Hey Everybody and Happy Thursday! For those of you that are new to my page allow me to formally introduce myself! My name is Lauren Michelle Jackson, LCPC, CDVP & Life Coach. I am known for empowering women to live their absolute best lives through healing from their trauma & redefining their self-worth. Minding my Black Woman Owned business, my company Cultivate Your Essence is one of Chicago’s premiere mental health private practices. We are a team of incomparable, highly

Well I tried to do a damn TikTok to show off all my cute pics from 2021, but my old millennial ass couldn’t figure out it lol 🤦🏾‍♀️😂! But hmmm what can I say about 2021?!? Well for starters it didn’t start off on the greatest note. From the demands and aftermath of Covid-19, I entered the year burnt out, depressed and what caught me the most off guard were the suicidal ideations that followed shortly. Thankfully I was able to catch those thoughts immediately knowing I very

Lord, some of you may get in your feelings about this one, but it’s okay I had to come to this realization about myself too. Many of you are hiding behind your careers to deflect from your personal lives and feelings that you dread to reflect upon. Often times, it this because we believe we can control the outcomes of our career endeavors more than we can the happenings of our own personal lives. Our personal lives requires flexibility, adaptability and most importantly vulne