Boundaries are such a buzzword these days, and for good reason! They can do so much in protecting your mental health and giving you a safe space for growth. Boundaries can help you maintain relationships with people that you care about, who may engage in behaviors that aren’t supportive. They help in situations where you don’t want to lose your people; you just can’t continue with this level of exposure to their unsupportive behaviors. How do you limit exposure, maintain re

Trauma-informed therapy has gotten a lot of attention over the past 20 years. Research shows that 10-70% of adults in America (depending on population) have experienced at least one traumatic event in their lives. Studies also indicate that “ depres sion, functional impairment, and PTSD improve significantly” with trauma-focused psychotherapy (Melegkovits et al., 2022).  Which is good news, until the obvious question arises: How can I feel safe in therapy, if a lack of safet

Many people spend their days with a constant inner critic. When something goes wrong, we often speak to ourselves in ways we would never speak to someone we care about. This might happen after a mistake at work, a missed deadline, or a difficult conversation. Practicing self-compassion means learning to treat ourselves with the same patience, kindness, respect, and understanding that  we extend to others around us.  Self-compassion does not mean you ignore challenges or pret

Loneliness is something so many people go through, even if it doesn’t always look that way from the outside. You might be surrounded by coworkers during the day or even family members at home and still feel alone. Maybe friends are busy, your relationships have shifted, or you’re simply craving deeper connections that feel hard to find. The truth is, loneliness doesn’t always look like isolation. Sometimes it shows up in the middle of a crowded room. In a full house or durin