Author: Rita Lynn Berry

Rita Lynn Berry, EdS, LCMHC, is a licensed clinical mental health counselor and the founder of NewVision Counseling and Consulting Services, PLLC. She is also the creator of the Journey to Me™ program and Mend n Muse Media™, where she shares tools and reflections that support healing, resilience, and self-love.

Hope Is Not a Feeling—It’s a Faithful Return

A Black woman sits peacefully near a sunlit window, holding a mug in both hands, with an open book beside her on a wooden nightstand.

Hope doesn’t always feel like joy. Sometimes, it’s simply the decision to return—to your breath, to God, to yourself. This kind of hope isn’t loud, but it’s faithful—and it’s enough.

We All Need a Soft Landing: Faith, Favor, and Healing in Exhausting Times

Soft landing reflection graphic on faith, favor, and healing from Journey to Me blog

We are living in a time when so many are quietly carrying the weight of exhaustion — emotional, spiritual, and physical. In this gentle reflection, Rita Lynn Berry explores the need for soft landings: sacred spaces where rest is honored, healing is possible, and faith makes room for restoration.

Becoming Again: The Father’s Blessing

A beautiful, Black woman sits reflectively on a porch in warm natural light, holding a photo and looking off softly into the distance. Her expression is peaceful and contemplative, embodying the healing power of memory, fatherhood, and spiritual covering.

A reflection for Father’s Day week. Whether you were blessed by your father or still healing from his absence, this devotional reminds you: the Father’s blessing is still yours.