This post explores how comparison and toxic positivity complicate grief and why your pain deserves space, no matter what others are going through.

This personal reflection explores why rest feels hard for high-achievers and trauma survivors—and how to gently build a more sustainable, healing relationship with it.

A compassionate reflection on how infertility, loss, and postpartum experiences impact body trust—and how healing makes space for both grief and hope.

This essay reframes people-pleasing as a trauma-informed coping skill—and invites self-compassion, not shame, as the way forward.

A dinner party conversation reveals how subtle assumptions about fertility can hurt—and how to respond with empathy instead.

I explore why “Am I crazy?” shows up so often in therapy and offer a compassionate, grounded reminder that emotional overwhelm doesn’t make you broken—it makes you human.

A refreshingly honest guide for new therapists on how to choose a licensure supervisor who aligns with your values, supports your growth, and won’t make your eye twitch.

This post is a tender meditation on choosing hope, presence, and joy in the midst of uncertainty, loss, and everyday overwhelm.

This post explores the emotional impact of infertility, highlights insights from a qualitative study on men’s experiences, and offers compassionate perspective during National Infertility Awareness Week.

This post shares a few delightfully random and deeply personal practices that have been helping me weather a season of emotional overload and existential weirdness.

This post explores how intentional therapist self-disclosure can deepen the therapeutic relationship, enhance client connection, and support mental health goals—without overshadowing the client’s experience.

Matrescence—the psychological, emotional, and physical transformation of becoming a mother—deserves recognition and support, just like any other major stage of human development.

A collection of affirmations for infertility, pregnancy, postpartum, and therapists—because the way we talk to ourselves matters more than we think.

The cost of therapy is a complex balance between accessibility, sustainability, and valuing mental health services for both clients and clinicians—let’s explore why it matters.

Learn the signs of postpartum depression, anxiety, and the "baby blues," and discover how therapy can support new parents through the challenges of the fourth trimester.

Explore the complexities of therapeutic relationships, how client-therapist connections shape healing, and why authenticity is essential in counseling.

Learn how therapy supports those experiencing disenfranchised grief, including infertility, miscarriage, postpartum struggles, and reproductive loss, and how we can better validate unseen grief.

We’re dreaming big about ten magical ways to improve therapy and mental health care, from better telehealth and insurance coverage to seamless client support and therapist well-being.

Explore how our personal reproductive stories influence expectations around fertility, pregnancy, and loss, and how therapy can provide support through those struggles.

Discover how identifying a clinical specialty in therapy can enhance client connections, deepen expertise, and create a more fulfilling counseling practice.