As Mental Health Awareness Month encourages us to focus on psychological well-being, we must also recognize essential systemic solutions...

The truth about starting over is rarely spoken. It hides behind language like “fresh starts” and “new beginnings.” These phrases are...

A Different Journey for Everyone. Healing doesn’t have a universal image. For some, it’s a quiet walk. For others, it’s a therapy session.

Understanding and managing emotions can be complex, especially for kids. One effective tool that helps children navigate their feelings...

💬 A Gentle Beginning If you’re reading this in a moment of overwhelm, numb, flooded, or stuck, you’re not alone. This guide is for the...

A poem about emotional adaptation, inherited silence, and the cost of learning to survive by disappearing into yourself.

They say therapy is about healing. But for many of us, it starts with being seen— Before we even know how to name what we’re carrying.

Therapy isn’t just something to seek in moments of crisis. This post explores how it can be a tool for growth, clarity, and emotional resilience — before things fall apart.

The Burnt Toast Theory is not about breakfast. It is about boundaries, self-worth, and the quiet ways we learn to accept less than we deserve. This essay explores how to recognize those patterns — and how to change them.

A critique of how psychiatric diagnosis can shape identity—and how clinicians and patients can reclaim narrative and context in mental health care.

Some emotions do not begin with us. They arrive before language—felt in the body, passed down through blood, held in silence. To feel is not to fail. To feel is to remember, and to remember is to reclaim.

The theme for Mental Health Awareness Month 2025 is "Turn Awareness into Action."

"Your mental health matters!" May is not just another month. It is a time to pause, reflect, and engage with the reality that mental...

The Role of Stigma in Mental Health By Dr. Bode Akinbobola Stigma is a demeaning attribute that can profoundly influence whether individuals seek treatment for mental health concerns. It contributes to public stigma, prejudice, and discrimination against those with substance use or mental health disorders causing harm in numerous ways. Stigma denies individuals rightful opportunities and often deters them from accessing the mental health services they need.

In clinical practice, "showing up" is not merely participation but a form of survival. Drawing from trauma-informed, existential, and relational clinical perspectives, the essay re-frames presence as both a coping strategy and a moral act. It argues that misrecognizing this labor distorts the therapeutic alliance and enacts subtle ethical failures.

We live in a culture that celebrates emotional intelligence—our ability to regulate, manage, and suppress emotions when necessary. Managing feelings is not the same as understanding them. True healing begins not with control but literacy: the courage to name, explore, and live through what we feel. In this essay, I explore why emotional literacy is not just helpful—it is essential for authentic emotional health.

Sometimes we are taught to manage emotions, but not to understand or express them. "The Wheel Is How I Feel"  is a spoken word piece...

Stillness is often mistaken for weakness. But there is a kind of quiet forged by generations of survival, resilience, and fierce...

"I am not what the world made—I am what the fire refused to break." This is not a story of survival by grace. It is survival by fire....

Situation/Trigger (Describe the whole picture) What happened? Where was I? Who was there? What was going on physically? What thoughts,...