I get this question a lot in the beginning of working with someone. Sometimes it’s pretty direct, as I watch them scan my tiny (but cozy) office as if they are trying to get a read on who I am with my 32 plants, rattan furniture style, candy bowl (the good candy, by the way)…

I recently started working with someone in marketing and business development, and one of the first questions she asked me was, “What’s your story?”

I had my scripted, professional answer ready to go (like I always do)…

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.