View fullsize It’s so easy to want to snap our fingers and be magically ✨healed✨ (whatever that means).⁣ ⁣ Sometimes we might need a little reminder to slow down and be gentle with ourselves and our process.⁣ ⁣ Which reminder resonates with you today? I&rsqu
View fullsize The first and last slides sum it up.⁣ ⁣ #stopasianhate⁣ ⁣⁣ AND⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Let’s acknowledge (again) that the root of the issue = white supremacy needs to be dismantled.⁣ ⁣ •⁣ •⁣ •⁣ •⁣ •⁣ •⁣ •⁣ •⁣ •⁣ ⁣ #sto
View fullsize Have you been experiencing any “anniversary reactions”? ⁣ ⁣ It may have started back in February as we were approaching March, with the disbelief that a year has gone by in this crisis and feeling like you were “hitting a wall&rdquo
View fullsize Can you feel it?⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Nearly a year of chronic stress and uncertainty without any timeline of when we’ll be on the other side is bound to take a toll.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ If there was ever a time to work on gentleness and compassion - this is it.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Self-ca
View fullsize There are so many ways we try to keep ourselves safe.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Some of it is useful. Some of it is sabotages our ability to let ourselves love and be loved.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Protective armor around the heart might look like:⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ • Not putting ourselves o
View fullsize Let it go.⁣ ⁣ It’s not your responsibility to:⁣ ⁣ 1. Be your family’s conflict mediator⁣ 2. Justify the way your body looks or works to anyone⁣ 3. Take care of someone who neglects themself⁣ 4. Live up to society’s expectations of y
View fullsize The journey of being in therapy is not a one-route, direct path to becoming a “better version” of yourself.⁣ ⁣ It’s a challenging, and at times painful examination of how you came to exist in the world the way you do.⁣ ⁣ Through tha
View fullsize Holding onto hope through grief and exhaustion in not easy.⁣ ⁣ Amanda Gorman is the youngest inaugural poet in history who was given a far greater task than any of her predecessors — to inspire hope to a torn, grieving and divided country.⁣ ⁣ T
View fullsize This is my “weary but hopeful” look .🕊⁣ ⁣ I’m ready to continuing creating the world we want to live it — one step at a time.⁣ .⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ .⁣ ⁣ .⁣ #bidenharris #presidentbiden #vicepresidentharris
View fullsize Let’s work to understand each other better. Thank you MLK.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ “Shallow understanding from people of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than o
View fullsize A few more words to define consent:⁣ ⁣ •Mandatory⁣ •Clear⁣ •Verbal⁣ •Voluntary⁣ •Sober⁣ •Conscious ⁣ •Respectful⁣ •Mutual⁣ •Affirmative⁣ •Non-colonizing⁣ ⁣ Consent is an ever-evolving process that req
View fullsize Resentment starts when we stop taking care of ourselves.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ We need to have things in place that nourish us and create boundaries between us and our clients for the therapeutic relationship to be successful.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ • That’s why the fee exi
View fullsize We can’t criticize ourselves into changing who we are.⁣ ⁣ Growth comes from loving ourselves deep enough to create healthy patterns and prioritize the things that nourish us.⁣ ⁣ 🤍⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #compassion #selfcompassion #sel
View fullsize This post is directed towards white folks.⁣ ⁣ Not to center whiteness or take away from the ongoing pain and suffering that Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) endure but rather to acknowledge that WE have work to do to fix this deeply rooted is
View fullsize Learning to love your story means having compassion for the things you've been through and the choices you’ve made.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ This might not feel easy when there are things we hold shame or embarrassment around.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ If that’s true for you, tr
View fullsize 🌘⁣ We need rest.⁣⁣⁣ We need breath.⁣⁣ We need change.⁣⁣⁣⁣ We need community.⁣⁣⁣⁣ We need compassion.⁣⁣ We need reconciliation.⁣⁣⁣⁣ We need to stay awake.⁣⁣⁣ We need this movement.⁣⁣⁣ We need shadow work.⁣⁣⁣⁣ We need to be active.⁣⁣⁣ We need each oth
View fullsize Community heals us.⁣ ⁣ As we continue to examine ourselves and the deep roots of racism this country has grown from, remember to 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦.⁣ ⁣ Doing
View fullsize Let’s take care of ourselves and each other. You’re not alone.
View fullsize Despite what society, or work, or family, or anyone says, you have value in just being you and in being here.⁣ ⁣ 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦.⁣ ⁣ You’ve already accomplished everything you need in order to be “good e
View fullsize This is my 2021 vibe (one of them).⁣ ⁣ Gratitude expands our capacity to see and express what we love about the people and things in our lives.⁣ Receiving it help us feel seen, valued and appreciated.⁣ ⁣ When we are able to shift our focus it can hel