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Hope & Attachment
We’ve all had moments of feeling let down when we “got our hopes up” about something. And, I get it. It hurts. We often feel

Real Relationships Aren’t Always Pretty
Sometimes in our attempts to foster healthy relationships we can get a little avoidant of conflict. Or unforgiving of someone saying the wrong thing or

Overcoming the Shoulds
The shoulds show up a lot, don’t they? And they make us feel so disempowered. I see clients regularly get caught up in shoulds. I

Your Life, Your Choices
I often hear clients talk about the not-so-subtle shoulds that loved ones sling their way. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “What does your therapist say?” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “You’re barking up

Defiance Doesn’t Have to Be Bad
Defiance often gets a bad rap, but, like many things life, it can actually be a really useful quality. How many social justice movements have

Internal VIPs
We all have people in our lives who we’ve internalized to some extent – like parents, mentors, parents of choice, partners, friends, etc. These are

There’s No Such Thing as TMI in Therapy
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – there’s no such thing as tmi in therapy. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I wanna know all about your

Healing is Within You
Each of us is designed to heal. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ For example, if you get a little scratch on your arm, you will bleed, but then the

Healing in Spirals
By all means, I am not the first person to say this and I definitely won’t be the last. Whether it’s a loss, a

Honor Big Feels
We often get stumped by big feelings. Feelings that may have been deemed “inappropriate” or “off-limits” during our upbringing. Feelings that our attachment figures

Feeling With
Culture tells us that emotions make us weak, soft or broken if in abundance. This narrative will have us believe that there is something wrong

Be Fabulous & Vote
Everyone is saying to vote right now and I think it’s hard to feel motivated to go vote when our political system is so complex
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