Feeling overwhelmed, overloaded, or completely tapped out is more common than you might think, but it doesn’t have to be your norm. This blog explores how your nervous system reacts in moments of stress using the Polyvagal Ladder framework. Learn to recognize signs of dorsal vagal shutdown, sympathetic fight-or-flight activation, and how to gently guide yourself back to a state of calm and connection (ventral vagal). With practical tools and relatable examples, this post provides simple strategies to help you move through stress and create more moments of balance and self-compassion in your daily life.

You aren’t alone in your post-election overwhelm, and we are here to help.

Brain what? Brainspotting therapy is an innovative therapy to help you process the barriers that have held you back your whole life.

If you have fallen into the trap that the holidays mean going over the same argument time and time again with your partner, leaving you to feel more defeated and fulfilled during the holiday season, read on.

The holidays don’t need to feel paralyzing. If you are overwhelmed and under fulfilled during the holiday season, it is time for a change. Learn how to set boundaries with family this season to help yourself maintain your peace and joy.

As we age, many women struggle with the emotional complexities of embracing their changing appearance while navigating societal pressures to stay youthful. This blog explores how to redefine healthy aging, practice self-compassion, and reconnect with yourself in a way that promotes peace and acceptance. Learn real-life tips from a therapist’s perspective to help you embrace the aging process with grace and gratitude.

Embracing Self-Compassion

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Finding Balance: How Gratitude Practices Can Help You Thrive

Managing Mom Guilt

When the world feels like it is running non stop how do you get reconnected to yourself?

Navigating anxiety is exhausting, and living anxiously without finding glimmers in your day can make everything feel dark.

You’ve heard the phrases on a hard day “be grateful for this, someday you will see the bigger picture, let’s look at the silver lining”. While well intentioned these phrases actually make us feel small and isolated more than they help.

I know, I know, you don’t need another person telling you what to do to help you on a day like today. But is it possible that those who are offering suggestions might actually be in the right direction? Not as a cureall but to support us in feeling just a little more like ourselves today? Small steps today might not seem like they help with the big goal, but the thing we know about our minds and bodies is that these small steps actually help us making the movement towards the big goal.

Tired of the hustle culture? Always needing to prove your worth and waiting for others to notice your acheivements? We are too, start with these four steps to start leaning into recognizing your inherent worth and feel free.

Getting stuck in a cycle of stress is exhausting - try these 7 tips to close the cycle out.

When your negative thoughts get too loud, acknowledging them instead of avoiding them may actually be the way through.

Therapy has new depths when we start to include the body. It can support the changes that you have been hoping to see all this time.

Are you often finding yourself labeling, focusing on good vs bad, and having thoughts of food taking up more of your day than you want? Then improving your relationship with food is a valuable step toward a healthier and more balanced approach to eating and living.

Finding your breath in times of stress helps your mind and body reset. Mindful breathing is one of the first skills I like to introduce to my clients since no matter where you are or what you’re doing, you have your breath.