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Interview with a therapist: A message of strength & resilience

We sat down this week with Katie Llewellyn to get to know her and her career as a therapist better. A conversation about the role of therapy ultimately led to a conversation about resilience. Tell us a little bit about your career as a therapist. Growing up, I had dreams of becoming a hairstylist. I […]

Confronting Privilege

As a therapist, I value thoughtfulness and authenticity when I work within the intricacies of that which is the human experience. To take in the profound weight of racism in this country, which has infected us all with either incomprehensible injustice or undeserved contentment, requires the same, if not more, consideration. In doing so, I […]

Maintaining Mental & Physical Well-Being: Elle’s Response to COVID-19

I’m not going to lie, the past two weeks have been nothing short of rough. There’s a heaviness in the air—an eerie feeling in the streets—and pangs of uncertainty for the future and for the losses we are all enduring right now.  As a business owner and therapist, you think first and foremost for the […]

Protecting Empathy

“You care too much.” “Just move on.” “Why do you put up with that?” If you’ve ever had to explain the severe ups and downs of your relationship to friends and family members, you’ve likely heard these comments before. Women are commonly conceived as nurturing caretakers. They often have to learn how to assert themselves […]

Be Reckoned With

By Natalie Russell It is so easy to be wrecked with, rarely do we extend ourselves the conviction that we are a force that can wreck. In moments when we feel intensely, we label ourselves as reckless. We start to fear ourselves. We start to fear feeling. The moment that fear begins to creep in […]

This is Strength

By Emily Keeling & Natalie Russell How did she ultimately survive? She knew she deserved more. Driven, she aggressively pursued the goals of her life. She possessed an understanding of the world and developed self-compassion, but what good was any of that without strength? The ability to stare down adversity and take action. The difference […]