Welcome to the Why Behind It All

A space built from real experience, for every woman who’s carried the weight and kept going.

“Rooted in Service. Rising with Purpose.”

The Heart Behind the Mission

Tamika Saxx, Founder, U.S. Army Veteran, Sister-In-Arms

I’m a Disabled Army Woman Veteran. A Military spouse. A Mental health professional. I come from a multi-branch legacy — and I was forged in fire. "I didn’t create this from a whiteboard. I created it from my story. From the silence I sat in. From the tears I couldn’t explain.
From the weight I carried long after my DD-214. I needed genuine sisterhood connection.
So I built what I needed. And I’m not the only one. This is for every woman who’s served, supported, survived, and kept showing up.
"WELCOME TO YOUR SPACE!"

RISING HerWay: The Women Rising Project didn’t start with a pitch deck or polished logo. It started with pain. With a question:
Where do we go when healing doesn’t look like what we were handed?

I built this because I needed it. Because so many of us do.
A space where healing isn’t boxed into systems or sanitized with slogans.
A space where women like us — the ones who’ve carried rucksacks and silent loads — can finally put something down.

Not a program. Not a platform.
A sisterhood. A rising ground.

I’ve been the warrior. I’ve been the caregiver.
I’ve been the woman crying behind locked doors after holding it together for everyone else. And I’ve walked beside hundreds more doing the same.

Even with degrees and combat stripes, I broke under the weight of silence.
I didn’t need to be “treated.”
I needed to be met.

So I built what I couldn’t find.
Not just for me — for every woman like me.
This is not therapy.
It’s what surrounds it, supports it, and makes it human again.

-Tamika Saxx, Founder of RISING HerWay: The Women Rising Project

The Mission She Built

RISING HerWay: The Women Rising Project is a hybrid healing movement where military-connected women can:

Experience therapeutic getaway/road trips that don’t feel clinical
Join monthly sisterhood missions that rebuild trust
Access creative, trauma-informed healing tools
Be reminded that you don’t need to be “fixed.”
You need to be fully met.

This isn’t a checkbox.
It’s what happens before, between, and beyond. This is where healing becomes human again.

Standing in Service — Always: Credentials, Affiliations & Commitments

Tamika Saxx, proudly serves and connects through a wide range of professional and community affiliations that reflect both her military roots and mental health mission. These affiliations aren’t just titles — they are relationships, responsibilities, and lived experiences. They represent a commitment to staying connected, culturally competent, and community-centered —
because healing doesn’t happen in isolation. It happens through sisterhood, through service, and through rising — TOGETHER.

Professional Credentials, Affiliations & Memberships

Credentials & Leadership Roles

Disabled U.S. Army Veteran, Medical Operations
Licensed Mental Health Therapist & Marriage & Family Therapist
Military & Veteran Behavioral Health Strategist, New Vista
Executive Director, Fayette County Military Suicide Prevention Coalition
Board Member, Honor Flight Kentucky
Regional Speaker on Women Military & Veteran Mental Health, MST, Transition Stress, and more.
Suicide Prevention Consultant

Professional Memberships & Affiliations

Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Member, Kappa Epsilon Psi Military Sorority, Inc.
Member, Women Veterans of Central Kentucky
Partner, Lady Veterans Connect
Member, Kentucky Association for Professional African American Women (KAPAAW)
Member, Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
Affiliated with Multiple Professional Mental Health & Psychology Organizations (Including trauma recovery networks, veteran mental health associations, and culturally competent care initiatives)
Lifetime Member, Psi Chi — The International Honor Society in Psychology

Facilitation & Training Areas

Military Cultural Humility
Suicide Prevention (Veteran-Specific & General Populations)
Military Sexual Trauma (MST) Response & Support
Adult Psychological First Aid (PFA)
Reintegration & Transition Stress
Identity Loss After Service
PTSD & Complex Trauma in Women Veterans
Moral Injury & Survivor's Guilt
Caregiver Burnout in Military Families
Silent Service: The Mental Health of Military Spouses
Grief, Loss & Unseen Sacrifices
Resilience Building & Peer-Led Healing
Anxiety, Depression & Emotional Regulation
Stigma in Seeking Care: Women Veterans & Therapy Avoidance
Creative Healing Modalities (Art, Music, Movement) for Trauma
Building Culturally Competent Systems for Women Warriors