“If you feel like your partner is “walking all over you,” the issue may not be you—or them—it may be an imbalance of power, love, and justice in your relationship. Restoration Therapy teaches that true intimacy requires all three. Without balance, love can become enabling, power can turn controlling, and justice can shift into resentment. Here’s how to restore harmony and strengthen your relationship.”

“Intercultural and interracial dating can be deeply rewarding, but it also comes with unique challenges. From navigating cultural expectations to spotting red and green flags in your relationship, this post explores what it really takes to build a healthy connection across cultures.”

"Trust is not built in grand gestures—it’s cultivated through everyday choices. Learn the three essentials for becoming a trustworthy partner and creating relationships that last."

"Your spouse is your partner, not your parent.
Co-regulation—when someone else’s actions or emotions help you calm down—has its place in healthy relationships. But as adults, emotional maturity means taking responsibility for your own peace. In couples therapy, I guide partners to prioritize self-regulation—anchoring in their own values and truth—so they can show up for each other from a place of stability, not dependency. When you self-regulate, you don’t just manage your emotions; you transform your relationship."

"Yes, I’m a therapist—and yes, I go to therapy. Some weeks, my biggest takeaways aren’t from textbooks but from lived moments, mine and my clients’. From learning that ghosting can be self-protection, to realizing the most important relationship you’ll ever have is with yourself, therapy keeps teaching me that healing is both science and soul work… with a little humor thrown in (my therapist is basically my clients’ grandtherapist)."

"You can love your mother and still feel hurt by the way she parented you. For many African and Black daughters, cultural expectations, generational trauma, and patriarchal norms shape this complex bond. Healing ‘mama wounds’ begins with self-awareness, grace, and rewriting your own story."

"As a first-generation Nigerian-American therapist, I’ve walked alongside clients whose stories echo pieces of my own—stories formed at the intersections of culture, faith, and migration. Time and again, three patterns emerge: the silence we were taught to keep, the invisible wounds of immigration, and the spiritual confusion born from unspoken fears. In therapy, I’ve seen that healing doesn’t require abandoning culture—it often begins when we reclaim our voices, honor our pain, and hold both faith and mental wellness with compassion."

Candace is a LMFT, Associate in Texas who is passionate about working within the healing space for people of color who are navigating their experiences. is a Black female therapist focusing her work in racial trauma therapy, religious trauma counseling, and LGBTQIA+ mental health for Black individuals and couples. Her practice centers Black mental wellness through a decolonized approach that honors the past and present experiences of surviving predominantly white workplaces, institutional racism, and microaggressions. She works with Black women, men, couples, and queer folks who are healing from spiritual abuse, navigating identity challenges, and rewriting their stories after experiencing systemic oppression.