A revolutionary movement specifically for black women and their mental health is brewing. An intimate place is being cultivated as a wellness retreat community for black American women to gain perspective and to reprogram. The force behind this move is a black woman named Kelly Maresha.
Stepping out from the Pentecostal umbrella in 2018, Kelly Maresha has been mentoring and guiding African American women who are on their journey of self-exploration and understanding. With over 30 years of spiritual saturation, she is now an Emotional Wellness Practitioner © , mentor, author, trainer and lecturer.
With her digital curriculum, private and group sessions, she has been able to walk alongside thousands of black women as they deconstruct their mental structure and behaviors.
The road can get lonely, this is why community is so important.
How does your therapist handle topics of racial inequality? Has your counselor ever had any multicultural or diversity training? Has your Mental Health advisor ever been instructed by a person of color and do they themselves have close African American friends? Can you appropriately advise what you cannot conceptualize? Their personal experiences matter greatly to the understanding and wisdom of their counsel or advisory.
Kelly believes that black women are entitled to something more than just therapy. As melanated womb carriers, “the mothers”, she felt it imperative to offer a place where black women can have the grace to safely dig deep emotionally inside of themselves. The “soft place to land” that melanated women have historically and currently provide for others.
Stepping into this sabbatical feels like an exhale that has been built up for decades. It’s a place where feeling understood irrupts into tears. The experience covers: healthy masculine and feminine energy, harnessing your energy through time management and regulating your mood.
“ I have enjoyed the mission and the work that I have done with black women so far. Witnessing the “inner girls” inside of each woman, connect and gain understanding. That moment where it all comes together, and their faces light up. I’ll never get enough of that.”
More info: KellMaresha.com
