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How to Navigate Post-Holiday Blues
Post-holiday blues are a common emotional response to the abrupt shift from celebration and structure back to routine. Burnout, unmet expectations, financial stress, and seasonal changes can all contribute. In this piece, we break down the warning signs and share practical, compassionate strategies for navigating this transition with care.

Destinee Rodriguez
7 days ago4 min read


The Hidden Grief of Major Life Transitions in Our 20s and 30s
Life transitions often bring mixed emotions that don’t fit neatly into celebration or success. This post looks at the hidden grief of major changes in our 20s and 30s and offers grounding ways to move into the New Year with more self-compassion.

Shannon Hendrick
Jan 93 min read


How to Navigate Toxic Family Dynamics During the Holidays
If the holidays stirred stress, conflict, or old wounds, you’re not alone. This blog invites reflection and shares supportive ways to navigate toxic family dynamics with compassion for yourself.

Destinee Rodriguez
Jan 36 min read


Emotional Tennis: The Loving Science of Secure Parenting
Discover the art of Loving Secure Parenting. Learn how to foster secure attachment with your child through emotional tennis. Loving Secure Parenting awaits!

Yaakov Wahl
Dec 26, 20254 min read


A Beginner's Guide to Discovering Your Values
Discover your core values and live a more fulfilling life. This guide to values will help you align with your true self and set meaningful goals.

Jonathan Bigler-Lisch
Dec 19, 20254 min read


Understanding Emotions & Acceptance
This post explains how naming emotions, practicing radical acceptance, and increasing emotional granularity can support emotional regulation, reduce reactivity, and deepen self-awareness, grounded in DBT principles and current research.

Nyrobi Manuel
Nov 27, 20254 min read


Self Care Can Improve Emotional Regulation
Self-care can improve emotional regulation by helping us stay grounded and intentional when emotions run high. This post explores how DBT PLEASED skills strengthen wellness, balance physical and mental health, and support calmer, more effective responses during stressful moments.

Weixi Huang
Nov 20, 20254 min read


The Superpowers of ADHD: How to Maximize on Neurodivergence
Living with ADHD can be challenging, but it’s also full of hidden strengths. This post explores how embracing your neurodivergence can unlock creativity, courage, and compassion in everyday life.

Destinee Rodriguez
Oct 30, 20253 min read


The Importance of Sleep Hygiene for Mental Health and Everyday Living
Learn why sleep hygiene matters for your mental health. Discover what happens in your brain and body during sleep, how lack of rest affects mood and focus, and simple daily habits to improve your sleep quality.

Shannon Hendrick
Oct 10, 20254 min read


The Harmonious Mind: Blending Sacred Wisdom with Modern Psychology
Mindfulness has been practiced across cultures and traditions, but it was most clearly refined in Buddhist monastic life. Ancient scriptures describe meditation as a way to quiet the mind, focus attention, and cultivate a deep, personal understanding of Buddhist teachings as a path toward enlightenment. Buddhist traditions speak of two core forms: concentration meditation and insight meditation

Yaakov Wahl
Oct 2, 20253 min read


Structural Dissociation: How Trauma Splits The Personality
Learn about structural dissociation, how trauma splits the personality and ways therapy can support healing.

Jonathan Bigler-Lisch
Sep 25, 20254 min read


How I Rebuild Routines Without Self-Hate
I’ve been in a bit of a reset phase lately. Last month I felt really connected to my routines. I was moving my body, eating meals that...

Nyrobi Manuel
Sep 11, 20252 min read


How to be genuine with others without being completely vulnerable.
By Weixi Huang Sharing our thoughts and feelings can be a tricky internal conflict. On one hand, we want to express ourselves genuinely...

Weixi Huang
Aug 29, 20254 min read


Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy: What is It? Are TMS services beneficial for depression?
TMS therapy offers a non-invasive option for those navigating depression especially when medication hasn’t helped. Destinee shares what TMS is, how it works, and what to expect from the process.

Destinee Rodriguez
Aug 23, 20253 min read


Summer and Body Image: Navigating a Season That Often Pressures Perfection
By Shannon Hendrick Summer is often painted as a season of joy—marked by beach trips, vacations, cookouts, and sunshine. But beneath the...

Shannon Hendrick
Aug 13, 20256 min read


Two Truths and a Third Way: How DBT Was Born
How DBT was born from Dr. Marsha Linehan’s journey of balancing acceptance and change. Her third way can help us build a life worth living.

Yaakov Wahl
Aug 6, 20254 min read


Grief Demands a Response: Queer Political Grief and Transformation
There is no clear, easy way to respond to nationwide attacks on queer rights. On Wednesday, June 18th, the United States Supreme Court voted 6-3 to uphold a Tennessee ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for minors seeking to transition...

Jonathan Bigler-Lisch
Jul 24, 20254 min read


ChatGPT (AI) & Therapy: The Do’s and Don’ts of Using AI & Therapy Homework.
Not a single day has gone by in recent months without hearing about some new way to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into our daily lives, or some new advancement in how we can use AI.

Destinee Rodriguez
Jul 9, 20255 min read


Provide yourself with positive regard
Positive regard is a way of treating someone without judgement or conditions, one of the core principles in Motivational Interviewing, CBT, DBT, and other person-centered interventions.....

Weixi Huang
Jul 3, 20253 min read


Healing Is Nonlinear
Healing is often imagined as a straight path forward, step-by-step, progress neatly measured, pain left behind. But in truth, healing rarely unfolds in a straight line. It moves in spirals, cycles, and layers. Sometimes it feels like climbing, sometimes like circling, and often like standing still.

Nyrobi Manuel
Jun 20, 20255 min read
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