As someone who is a self described recovering people pleaser, boundaries have not (and still do not) come easy for me. The moment I know I need to…

Showing up when you’re feeling good is one thing, showing up and putting in the work when things are hard is another. So why do we have this natural resistance to do things we know would help us, or much further devastating- remain in harmful situations for too long?

In the past and still today, one of my [less destructive] coping mechanisms when going through some sh*t is to make lists. I’d make lists of goals, ideas, wants, needs…

Listen here, we are tired. We, you, me, us. We are all tired. I’m making this post at 11:04pm when I should be sleeping, but I couldn’t turn off my brain. Yes, even trained therapists use unhealthy distraction techniques when they can’t sleep.

Before I got into this field and someone mentioned counseling or therapy, I used to picture someone lying on a long couch and talking to a guy that had expired butterscotch candies in a crystal bowl asking, “how does that make you feel?” Thankfully, counseling has come a long way since that time.