Renee Cage, LCSW

Renee Cage, LCSW Lifestyle Architect helping high achieving professional women go from Exhausted to Empowered. Using

12/24/2025

Somewhere along the way, we were taught:
“Handle it.”
“Push through.”
“Be strong.”

But strength kept a lot of us in cycles of burnout, overworking, and emotional exhaustion.

You deserve a space where your softness is welcomed.
Where you’re not responsible for holding everything together.
Where you get to put the bags down and BREATHE.

THIS IS YOUR REMINDER:
👉🏾Your rest is not negotiable.
👉🏾Your peace is not optional.
👉🏾Your well-being matters.

💛 Comment “SAFE SPACE” if you’re reclaiming your peace in 2026. Join us in Bali for 10 days if you’re ready to get poured back into.

Sis, it’s time to protect your energy. These 5 systems help you reclaim your time and focus on what matters. Start small...
11/26/2025

Sis, it’s time to protect your energy. These 5 systems help you reclaim your time and focus on what matters.

Start small: pick one system and implement it tomorrow. Your life expands when you prioritize YOU. 💛

Download your 7 Steps to Choosing You Unapologetically Guide for the full roadmap.

11/25/2025

What do you get from giving so much to everybody else? EXHAUSTION, RESENTMENT, ANGER

I was giving everything to everyone else:
⌚️my time
🧘🏽‍♀️my energy
💜my heart

But my wants, needs, and desires weren’t fully being met. I was dreading the day, I was passing out at night.

THIS IS YOUR SIGN if you feel invisible, unsupported, or exhausted in your day to day life. Freedom starts when you prioritize YOU.

Choosing yourself unapologetically doesn’t mean you’re abandoning everybody else...it means you are taking CONTROL of your power, energy, and joy. But you have to make that choice for you, daily!

If You Want to Transform Your Life Before 2026 Download the 7 Steps to Choosing You Unapologetically FREE Guide

11/16/2025

“DON’T DIE before you get the chance to CHOOSE YOU first

I never thought I could just sit. Five minutes in silence felt impossible. But slowly, noticing my breath, the birds, the waves, I remembered how to feel. Mindfulness isn’t about perfection...

If your mind never stops, your body is exhausted, or you feel like your voice isn’t being heard under all of your roles this is your reminder: BE HERE NOW, being present heals.

Try setting a timer for five minutes each day to retrain your brain, restore your energy, and reconnect you to your peace.”

11/14/2025

“✋🏾STOP SAYING YES TO EVERYONE...and start saying YES to YOUrself!

I used to overcommit, trying to prove I was enough. Every time I said no, I felt guilt. But the truth? My mind, my body, and my soul needed that space to say NO. And so does yours.

If you’re constantly overextending, ehausted, and afraid to disappoint the people in your life this is your permission slip. BE SELFISH. PROTECT YOUR PEACE. DON’T ENTER 2026 ALLOWING YOURSLEF TO BE A PEOPLE PLEASER.

When you finally start setting boundaries thats when you will experience real FREEDOM and PEACE.

→ Downlod your FREE guide: ‘7 Steps to Choosing Me Unapologetically’ if you’re ready for peace in your life

→ Join our 10-Day Retreat for Black women ready to fully step into your Unapologetic Self in 2026 “

10/29/2025

“Are you just surviving or are you TRULY LIVING?

I didn’t even realize I was in survival mode until I collapsed one evening after giving everything to everyone else. Smiling, performing, caring… while disappearing inside.

If you’re exhausted, stretched thin, and constantly putting others first...you’re not alone. That hidden fear? That if you stop giving, the world will fall apart. SPOILER: it won’t.

Recognizing survival mode is the first step. CHOOSING YOURSELF daily unapologetically is how you take back contorl of your life.

Start choosing peace: download the FREE guide 7 Steps to Choosing You Unapologetically

Or Join our 10 Day Retreat and fully reclaim your freedom, joy, and purpose in 2026. Comment “”I CHOOSE ME”” for the link to sign up.”

10/19/2025

Do you ever replay the past in your mind, wishing you could've done something differently?

