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When Healing Can't Wait: Why AI Isn't Your Therapist (But Doesn't Have to Be Your Enemy)
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...
Bay Area Mental Health
Aug 124 min read
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Learning to Feel Safe Again
Guest Blog by Jay Siegmann Jay is a non-binary, neurodivergent storyteller and creator who I had the pleasure to meet via Substack. They...
Bay Area Mental Health
Jul 26 min read
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Masking Isn’t Pretending—It’s Survival
The Cost of Hiding Neurodivergence and the Courage to Come Home to Yourself It doesn’t always look like hiding. Sometimes it looks like...
Bay Area Mental Health
Jun 24 min read
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Living in Survival Mode Does Not Mean You Are Living
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.
Bay Area Mental Health
May 155 min read
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