Empowering Minds

11/01/2025

🍁As the days get cooler and the clocks fall back, it's natural to feel a shift - not just in the weather, but in our mood too.

Shorter days and the approaching holiday season can bring both comfort and stress. Remember to check in with yourself as routines change and daylight fades. 💚

☕Take time to rest.
⛅Get outside when you can.
💭Reach out for support if need it.

You don't have to face seasonal or holiday challenges alone - small steps toward balance and connection can make a big difference.

Empowering Minds is here to help you navigate the season with care and compassion.

10/31/2025

🎃At Empowering Minds, we believe mental health isn't scary -- it's essential!

This Halloween, let's unmask the stigma and remember: caring for your mind is just as important as caring for your body. 👻💚

What's truly spooky is pretending everything's fine when you're struggling inside. Reaching out for help takes courage -- and that's something to celebrate.

So light your candles, check in on loved ones, and give yourself permission to rest and recharge. 🕯✨

Empowering Minds wishes you a safe, peaceful, and joy-filled Halloween!

10/28/2025

10/22/2025

Sometimes life feels like a mountain too steep to climb. 🌄 You might stumble, feel exhausted, or even think about turning back. But every step -- even the smallest one -- brings you closer to the top.

10/18/2025

🌟Saturday Motivation🌟

As the leaves fall and the seasons shift, take this as your reminder: change is not only natural--it's powerful.

This fall, let go of what no longer serves you and step into the version of you that's been waiting to rise. 🍂

🔶Pause. Reflect. Grow.
🔶The quiet moments are where your next breakthroughs begin.
🔶You don't have to rush -- progress is still progress, even in stillness.

Empower your mind. Embrace the season. Move forward with purpose.

10/17/2025

Some reminders for the weekend! 👻

10/15/2025

Register now for our weekly group designed for parents and educators!

We're diving into "The Anxious Generation" by Jonathan Haidt -- and we'd love for you to join the conversation!

✅Weekly, virtual discussions
✅Thought-provoking insight
✅Supportive community
✅Starts Wednesday, October 21

🗓Don't forget to register so you don't miss out! Call 815-326-9502 or register online at www.EMCottawa.com.

Let's explore how we can better understand (and support) the next generation -- together.

We’re excited to offer a 6-week parent series on The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. This group will explore how technology is shaping childhood and what we can do to restore play, connection, and resilience in our families and communities. Group Leader: Kayleigh Parham, LSW Start Date: Octo...

10/11/2025

Come see us at Washington Park today.

10/01/2025

🌟 Community Sound Healing in Utica 🌟

Saturday, we will be gathering in downtown Utica to embrace a soul-nourishing sound healing experience, where every vibration, voice, and instrument becomes medicine. 🎶✨

This is a living, breathing transmission of healing frequencies, woven together by an incredible community of facilitators:

🌀 Tatiana Panferova — channeling energy work, the jaw harp, and grounding percussion
🌀 Melissa TigerLily Larson - singing songs embedded with healing codes, drumming, and carrying deep vibrations through her instruments
🌀 Jennifer Roesler — bringing her artistry from the IVCC Orchestra into the collective soundscape
🌀 Ellen Starr — offering crystalline tones through singing bowls, Light Language, and multi-dimensional instruments
🌀 Abby Zukowski — guiding meditation and sharing oracular sound transmissions, where every note carries coded healing for the body, heart, and spirit

Together, we’ll co-create a field of harmony where sound opens the heart, restores the body, and reconnects the soul.

Come and join us tomorrow at 11:00 AM!

09/25/2025

♎Libra Season just started... but it's not all balance and harmony.

Mars in Scorpio + Pluto = deep triggers
Solar Eclipse aftermath = major shakeups
Sub vs Neptune = emotional fog

🌑Things are rising to be released.
✨Stay grounded. Stay honest. Let go.

09/24/2025

✨Meet Our Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner✨

We're so gratefull to have Jamie Brewer, PMHNP-BC, as part of our empowering care team. 💙 In this short video, Jamie shares who she is and her approach to care.

At Empowering Minds, we believe it's important for you to feel comfortable and connected with your provider-so we hope this helps you get to know Jamie a bit more and answer some of the most common questions.

🎥 Watch the video, then call us to schedule your appointment with Jamie.