Root to Thrive Integrative Healing

05/18/2025

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FACTS! That’s why I love being a somatic therapist. We move away from intellectualizing to get to where the real healing takes place-in the body.

There are many reasons why we do this, but they often boil down to not consistently having anyone who was grounded enough to allow you to safely feel what you needed to feel, when you needed to feel it, while helping you make sense of what was happening inside of you (without making their love conditional).

So many people learned that their feelings result in disconnection.
Others became responsible for their adult’s feelings and never had *space* to have their own.
Yet others witnessed feelings as completely chaotic & dangerous, so they learned to repress them.

But we all feel.
Our feelings are incredibly important - they help us interface with the world, letting us know about our needs and internal states of being. They’re the signals that help us stay in balance with ourselves and the world around us - when we learn how to listen to them.
Yet so many were taught to reject them!

If we didn’t learn how to be with, learn from, & move through big feelings, we found other ways to cope.

Over-intellectualization is an adaptation - an avoidance of feeling (and an attempt to control).

Intellectualizers believe that if we could just *understand,* then something would change, it would be fixed (& this yucky feeling would go away).

My belief is that understanding IS helpful - it can provide context that helps make it safer to allow ourselves to feel, but the understanding *alone* does not do the work of feeling what needs to be felt.
It can only take you so far.
It’s like reading about riding a bike without ever sitting in the saddle - it’s not possible to learn without actually embodying the practice.

We need both logic AND feeling. We need to be present to our feelings and to listen to their wisdom, and we need to use logic & understanding to make decisions about how we want to proceed.
This is what an emotionally present & available adult looks like.

To connect more deeply with ourselves & others, we have to be willing to feel into the parts of ourselves we’ve been avoiding.

The Let It Go (emotional self management) Workshop starts June 3rd. Come practice tools for moving from the head into the body, helping yourself become a thinker who can feel deeply, too. Only 1 spot left! The 4pm cohort is SOLD OUT and I won't be teaching this again in 2025.

https://theeqschool.co/let-it-go-workshop

05/02/2025

May is Mental Health Awareness Month — and sis, this one’s for you.

You’ve been the strong one. The go-to. The one who holds it all together while silently falling apart.
Behind the polished perfection and people-pleasing smiles is a woman who’s tired, anxious, and longing to just be.

This month, let’s break the silence.

Let’s talk about the depression that wears a mask.
The anxiety that never lets you rest.
The boundaries you want to set but feel guilty enforcing.
The perfectionism that keeps whispering, “You’re not enough.”

You deserve more than survival. You deserve peace.

Mental health isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity. And you don’t have to carry it all alone.

If this speaks to you, take a deep breath—and take the next step toward healing. Schedule your discovery call now:

Root to Thrive Integrative Healing offers therapy in Baltimore, Maryland to black women needing help with depression, anxiety, trauma & more.

04/01/2025

And you must persist through the discomfort in order to see the growth and change you desire.

As a professional people pleaser, managing people’s reactions was my full time job.

When you start telling the truth, it’s going to p**s a lot of people off. Let Them. The only thing you can control is YOU.

03/31/2025

A mantra is a word, phrase, or sound repeated to focus the mind and cultivate a sense of calm. Think of it as an anchor—a simple, powerful tool to ground yourself in the present moment.

For mental health, mantras can:
✨ Interrupt negative thought loops
✨ Reduce stress and anxiety
✨ Foster self-compassion and resilience

Whether it’s “I am enough” or “Practice, not perfection”, repeating a mantra can bring clarity and peace. Try one today and notice how it changes your mindset! 💙


Now accepting new clients:

Root to Thrive Integrative Healing offers therapy in Baltimore, Maryland to black women needing help with depression, anxiety, trauma & more.

03/24/2025

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02/23/2025

“Letting go doesn’t mean forgetting; it means we stop carrying the energy of the past into the present…healing begins with acceptance and culminates in letting go.”
-Yung Pueblo, Inward

I enjoy incorporating bibliotherapy aka books into the therapy process. There’s much to be gained by taking the time to engage the mind and heart in a way that isn’t just talking to process.

I highly recommend anything by Yung Pueblo as a support to therapy.

Now accepting new clients: roottothrivetherapy.com

Root to Thrive Integrative Healing offers therapy in Baltimore, Maryland to black women needing help with depression, anxiety, trauma & more.

02/16/2025

NOW more than ever my clients are saying that they are tired! This invites a deeper conversation to explore what they really mean. On the surface “tired” is often equated with the need for physical rest; however there are other forms of rest that take into account and prioritize the WHOLE person (hence integrative approaches). Check out this article from The Calm app to learn more: https://www.calm.com/blog/7-types-of-rest?utm_medium=email&utm_source=lifecycle&utm_campaign=newreleases_02162025&utm_content=blog

*Truly most of us can benefit from sensory rest. Put that phone down! 😉

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Did you know there are 7 different types of rest that can help you feel renewed? Learn how to incorporate them into your life to help beat burnout.

02/02/2025

Clients are often attracted to the fact that I integrate yoga into therapy, but what IS The Trauma Conscious Yoga Method (TCYM)?

It’s a healing modality that integrates trauma informed yoga with somatic psychotherapy practices. TCYM does not emphasize asana only (movement or what you think of when you hear yoga). Rather it’s about offering and promoting choice and exploring intuitive movement.

So sure, if you feel called to move into a heart opener like cow pose that’s asana OR simply rock side to side OR punching the air OR standing tall in Mountain pose. It’s all INTUITIVE movement.

Accepting new clients:

Root to Thrive Integrative Healing offers therapy in Baltimore, Maryland to black women needing help with depression, anxiety, trauma & more.

01/21/2025

"Seek courage, not comfort."

One of the foundational principles of Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) is that there are two inevitable things about life: suffering and pain.

Often, in an attempt to feel comfortable, we can avoid doing things, including having that difficult conversation, saying no, or doing something that is in line with what is important to us. I often challenge my clients to seek courage rather than comfort in an effort to move closer to their most ideal version of their life.

So, while, yes, you may experience temporary discomfort, in the long term you will experience ease, peace, and lightness.

May you find the courage to decline that invite, ask for help or support from others, assert yourself at work and ask for a day off, ask for a "silent service" at the nail shop, have that difficult conversation with a friend or family member, or write a FB post for your business. 😉

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01/11/2025

Learning to set healthy boundaries with others can feel intimidating. My clients often tell me they feel “bad” or “guilty” and fear “hurting their feelings.” In the words of Dr. Townsend and Cloud, you are not HARMING anyone by setting boundaries and HURT is a natural emotion we all experience which means it’s something a person can move through-it’s not FOREVER.

Here are my top 3 book recommendations for those looking to work on setting healthier boundaries:
1. Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A guide to reclaiming yourself by Nedra Tawwab
2. Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend
3. Boundary Boss by Terri Cole

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Root to Thrive Integrative Healing offers therapy in Baltimore, Maryland to black women needing help with depression, anxiety, trauma & more.

09/02/2024

Mindful Monday affirmation for the perfectionist:

“You are enough just as you are.”

08/20/2024

I am a lifetime Calm app user and member. They send daily “calm reset” messages and todays was “simple and easy are not the same thing. 😅 A whole word!