Books on Pregnancy & Infant Loss: Stories of Grief, Healing, and Hope
Explore book reviews on pregnancy and infant loss for Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month, including resources for grieving parents, loved ones, and clinicians.
Learning to Rest: Reflections on Growth, Hustle, and Letting Go
Therapist Ginny Lupka reflects on the emotional challenge of rest, perfectionism, and burnout. Learn why rest feels difficult for high-achievers and how to slowly rebuild comfort with stillness and self-compassion.
The Truth About People-Pleasing: Why It’s Not the Villain You Think It Is
Therapist Ginny Lupka explains why people-pleasing is not a flaw but a learned coping strategy rooted in safety and survival. Discover how to approach healing from people-pleasing with self-compassion and awareness.
The Things Not to Say to Someone Experiencing Infertility
Learn how to talk compassionately with people experiencing infertility or reproductive loss. Charlotte therapist Ginny Lupka shares what not to say — and how empathy, sensitivity, and trauma-informed language make all the difference.
“Does this make me crazy?”
Charlotte-based therapist Ginny Lupka explores why so many people worry they’re “crazy” when they’re actually grieving, scared, or healing. This essay offers a therapist’s perspective on trauma, self-compassion, and the power of understanding your emotions.
Not All Supervisors Are Created Equal
New therapists: here’s how to choose the right clinical supervisor for your licensure journey. Therapist Ginny Lupkashares candid, experience-based advice on what to look for in a supervisor, how to ask the right questions, and how to make supervision a space for growth (not just paperwork).
Good Is Here Right Now
Therapist and writer Ginny Lupka reflects on hope, grief, and goodness in everyday life. In this tender essay, she explores what it means to notice beauty and connection even in seasons of pain, reminding readers that good is here right now.
Why Orange? National Infertility Awareness Week
Therapist Ginny Lupka reflects on the meaning of National Infertility Awareness Week and the emotional reality of infertility for both women and men. She explores how grief, stigma, and identity intersect - and how awareness and empathy can ease the burden of reproductive loss.
Six Things Helping Me Feel Human Again
Therapist and writer Ginny Lupka shares six unexpectedly grounding practices helping her reconnect with hope and humanness during burnout and overwhelm. A tender, funny reflection on self-compassion, rest, and noticing the good.
On Matrescence and the Rite of Passage into Motherhood
Charlotte therapist Ginny Lupka explores the concept of matrescence — the emotional, physical, and psychological transformation into motherhood — and reflects on how recognizing parenthood as a rite of passage can reshape the way we support new parents.
Gentle Affirmations for When You’re Doing Your Best (and Maybe Being a Little Mean to Yourself)
Therapist Ginny Lupka shares self-compassion affirmations for therapists, new parents, and anyone navigating infertility, pregnancy, or postpartum. A gentle reminder that your inner voice deserves kindness, too.
Funny Girl, Serious Bills
Charlotte therapist Ginny Lupka reflects on the cost of therapy, the ethics of money in mental health, and what Barbra Streisand can teach us about asking for what we deserve.
Understanding Postpartum Mental Health: Beyond the Baby Blues
Therapist Ginny Lupka explains postpartum mental health, including baby blues, postpartum depression and anxiety, and practical steps for parents to seek support and care.
The Beauty and Complexity of Therapeutic Relationships
Charlotte therapist Ginny Lupka explores the art and science of therapeutic relationships, including the emotional impact on therapists, the importance of rapport, and learning from clients’ stories.
Two Wolves, One Mission: On Disenfranchised Grief and the Bossy Big Sister Energy
Therapist Ginny Lupka explains disenfranchised grief—the kinds of loss that are often invisible or minimized—and offers guidance for those grieving and for allies who want to respond with curiosity, compassion, and practical support.
Navigating Your Reproductive Story
Charlotte therapist Ginny Lupka explores reproductive stories, disrupted expectations, and navigating grief and acceptance when fertility, parenthood, or reproductive timelines don’t unfold as imagined.
Finding Your Clinical Specialty as a New Therapist
Charlotte therapist Ginny Lupka shares insights for new therapists on discovering a clinical specialty, balancing flexibility with focus, and cultivating passion while building expertise.
That’s Our Time: Embracing the Nerves of New Beginnings
Charlotte therapist Ginny Lupka shares her reflections on new beginnings, navigating first client sessions as a fresh therapist, and embracing anxiety while cultivating growth and authenticity in therapy and life.
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