and recover.

For many of us, overachievement began as protection. It was how we found safety, control, and belonging in unpredictable...
11/12/2025

For many of us, overachievement began as protection. It was how we found safety, control, and belonging in unpredictable environments. But the very habits that once kept us safe can later keep us stuck, chasing peace through productivity. You don’t have to earn your right to rest. Your worth isn’t tied to your output. And your nervous system deserves a life that isn’t always in motion.
Try this: Before saying “yes” to something new, pause and ask yourself: “Am I acting from alignment or from anxiety?”

That pause can be the beginning of peace.

People-pleasing is often a learned survival strategy, not a flaw. Shadow work helps you trace the roots of that pattern ...
11/11/2025

People-pleasing is often a learned survival strategy, not a flaw. Shadow work helps you trace the roots of that pattern and reconnect with the self that exists beyond others’ expectations.

Save these prompts for your next journaling session and notice what comes up without judgment.

There’s a quiet freedom in realizing that opposites can coexist. You can be healing and still hurting. You can be gratef...
11/10/2025

There’s a quiet freedom in realizing that opposites can coexist. You can be healing and still hurting. You can be grateful and still grieving. You can know better and still stumble.

That’s the work of emotional maturity though, holding the contradictions without judgment.
It’s what allows us to live with more compassion for ourselves and others.

When we stop demanding perfection, we make space for truth. And truth is where healing begins.

Save this for the days you forget that your “both/and” is valid.

When doubt starts whispering at the edge of your plans, meet it with clarity. You’ve already faced harder things and com...
11/10/2025

When doubt starts whispering at the edge of your plans, meet it with clarity. You’ve already faced harder things and come out wiser, softer, stronger.

Let this week be a reminder that you can move forward with confidence, not because everything is certain, but because you’ve learned how to navigate the unknown.

Walk in purpose. Trust your growth. The clarity you seek is already within you.

There’s a quiet truth that grounds us when life feels unpredictable: we hold the power to navigate what comes our way.Th...
11/08/2025

There’s a quiet truth that grounds us when life feels unpredictable: we hold the power to navigate what comes our way.
This affirmation isn’t just about strength, it’s about trust. Trusting that even in uncertainty, we carry the wisdom, tools, and resilience to find our footing.

It’s not about control..it’s about capacity.
It’s about remembering that life may move in unexpected directions, but we can still meet it with grounded presence, faith, and grace.

How are you reclaiming your sense of power today?

Distress tolerance isn’t about pushing through, it’s about staying with yourself when life feels unsteady.These phrases ...
11/06/2025

Distress tolerance isn’t about pushing through, it’s about staying with yourself when life feels unsteady.

These phrases aren’t meant to erase pain; they help you hold it with compassion. They remind you that you can breathe through discomfort, pause before reacting, and soften into the truth that being human includes both ache and grace.

When everything in you wants to run, hurry up and fix or resolve, return to presence. Whisper one of these reminders to yourself. Let it slow your breath, ground your body, and open the door to calm.

You don’t have to have it all figured out to be okay. You just have to stay.

Save this for the next time you need help riding the wave, not resisting it.

Many of us learned early that peace was something you earned by keeping others comfortable. That being agreeable, flexib...
11/05/2025

Many of us learned early that peace was something you earned by keeping others comfortable. That being agreeable, flexible, or “low-maintenance” kept you safe. But what if that version of peace was actually self-abandonment in disguise? The fawn trauma response teaches us to stay small and to anticipate others’ needs before our own and to equate love with approval. Unfawning is the sacred act of returning to yourself. It’s the slow, courageous process of choosing truth over performance.

When you begin to unfawn, you’ll notice how often your body still braces for rejection when you set a boundary, or how uneasy you feel when you disappoint someone. That’s your nervous system learning a new way to be, one rooted in safety, not survival.

Give yourself permission to rest in authenticity. The real you doesn’t have to be agreeable to be worthy.

There’s a quiet kind of peace that comes when you stop forcing what no longer fits. Whether it's, relationships, routine...
11/04/2025

There’s a quiet kind of peace that comes when you stop forcing what no longer fits. Whether it's, relationships, routines, roles, or beliefs that once felt right but now feel heavy. Growth often begins in the honesty of saying, this no longer works for me.

Letting go isn’t failure; it’s alignment. It’s the moment you choose truth over comfort and presence over performance. That’s where clarity and calm begin to rise.

Start here: take inventory of what feels forced in your life right now. Ask yourself, what would it mean to release this with grace? Write down one small step that supports that release.

Gentle momentum is the quiet reminder that progress doesn’t have to be loud or fast.Sometimes growth looks like rest.Lik...
11/04/2025

Gentle momentum is the quiet reminder that progress doesn’t have to be loud or fast.
Sometimes growth looks like rest.
Like choosing peace over pressure.
Like trusting that slow doesn’t mean stuck... it means steady.

Your pace is not a problem.
It’s proof that you’re honoring your capacity and moving in alignment.

Reflect:
Where can you choose gentleness over urgency this week?

I move in alignment, not urgency.
I honor my rhythm, not comparison.

There comes a point in every woman’s life when who she’s been no longer fits. The titles, expectations, and narratives b...
11/03/2025

There comes a point in every woman’s life when who she’s been no longer fits. The titles, expectations, and narratives begin to feel heavy and something deeper starts to whisper, “There’s more to you than this.” That whisper is the call of individuation, which is the journey of becoming your fullest, most integrated self. It’s not a quick transformation; it’s a gradual unfolding where you begin to see yourself beyond your roles, trauma, and survival patterns.

In this space, life might feel unfamiliar. The things that once anchored you may not bring the same sense of belonging. You might feel both free and frightened at the same time. But this is what it means to awaken. To remember. To reclaim your wholeness.

Take this season slowly. Let reflection guide you, and give yourself permission to evolve in public and in peace.

Reflect:
What part of you is emerging that you no longer want to silence?

You are both the foundation and the expansion. The woman who once hoped to be where she stands today is already becoming...
11/03/2025

You are both the foundation and the expansion. The woman who once hoped to be where she stands today is already becoming who she’s meant to be.

Trust your timing. You are not behind, you are being built.

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This Self-Care Sunday, let’s remember that caring for yourself isn’t always about rest or routine, it’s also about refle...
11/02/2025

This Self-Care Sunday, let’s remember that caring for yourself isn’t always about rest or routine, it’s also about reflection.

Sometimes self-care looks like slowing down enough to notice why certain things still sting, why your body tenses, or why you shrink in certain spaces. That awareness is EVERYTHING it’s how healing begins.

Self-reflection is a form of self-care because it helps you meet yourself with understanding instead of judgment. Each trigger you notice is an opportunity to create new safety, new softness, and new patterns of love.

Take a moment today to sit with yourself, breathe deeply, and ask, what is my body trying to tell me?

Healing starts with listening.

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