An 8-Week Healing Journey for Adult Black Women Healing from Mother Wounds

Hosted by Dr. Kenyuatia L. Gash, LCSW

You Can Love Your Mother—and Still Acknowledge That You Were Hurt.

For many Black women, the relationship with their mother can be complicated.

There may be love alongside disappointment.
Connection alongside distance.
Gratitude alongside grief.
Loyalty alongside resentment.
And sometimes, a deep longing for the nurturing, protection, affirmation, and emotional safety that was needed but never received.

You may have learned to be strong because you couldn't depend on anyone else.

You may have become the caregiver instead of being cared for.

You may have learned to silence your needs, minimize your feelings, avoid conflict, over-function, people-please, or constantly prove that you were worthy of love.

And now, as an adult woman, you may be asking:

“Why do I struggle to trust people?”

“Why is it so hard for me to say no?”

“Why do I feel guilty when I choose myself?”

“Why do I constantly feel like I have to be strong?”

“Why am I still affected by something that happened so long ago?”

“Who am I when I stop living from the expectations placed upon me?”

These questions may be connected to a deeper story.

Your mother wound.

Rooted & Reclaimed is an intentional 8-week group healing experience created specifically for adult Black women who are ready to explore, understand, and begin healing the impact of mother wounds while reclaiming the woman within.

Hosted by Dr. Kenyuatia L. Gash, LCSW, this experience creates a culturally responsive space for women to explore maternal relationships, childhood experiences, emotional patterns, boundaries, grief, identity, self-worth, and the ways these experiences may continue to influence their lives today.

This is not about blaming your mother.

It is not about forcing forgiveness.

It is not about pretending that the past didn't happen.

It is about giving yourself permission to acknowledge your experience and choose what happens next.

WHO IS ROOTED & RECLAIMED FOR?

This experience is designed for adult Black women who recognize that their relationship with their mother—or the absence of the relationship they needed—has affected how they see themselves, relate to others, or navigate life.

You may benefit from this experience if you have experienced:

• Emotional absence or unavailability
• Criticism or constant correction
• Rejection or feeling unwanted
• Conditional love or approval
• Parentification or being forced to “grow up” too soon
• Enmeshment or difficulty separating your needs from your mother's needs
• Inconsistency or unpredictability
• Abandonment or emotional neglect
• Comparison or competition
• Lack of affirmation or validation
• Difficulty expressing emotions
• Feeling responsible for your mother's happiness
• Guilt when establishing boundaries
• Difficulty trusting yourself or others
• People-pleasing and over-functioning
• Perfectionism and the need to prove yourself
• Low or inconsistent self-worth
• Difficulty receiving love, support, or care
• Grief surrounding the mother you had
• Grief surrounding the mother you wished you had
• Struggles with motherhood and fear of repeating generational patterns
• A desire to understand how maternal experiences have shaped your adult relationships

You may also be someone who says:

“I know something is there, but I don't know what to call it.”

That's okay.

You don't have to have the language for your experience before you begin.