For a long time, I carried the weight of ""what ifs."" What if I had done things differently? What if I hadn't failed? I wanted to make the past different...rewrite my mistakes, fix what fell apart, hold together what was meant to end.

But healing started when I learned to own my story...ALL OF IT...without shame.
The moment I stopped trying to edit my past and started owning my truth, I got free.

When you release what was, you make room for who you're becoming.
Remember your story doesn't disqualify you, it develops you!

What part of your story or your journey are you ready to stop running from?

If you're ready to release what's been holding you back, say it with me: I own my story unapologetically. Then comment below ""I CHOOSE ME"" for the link to our free guide 7 Steps to Choosing Me Unapologetically to start on your journey.

10/16/2025

Be honest...what's the first thing you say to yourself when you make a mistake? Does it sound like love...or criticism?

What you say to yourself every day becomes you reality. For years, I didn't even notice how harsh my inner voice was...having thoughts like, ""You're not doing enough,"" ""You're failing,"" ""You should've known better.""

But the truth is: the words you speak to yourself are shaping the life you live.

When I started replacing my self-criticism with compassion, saying things like:
“I am worthy.”
“I am evolving.”
“I choose me.”

EVERYTHING SHIFTED.

Those words became my medicine. Our self talk isn't background noise. It's our belief system speaking.

✨ Speak to yourself like someone you love because you are.
✨ Try this today: catch one negative thought and rewrite it into an affirmations that honors your growth.

What’s one affirmation you NEED to start saying to yourself daily? Share it with me and Let’s start speaking life over ourselves together.

10/13/2025

Meet Phyllis Hollomon 💛
Born and raised in Oakland, retired sergeant of 25 years, lifelong caretaker, grandmother, and always the one holding everything together.

She had never been to a wellness retreat before, but when a friend told her about the I Choose Me Unapologetically Retreat, she decided to see what it was all about.

Phyllis came with a full plate:
👉🏾family responsibilities
👉🏾grandkids
👉🏾home projects
and left with one key takeaway: Choose yourself unapologetically.

Everything else can wait. Your peace, joy, and restoration cannot. If you're ready to CHOOSE YOU first join us at our next reterat in Bali March 2026
”

"You don't need another nap - you need rest that restores you.Physical, mental, emotional, creative, and spiritual rest ...
10/08/2025

"You don't need another nap - you need rest that restores you.

Physical, mental, emotional, creative, and spiritual rest all matter.

When you honor all five, you stop surviving and start glowing from the inside out.

Ready to take the first step? Download my free guide 7 Steps to Choosing You Unapologetically or join us in Bali in March 2026 for the I Choose Me Unapologetically Retreat where you'll finally experience the peace you've been chasing.

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10/07/2025

Your phone can wait. Your peace can't.

Too many of us wake up and immediately give away our energy before we even get out of bed :
👉🏾scrolling social media
👉🏾checking notifications
👉🏾replying to messages
👉🏾checking in on everyone else’s needs before our own.

You deserve a morning that nourishes you first.

Own your morning by creating routines that reclaim your mind before the world takes it like take a few deep breathes, drink a cup of tea in silence, start a fratitude journal.

This is how you start choosing you...in the small, sacred spaces before the noise.

Try this: tomorrow morning, before you reach for your phone, reach for your peace.

Comment “I CHOOSE ME” if you’re ready to create a morning ritual that grounds you in gratitude.

10/06/2025

Sis, your nervous system deserves peace. 🌿

We live in a world that glorifies the hustle, the grind, the next thing. But what about this moment...the one you’re breathing through right now?

Mindfulness isn’t just meditation or yoga...it’s the radical act of being here. Not replaying yesterday. Not rushing to fix tomorrow. Just allowing yourself to inhale, exhale, and exist without performing.

This week inside our EMPOWER Framework, we’re focusing on M for Mindfulness because peace starts with presence.

✨ A gentle reminder: You don’t have to earn your rest.
✨ You don’t have to prove your worth.
✨ You just have to be.

Take a deep breath, release your shoulders, and whisper to yourself, “I am safe to slow down.”

Comment ""I CHOOSE ME"" if you're ready to join women ready to be EMPOWERED

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