Empowered by Cathy

Empowered by Cathy Integrative Wellness & Somatic Healing
Full Spectrum Doula + Womb Practitioner

postpartum care + sound healing + womb wellness sessions + yoni steaming.

Connecting mind body & spirit
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“I didn’t know how much I needed to release.” 🫂Sometimes we don’t realize how much we’re carrying until we finally give ...
08/11/2026

“I didn’t know how much I needed to release.” 🫂

Sometimes we don’t realize how much we’re carrying until we finally give ourselves permission to put it down.

The grief.
The stress.
The heartbreak.
The disappointment.

The stories our bodies have been holding onto.

The Sweet Surrender was created as a space to slow down, soften, feel, and release, through breath, womb-centered practices, heart connection, sound, reflection, and ritual.
And these are the words of women who have experienced that surrender. 🌿

“I feel brand new.”
“I felt safe and supported.”
“My body did not know how much I needed this release.”
“I felt lighter.”

Someone also said “I WALK DIFFERENT.”

So, this is why this can’t be a one off event and why I have to and will CONTINUE to create these experiences.

Because sometimes healing doesn’t need us to do more.
Sometimes it asks us to SURRENDER.

🌸 The Sweet Surrender returns this Fall.

Sunday October 18th
2:00 - 7:00pm
Nyack NY

I know for some woman, you’ll see this and maybe say this doesn’t apply. Say, I have nothing to release. I’m fine. So were 1/2 of the woman who shared a testimony with me. They were the ones who had the most to release and didn’t event realize it. They’ve been going through the motions and kept it pushing like many of US have become so good at. So…

Save this post for later AND send it to a woman who has been carrying too much.

And tell me…

What are you ready to surrender? 🌿

08/09/2026

Gratitude for movement.
Gratitude for life.
Gratitude for Black women.
Gratitude for evolving.
Gratitude for rediscovering.
Gratitude for the sunshine.
Gratitude for early morning yoga with chosen family.
Gratitude for the land beneath us.
Gratitude for this body that carries me.
Gratitude for joy.
Gratitude for our teachers.
Gratitude for the stories that connect us.

Gratitude for the ways we continue to return to ourselves through movement, through community, through remembrance, through the stories we carry and the stories we share.

What a beautiful way to bring in my birthing day of my sunshine around melanated women doing yoga lead by Syntyché Francella with a circle of woman. Every time my kids birth days come around I’m in deep reflection. I share their birth stories with them (yup each and every year) I look at all their pics which is why I post so late cause I’m either crying and laughing going through all the memories that my heart yearns to relive. Yesterday was a treat.

Today, I am simply grateful to be here. 🌻

Happy 16th Birthday to our Young Lion. Love everything about you boogie. God really blessed me when he gave me you. You’...
08/09/2026

Happy 16th Birthday to our Young Lion. Love everything about you boogie. God really blessed me when he gave me you. You’re one of my greatest gifts. A reminder of how rich I am in this life. I’m so proud of you and the great young man you’re becoming. I couldn’t be happier to be your mom.

Love you papa!

Please help me wish Axis a happy birthday!!

A few weeks ago, I had the honor of leading a guided meditation back to our very first home… our womb.I’ve done this bef...
08/06/2026

A few weeks ago, I had the honor of leading a guided meditation back to our very first home… our womb.

I’ve done this before for my clients on their womb healing journey but it was especially meaningful because I guided two of my Tati ‘s, mother and older sister through this meditation I learned from my teacher, Queen Asha Queen Asha, MSW, Advisor | Womb & Birthwork Educator 🇭🇹 during womb practitioner training.

Whenever I’m working with Haitian herbs, learning more about folklore tradition, or healing, these women are only ever a phone call away. I’ve had many teachers, but these matriarchs have become are my advisors. During The Sweet Surrender, they were lovingly referred to as “The Wise Council”. As they sat in the back and mainly observed and participated when they felt called to.

And many woman asked what they thought about the experience!

Days after, my mom called me a Fanm Total. 🥹

For those who know Haitian culture, that’s no small compliment. It speaks of a complete woman, one who leads a strength and grace, works hard, carries herself with integrity, and tends to her responsibilities with care. It was an expression I’ve never even heard before.

She told me she never imagined this was the kind of event I was inviting them to. Watching her daughter serve, lead, and hold space for other women moved her in ways she hadn’t expected.

Just days before my birthday, she shared something about my birth that she’d never told me before. It awakened something in me and reminded me that this work is bigger than me.

Leading my own mother back to her womb felt like healing moving in multiple directions, back to the women who came before me and forward to the women who will come after.

A healing that will ripple through my daughters, our granddaughters, the women in our family, and the generations yet to come.

So my ask to my community, the collective, if something within you is calling you to go deeper, don’t ignore it.

Don’t wait until life forces you to listen.

Don’t settle for surviving when you were created to heal.

Allow yourself to grow.
Allow yourself to be stretched.
Allow yourself to become the woman your lineage has been praying for. 🤍

Love,
Cat

Blessed Monday♥️♥️Here are a few things I’m leaning into this month...✨ Protecting my peace without guilt.🌿 Slowing down...
08/03/2026

Blessed Monday♥️♥️

Here are a few things I’m leaning into this month...

✨ Protecting my peace without guilt.
🌿 Slowing down enough to hear what God is saying.
🩵 Choosing rest as a form of resistance and healing.
🌊 Trusting the timing instead of forcing the outcome.
🕯️ Honoring my body and listening to the wisdom of my womb.
🌸 Creating space for joy, softness, and sisterhood.
📖 Staying committed to the vision, even when I can’t yet see the full picture.
🙏🏾 Releasing what no longer serves me and making room for what is meant for me.

This month, I’m choosing intention over urgency, presence over perfection, and surrender over control.

What are you leaning into this month?

Happy Birthday my love. Grateful to be celebrating another birthday with you. So blessed to be on this ride with you. Lo...
08/02/2026

Happy Birthday my love. Grateful to be celebrating another birthday with you. So blessed to be on this ride with you. Love you babe ♥️ 7/31

The testimonials from The Sweet Surrender are flowing in, the ladies are sharing what shifted for them. Every reflection...
07/28/2026

The testimonials from The Sweet Surrender are flowing in, the ladies are sharing what shifted for them. Every reflection has served as a reminder that I felt I needed to share and its to answer the call, even when it scares you. Even when it pushes you out your comfort zone. What spirit is leading you to do might be someone else’s answered prayer.

The preparation for this womb healing circle was truly an assignment, a true testament of obedience.

Can’t wait to share space again in the fall 🩷🌊🧡

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