How Therapy Helps You Slow Down Many high achievers silently carry the weight of anxiety, depression, and even unrecognized trauma...

Have you ever felt outside of yourself, watching your actions and hearing your words but feeling like they aren’t yours? Maybe there’s a...

Healing doesn't keep office hours. Sometimes the ache rises at 2 a.m. Or sneaks in during the quiet space between meetings. Or catches...

Guest Blog by Jay Siegmann Jay is a non-binary, neurodivergent storyteller and creator who I had the pleasure to meet via Substack. They...

The Cost of Hiding Neurodivergence and the Courage to Come Home to Yourself It doesn’t always look like hiding. Sometimes it looks like...

You look good. You show up. You get through the day. Maybe you even manage a smile. You might be the person others rely on—the dependable one, the responsible one, the one who always seems okay. On the outside, you're functioning. On the inside, you might feel numb, overwhelmed, or like you're holding your breath without even realizing it. This may be survival mode. And here’s a truth that deserves space: living in survival mode is not the same as living.

We live in a culture that loves straight lines. We expect progress to look like an upward graph: start low, end high, and with a steady incline in between. But healing doesn’t follow that pattern. It doesn’t move cleanly from broken to whole, from pain to peace. Healing is wild. It’s slow. It loops and spirals and returns to places you thought you’d already passed through. It unfolds more like a season than a schedule. And once you start seeing it this way, everything soft

Little ripples can lead to a big changes We often think of boundaries as big, hard things. A confrontation. A breakup. A tough...

What if your anxiety isn’t a problem to fix—but a message to listen to? Anxiety is one of the most common mental health concerns in the...

For those who never thought trauma applied to them—but still feel stuck, anxious, or disconnected. You’ve never been in a warzone. You...

The wisdom I share in this blog comes from my own personal insights as well as insights gained from my clinical work. This week I’m going...

In the frantic pace of daily life, with its ups, downs, and everything in between, it can be easy to focus only on the challenges and...

Living in the moment isn't just a whimsical idea—it's a practical tool for living a fulfilling life. Present moment awareness, or...

Avoidance. We all do it from time to time, but why  do we do it and is there a better option that can help us live more fulfilling lives?...

Long before COVID, we were experiencing an epidemic of loneliness and I believe we have a new epidemic on the rise now in our post-COVID...

I want to address a common misconception that often shadows our discussions about mental health: the difference between experiencing a...

Emotions are complex and tricky. Without them life would not feel worthwhile, but sometimes they get unruly and really cause problems! It...

Neurodivergence isn’t just a label, it’s a lens through which many experience the world. The differences are not deficits but variations...

Experiencing trauma can shatter one's sense of safety, leaving deep emotional scars that linger long after the event has passed. Trauma...

I’ve had many teachers in my life and I owe them all so much GRATITUDE. But among them all, it was a tiny little furball with a firey...