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.

High-functioning depression often hides behind productivity, reliability, and strength. You’re showing up but inside, so...
12/19/2025

High-functioning depression often hides behind productivity, reliability, and strength. You’re showing up but inside, something feels heavy, or quietly exhausted. This is what we don’t talk about: Functioning does not mean thriving.

A gentle tip:
Notice where you are pushing through emotional fatigue instead of pausing. Even small moments of intentional rest without feeling like you had to earn it can begin to shift your nervous system.

You don’t need to fall apart to deserve support.
You are allowed to be held, even while you’re capable.

If you’ve been carrying a lot, this may be your sign to pause and choose support. Therapy is a space to slow down, refle...
12/19/2025

If you’ve been carrying a lot, this may be your sign to pause and choose support. Therapy is a space to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with yourself in ways that feel grounding and intentional.

is currently accepting new clients. We offer care that honors your lived experience while supporting you in meaningful and sustainable healing.

Scan the QR code to begin.

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Resilience isn’t about being strong all the time. It’s about learning how to hold it all.It’s the capacity to let joy an...
12/18/2025

Resilience isn’t about being strong all the time. It’s about learning how to hold it all.
It’s the capacity to let joy and grief, confidence and doubt, healing and triggering coexist without turning on yourself. Duality asks us to expand rather than collapse—to stay present when life feels contradictory instead of rushing to fix, suppress, or perform strength. For women of color especially, this kind of resilience is a quiet reclaiming: choosing wholeness over fragmentation, self-compassion over self-abandonment. Mental wellness grows when we allow ourselves to be complex, human, and still worthy in every season. Save this as a reminder that you don’t have to choose one truth to honor your healing.


When we feel resentful, it's not really anger, but it's definitely not a good feeling. Resentment usually grows slowly, ...
12/17/2025

When we feel resentful, it's not really anger, but it's definitely not a good feeling. Resentment usually grows slowly, when we do too much, don't speak up, or put others first all the time. It's often less about being mad at others and more about how we've learned to ignore our own needs to avoid conflict.

Resentment is like a message to you about yourself. It tells you about stuff you need in your relationships, things you haven't said, and boundaries you need to set. Healing starts when you actually listen, pick clarity over feeling guilty, and give because you want to, not because you're drained and feel obligated.

Protect your peace. It’s not selfish, it’s necessary.

When overwhelm shows up, it often signals that there could be a quiet struggle with control at play. We expend so much ...
12/16/2025

When overwhelm shows up, it often signals that there could be a quiet struggle with control at play. We expend so much energy trying to manage what was never ours to carry, while neglecting the places where our influence truly lives. There is relief in discerning the difference and freedom in releasing what no longer requires your grip.

Grief does not move in a straight line. It comes in waves, pauses, memories, and moments that catch you off guard. If yo...
12/15/2025

Grief does not move in a straight line. It comes in waves, pauses, memories, and moments that catch you off guard. If you are navigating the loss of an adult loved one, this space was created with care for you.

Coping Through Grief is a 6-week virtual, skill-based group designed to support adults as they make sense of loss while learning tools to gently tend to their emotional world. This is not about “moving on,” rushing healing, or minimizing your pain. It is about learning how to be with grief with compassion, support, and steadiness.

Facilitated by Kalby Ivory, Clinical Intern, this group offers a supportive, intentional space where grief is respected and your humanity is centered.

To learn more or inquire about joining, connect with us. You don’t have to carry this alone. Healing happens in connection.

12/12/2025

Learning to say no isn’t about becoming harder or less caring. For many, it’s about unlearning the belief that boundaries make you difficult, selfish, or unlovable.

Micro-boundaries offer a softer way forward — small choices that protect your energy while reminding your nervous system that relationships rooted in mutual respect can adjust and survive.

If this resonated, sit with the question: Where am I afraid my no will cost me connection? Don't forget, awareness is where change begins.

Also, The Empowered Collective — Cohort 2 is now open for women ready to practice boundaries, self-trust, and sustainable growth in community. Ask me for details ✨️

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On Fridays, we talk about boundaries. Listen, saying no doesn't have to be abrupt or overwhelming. Boundaries can be lea...
12/12/2025

On Fridays, we talk about boundaries. Listen, saying no doesn't have to be abrupt or overwhelming. Boundaries can be learned slowly through small, intentional shifts that honor both self and relationships.

Micro-boundaries are small yet impactful ways to protect your time, energy, and emotional capacity without guilt. Start small. Consistency matters more than perfection.

It's all about learning to say no with more clarity and care.

Self-awareness is the power that literally changes everything. And for many, this practice becomes a pathway back to our...
12/11/2025

Self-awareness is the power that literally changes everything. And for many, this practice becomes a pathway back to ourselves after years of surviving, performing, attaining, and tending to everyone else’s needs.

When you begin to name what you feel, honor what you need, and witness your patterns with compassion instead of judgment, you create the conditions for emotional freedom. Not perfection. Not control. Freedom.

Healing doesn’t start with having all the answers. It begins with the courage to look inward and tell yourself the truth.

12/11/2025

Self-love isn’t a concept, or a mood...it’s a practice. A rhythm. A series of choices that say, I will not abandon myself while I’m trying to love the world.

If you’ve been waiting to feel more love for yourself before you act on it, try reversing it: let the action create the feeling. Live like someone you’re committed to. Live like someone you choose.

Remember: the way you love others should never cost you the love you owe yourself.

Projection is one of those quiet psychological patterns that can shape how we move through our relationships without us ...
12/11/2025

Projection is one of those quiet psychological patterns that can shape how we move through our relationships without us even realizing it. When we are disconnected from parts of ourselves, it becomes easier to assign those traits, fears, or insecurities to the people around us. What we cannot hold inwardly, we often begin to perceive outwardly.

This isn’t about blame. It’s an invitation to notice. To slow down and ask yourself, What is this moment revealing about me? Where might I be projecting an old story, an unspoken need, or an emotion I haven’t yet learned to name?

The work of healing is learning to see ourselves with honesty and compassion, so we can meet others with clarity rather than distortion.

Self-awareness is one of the most powerful tools we have for emotional freedom.

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This year-long, closed group experience is designed for women who value deep self-inquiry and community support.For the ...
12/11/2025

This year-long, closed group experience is designed for women who value deep self-inquiry and community support.
For the woman who leads and carries so much…
For the woman who desires connection with like-minded women…
For the woman who’s outgrown survival and is ready to move into alignment.

Each month we explore themes like friendship, inner reparenting, abundance, boundaries, shadow work, finances, relationships, s*x, and more, supported by weekly reflections and practices to help you integrate the work into your daily life.

If you're craving a healing community that understands your lived experience, you’ll find it here.

Cohort Two launches January 2026.
Comment or DM “healing” for more information.

Your next season of growth is calling you forward.

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1525 E 53rd Street, IL Suite 901
Chicago, IL
60615

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 8pm
Tuesday 11am - 8pm
Wednesday 11am - 8pm
Thursday 11am - 8pm
Friday 11am - 8pm
Saturday 11am - 8pm

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