Myra Renee McNair

Myra Renee McNair A human. Being. Psychotherapist (one word not two)
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Traditional therapy training taught me to be a 'blank screen'—neutral, objective, professionally distant.But neutrality ...
11/11/2025

Traditional therapy training taught me to be a 'blank screen'—neutral, objective, professionally distant.

But neutrality is impossible when your existence challenges systems. Being a Black woman therapist isn't neutral. Creating culturally responsive care isn't neutral. Building community-centered mental health isn't neutral.

I stopped trying to be neutral and started being authentic. I stopped pretending my perspective didn't matter and started using it as a strength. My clients didn't need me to be blank—they needed me to be real.
This shift changed everything about how I practice, how I train other therapists, and how I think about the therapeutic relationship.

Your identity isn't a liability in your work—it's your superpower. The people who need what you offer are looking for someone exactly like you.

11/05/2025

In this rapid-fire Q&A, I get real about struggling in school, feeling isolated as "the villain" in leadership, and why getting over myself was my biggest challenge. No filters here—just honest talk about 2023's hardest moments and the uncomfortable advice I needed to hear. Tune into the Making Progress podcast on YT and your favorite podcast platforms.

Our culture loves the narrative of 'moving on'—as if healing means forgetting, overcoming, or putting the past behind yo...
10/30/2025

Our culture loves the narrative of 'moving on'—as if healing means forgetting, overcoming, or putting the past behind you. But that's not how healing works.

Real healing is learning to carry your experiences in a way that doesn't overwhelm your present. It's developing the capacity to hold both your pain and your joy, your wounds and your strength, your past and your possibilities.

You don't need to get over anything to live a full life. You don't need closure from people who hurt you to find peace. You don't need to have processed everything perfectly to move forward.

Healing means expanding your emotional capacity so that difficult experiences don't knock you off balance the way they used to. It means developing new relationships with old pain.

Your past doesn't disappear when you heal—it transforms into wisdom, compassion, and strength you can use to help yourself and others navigate life's challenges.

What would change if you stopped trying to move on and started focusing on moving forward?

Girls will be girls…
10/27/2025

Girls will be girls…

The beautiful thing about inner work is that you can offer yourself the unconditional love, gentle guidance, and fierce ...
10/27/2025

The beautiful thing about inner work is that you can offer yourself the unconditional love, gentle guidance, and fierce protection that every person needs to thrive.

Reparenting happens in small moments: speaking to yourself with kindness when you make a mistake, setting boundaries that protect your energy, choosing rest when you need it instead of pushing through exhaustion.

Healing doesn't happen in isolation—it happens in connection.We're wired for community. Our deepest wounds often come fr...
10/23/2025

Healing doesn't happen in isolation—it happens in connection.

We're wired for community. Our deepest wounds often come from broken relationships, and our deepest healing comes from restored ones. Even in the therapy room, it's the relationship between therapist and client that creates the safety for transformation.

But community goes beyond therapy. It's having people who see your growth, celebrate your progress, and remind you who you are when you forget. It's being witnessed in your struggle and your strength.

The shame that keeps you stuck loses its power when you share it with people who respond with understanding instead of judgment. Your story stops controlling you when you stop carrying it alone.

Who are the people in your life who truly see you? If that list feels short, remember that building community is a skill you can develop.

Years of clinical training didn't fully prepare me for entrepreneurship, but it gave me something better—the skills to b...
10/20/2025

Years of clinical training didn't fully prepare me for entrepreneurship, but it gave me something better—the skills to build genuine relationships at scale.

People don't want to be sold an idea; they want to be seen, understood, and supported toward their own solutions.

10/17/2025

"You had all this good stuff in you BEFORE the job." 💭

Kim Young dropping wisdom on why your identity can't be tied to your title, license, or profession.

That compassion? That fierceness? That generosity? It's YOURS. It doesn't belong to social work, therapy, or any job—which means you can take it wherever you go.

Too many of us let jobs take our good stuff from us.

Know who you are outside of what you do. Your essence isn't defined by your occupation—and it never should be.

The full conversation with Kim Young is live now. Making Progress Podcast.🎙️

I named my podcast Making Progress because I wanted to shift the conversation from having arrived somewhere to actively ...
10/16/2025

I named my podcast Making Progress because I wanted to shift the conversation from having arrived somewhere to actively engaging in the journey.

We often focus on end states—the perfect business, the ideal life, the final version of yourself. Real life happens in the messy middle, in daily decisions to keep moving forward when progress feels invisible.

Making progress means showing up consistently, especially when you don't feel like it. It means being willing to be a beginner at new things. It means measuring yourself against who you were yesterday, not who someone else is today.

The people I interview aren't superhuman. They're individuals who've learned to define progress on their own terms, who understand that growth happens in increments.

Progress is a practice, not a destination. How are you making progress in ways that might not be visible to others?

10/14/2025

Fashion as resistance. Style as liberation. 🖤

Kim Young breaks down how getting dressed is one of her greatest acts of resistance—and it's not just about looking fly (though she absolutely does).
From the Black Panther Party to the streets today, Black style has always been a component of liberation movements. An outfit can spark conversation, shift moods, and disrupt spaces that expect us to shrink.

"I get dressed thinking about how can I bring joy to myself and possibly to others. And then also like, how can I disrupt some spaces with an outfit?" - Kim Young

This nationally recognized expert troublemaker, social worker, therapist, and founder of reminded us that reclaiming our right to show up exactly as we are—styled down and unapologetic—is revolutionary work.

The full conversation with Kim is live now. Making Progress Podcast. 🎙️

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Friendships between women, as any woman will tell you, are built of a thousand small kindnesses … swapped back and forth...
10/12/2025

Friendships between women, as any woman will tell you, are built of a thousand small kindnesses … swapped back and forth and over again.”

Michelle Obama

Some phrases can keep us from the impact we are meant to make. Which phrase needs to be retired from your vocabulary?
10/09/2025

Some phrases can keep us from the impact we are meant to make.

Which phrase needs to be retired from your vocabulary?

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