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I’ve found myself expressing this sentiment more often. We’re wounded in community, therefore we must heal in community. I am a huge believer that therapy is one of the most powerful investments you can make in your healing. It offers a space to understand yourself, process painful experiences, recognize patterns, and begin relating to yourself differently. While it is quite transformative, therapy isn’t meant to replace a life. Healing doesn’t happen only in the therapy room

If the phrase "inner child" makes you want to roll your eyes so hard, you're not alone. Internet wellness culture has turned inner child work into a very earnest, slightly painful aesthetic. You picture a softly lit room, a teddy bear, someone crying about a childhood playground rejection while talking to themselves in a baby voice. It can feel sentimental, unscientific, and honestly, a bit much. But strip away the self-help jargon, and there's a real truth underneath it. You

In a world that constantly celebrates positivity, productivity, and success, there is often little room for the emotions we label as ‘bad.’ Anger is seen as destructive, sadness is mistaken for weakness, jealousy is considered shameful, and self-doubt makes us question whether we belong at all. So, we hide. We show up smiling when we're hurting, we congratulate others while quietly comparing ourselves, we tell ourselves to "get over it" when we're grieving, and we convince ou

Let us address the elephant in the room right now. Scheduling intimacy sounds deeply unsexy. I can hear the objections trickling in very slowly. And your responses will land with deadpan seriousness: "Shouldn't it just happen naturally?" "Isn't planning intimacy like scheduling a dentist appointment?" "Where's the passion in that?" Here's the truth I've learned from therapists, researchers, and countless couples I've seen in session, and these are the statements I love to use

It's 1:00 AM. You're scrolling. A video pops up. Someone with a calm, reassuring voice says, "If you struggle to start tasks, lose your keys constantly, and have a thing about velvet... you might have ADHD." You stop. You look around your messy room. You did lose your keys yesterday. You genuinely cannot stand velvet. You watch the whole video, then drift into the comments, where hundreds of people are saying this is literally me, and something in your chest loosens a little.

If you have ever searched for a therapist, received a mental health diagnosis, or wondered whether therapy is right for you, you may have come across terms such as anxiety disorder, depression, ADHD, PTSD, or autism. Many of these diagnoses are guided by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), one of the most widely used mental health reference guides in the world. Over the years, the DSM has undergone revisions as research and clinical understanding

Can we be honest for just a second? How many times this week did you walk away from a conversation feeling…off?. Maybe your partner said something that stung more than it should have, maybe it's that work email that landed in your inbox and instantly made your shoulder tense up, or maybe you caught yourself snapping at someone you care about, then you spent the rest of the afternoon replaying the altercation in your mind. Here’s the thing we all keep omitting – communication

About 3 years ago, I was seeing a therapist (yes, therapists need therapy too), and there was one particular session that stuck with me during that season of my life. I was talking to my therapist about how I’ve felt the need to show up a certain way and have everything figured out because of my profession, and what she said f*cked with me; in a good way. She said, “You are Wendy, therapy is what you do, not who you are.” Now, at the time, I felt like I was smacked in the fac