Take It Back

Take It Back is a profound journey into understanding, accepting, and ultimately transforming the emotional scars that shape our lives. Renowned counselor and author Shyla D Mayes delves into her personal experiences with overcoming rejection, imposter syndrome, and generational trauma to provide a powerful guide for healing.

Through deeply relatable insights and practical exercises, this book offers readers tools to face their own wounds, break free from patterns of pain, and reclaim an authentic, fulfilling life. Shyla explores how unresolved family dynamics and unprocessed emotions can limit our potential and, more importantly, how we can overcome these barriers. Each chapter is an invitation to take back your power, connect with your true self, and move toward emotional resilience and self-acceptance.

Ideal for anyone seeking to break free from the shadows of the past and build a life rooted in self-worth and emotional well-being, Take It Back is a transformative resource for readers on a path to genuine healing and growth.

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About Us

Shyla is a dedicated mental health advocate with a mission to promote awareness, understanding, and support for mental well-being. With a background in secondary education, christian counseling, leadership, social work & restorative justice, she brings both professional expertise and personal experience to the forefront of mental health advocacy.

As an educator & counselor, Shyla has collaborated with various organizations to create programs that empower individuals and communities. She is committed to breaking the stigma surrounding mental health through workshops, outreach initiatives, and public speaking engagements.

Shyla believes in the importance of accessible mental health resources for everyone. She strives to foster safe spaces for open conversations and support, ensuring that all voices are heard

Join Shyla in the journey to create a more supportive and informed community around mental health.

From the heart of the community

Michelle Jones

My experience working with Shyla has been enriching and successful. Shyla treats our sessions with respect, care, and insight; she creates a non-judgmental environment and helps make sense of what can seem like chaos. In this sense, working with Shyla has been astoundingly liberating. Shyla builds rapport, which gives you a sense of safety, and you feel vulnerable enough to share; she pays attention to your body language and facial expressions so nothing goes unnoticed. Shelistens to you and uses strategies that appeal to your struggles. She encourages journaling, presents homework assignments, and encourages you to do the work needed for success. Her approach feels tailor-fit to my needs and sensibilities and allows for emotional, spiritual, and psychological growth and health. Shylabalances compassion and empathy with identifying themes, causes, and thought patterns. Leaving each session, productive and essential work has been done, and I look forward to our subsequent meetings. The healing work is a continued process, and Shyla ensures you know that information as she reaches out to check on you when you need it.

Josselyn

You know how when people win awards, they stand on stage and say “I couldn’t have gotten here thanks to … ”? That’s how I feel when it comes to Shyla because she has truly made such influential impact on my life. As a female maneuvering through life, at times it can be hard to find a safe space to feel comfortable opening up about fears, relationships, childhood or just about anything else. Along with daily life and past struggles, I felt like I was walking in circles. It’s like she took my hand and said “you not doing this anymore” after we had our first session. She is attentive in everything about you and I love that because she will know what’s wrong with you before you do. I look forward to each session because it helps me become better towards myself. I have a love for myself I didn’t have before, im not at war with myself, i understand myself more, I have confidence in myself, I can tell you who I am and my self esteem has flourished thanks to Shyla.

“If you take a Second to see the heart, you’ll gain a minute to reach the heart”

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