Building internal awareness can happen outside of the therapist's office. What is it like to check in with your intuition, intentions, and personal needs? Take a few deep breaths when you get a chance and check in with your inner guidance. Take time to reflect on what may be happening within your reality.Take time to [...]
Category: Wellness Based Therapy
Blogs about mental wellness and sustaining our evolving identities.
How does your past impact your future?
Our past is not something to be afraid of. Most importantly, it's not something we can escape. Our body holds a lot of our life experiences. How does your past impact your future? Repressing our past experiences does not necessarily mean that we are healing. Who you are today is not who you were yesterday. [...]
Rhythm and Wellness
I have found that health is more than just physical; it’s mental, emotional, and full of rhythm and wellness. As a third-year college double major in psychology and dance, I have always viewed health differently from most of my peers. Most believe that health strictly revolves around eating right and lifting weights. One can have [...]
Choosing Happiness
Choosing happiness when you are free is a new experience of living. You begin again; you know all the things you never wanted. You have all the freedom to change the unwanted…and can touch, taste, and feel all the things you ever needed. Your own wisdom, your own mind. Let it guide your journey towards [...]
Self-Care While at Home
Organic Rainbow Moment: Self-Care While at Home Being at home does not mean you always have to be available. Self-care while at home is necessary for creating healthy boundaries. Covid-19 has reshaped how we communicate and make ourselves available to others. I know I have readjusted how I balance my time and schedule! It’s essential [...]
Challenging Thoughts, Beliefs, and Values
Challenging thoughts, beliefs, and values as we develop new insights create a highly uncomfortable feeling called cognitive dissonance. Frantz Fanon once said… Sometimes people hold a very strong core belief. The new evidence cannot be accepted when presented with evidence that works against that belief. Cognitive Dissonance; challenging thoughts, beliefs, and values During our wellness [...]
The First Therapy Session
Reflecting on my first therapy session, I remember sitting on the bench outside the therapist's office. Patiently waiting to be called, yet sweating profusely – full of anxiety and uncertainty. I immediately began to contemplate whether I should stay or walk away. Nervous Thinking and Fears What would my family think if I was here? What would my [...]
Forgiveness Art Activity
Forgiveness is a gift we all possess; to each of us, forgiveness can look like several things. For this forgiveness art activity, I want you to create a symbol (gift) of forgiveness in your mind and transform it into this card. Think of a gift you can offer to the person you are trying to [...]
White Relationships
What is it like to have white relationships? What about white friends, family, co-workers, peers, and bosses? Questions to consider when you are involved in white relationships: Do they respect you? Do they stand up for you? Do they support your growth? Do they belittle your experiences of blackness? Do they ask the right questions [...]
Signs of a Good Therapist
I put together a list of 12 Signs that help you find a good therapist or determine if your current therapist is good for you. If you need support finding a therapist please send me a message! Characteristics of a supportive therapist or mental health practitioner are their desire to help people in need of [...]
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