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Licensed Professional Counselor specializing in complex medical trauma and illness-related anxiety
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🧵1/ We’ve been taught that we must get all our work done before we can play. As kids, we comply because we have no choice - you listen to the adults or you don’t get to play at all.

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Eating healthy & exercising regularly are simple ways to improve our health. Everyone knows this, but sticking to these habits is challenging. Wellness influencers often market the illusion of a "cheat code" to better health, but in reality, they’re not offering anything you don’t already know.

submitted 34 days ago • 3 comments

If you're finding it challenging to summon the energy for ambitious New Year's resolutions, here's a radical thought: maybe you're not supposed to. Instead of forcing yourself into high-productivity mode, consider using this time as nature intended - for rest and reflection.

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

Being asked to "be curious" about your body signals when you're stressed, anxious, or overwhelmed is like being asked to solve complex math problems during an emergency - your brain simply isn't in the right state for that kind of exploration. Here's why: 👇 1/4

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

I'm about to start the Safe and Sound Protocol. Who's done it, and what was your experience like?

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

When you've spent years prioritizing cognitive processing, your insula's (a part of your brain) signals often get overridden by more analytical brain regions. This creates a situation where you might intellectually know you're anxious (because you recognize the logical signs) but 1/2

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

There was a time when I was so chronically fatigued that washing my hair was not physically possible. I had to bring a chair into the shower and take breaks. Granted I have super thick hair but still. 1/2

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

Cooking with chronic pain and GI issues - what are your biggest hurdles?

submitted 88 days ago • 1 comment

What are you avoiding feeling, emotionally and physically? Whatever that feeling is, is what’s keeping you from reaching your next goal.

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

Attachment work is imperative for most people with a chronic illness. Fear is prevalent when your body isn’t well, and how you were taught to handle fear as a kid will show up in how you handle your chronic illness.

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

Pro-science Chronic/Persistent Pain Mystery illnesses Anti-authoritarian Reality creates your beliefs Attachment-based Slow + steady Anti quick-fixes Neurodivergent affirming Research + lived experience

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments