15 Ways to Feel Better Right Now
If you attend to just a few areas, you can feel better quite quickly. It’s why EMDR therapy can feel like magic, even though it’s not.
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It’s Time for Your Mental “Tax Season” to Be Over.
Black women have always known that work is a high-stakes environment for us, even when it is not an openly hostile place.
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Why You Keep Trading Your Peace to Please Others (and How to Stop!)
When you keep using that emergency-focused approach long after the fire is out, it stops looking like ‘resilience’ and starts becoming a liability to your own health and happiness.
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TikTok said you’re “triggered” and it’s a “trauma response.” Now what?
Over the past 10 years, I’ve noticed a major change with new clients. More clients already have some official, professional terms to describe their symptoms. They use the *fancy* words. They want to know: “Do I have ADHD?” “Am I on the spectrum?” “Is this a trauma response?” Now, this is expected when many of
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The Hidden Friction of Trauma is Slowing Down Your Brain.
Once you no longer need to ask yourself questions like:
-Why can’t I follow through on my plans?
-Why do I feel so exhausted all the time?
-Why can’t I focus on work?
-How can I stop second-guessing myself?
…life gets a lot smoother.
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Therapy Isn’t Just for Emergencies, Therapy is for You, Now.
You’re successful, but still feel overwhelmed. Discover why waiting for a crisis to start therapy is a costly mistake. Learn how proactive therapy and EMDR can help you build resilience and thrive.
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The Best AI Prompt I’ve Used This Year, (+Mid-2025 Conclusions)
My Basic, but Effective, AI Prompt If you’ve been rocking with me for this AI series, I’d love to know what you think! You can comment below or use the contact me page to reach out! Part 1 and part 2 will help you understand the limitations but also how to use the tech while
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2025: How to Use AI Without Breaking Your Brain (3 Suggestions + 1 Bonus Prompt)
This is Part 2 of my series on AI. Check out Part 1 HERE. If you’re using AI to help yourself between therapy sessions, here are 3 recommendations I have for you…PLUS a prompt you should totally steal today. 1. Keep an eye on your privacy. Oversharing with a chatbot is a significant privacy risk,
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2 Questions You’d Never Think to Ask Your Therapist, but Should!
In the first therapy session, your therapist give you lots of practical information and will ask a lot of questions about you. It’s normal to feel a little nervous about this process if you’ve never done it before. This isn’t how regular conversations go. Conversations in normal life usually include a little more back and
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3 Ways to Manage Complex PTSD Symptoms at Work
In my office, I treat different trauma-related conditions. One is a type of PTSD called complex PTSD aka cPTSD. In short, it’s a cluster of symptoms that develop after lots of repeated awful experiences. OR it’s the kind of PTSD that is worsened by additional family or social hurts. Symptoms of cPTSD can include the
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