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The Healing Path: Affirmations for Light, Strength, and Hope
🌸 Nurturing Self-Care and Wellness Sacred Self-Care: Tending the Garden Within Self-care is my personal love letter, written daily to...

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
Apr 256 min read


📖 The Healing Path: Affirmations for Light, Strength, and Hope
✨ Introduction This collection is a companion for every soul walking through shadowed valleys toward the light.Each affirmation is a step...

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
Apr 254 min read


My Dance with Change: Finding Strength Beyond Fear
✨ Self-Love I embrace my worth, knowing I am deserving of love's deepest respect. My self-worth blossoms freely, untouched by outside...

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
Apr 254 min read


Bearing Witness — To Lean In
I lean in — steady, deliberate, like an offering — not to catch you, not to hold steady, but to witness the exact moment your voice dares...

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
Apr 252 min read


Understanding Abuse and Its Impact on Mental Health
This guide explains what abuse is, how it affects mental health, and the many forms it can take—both obvious and subtle. It includes...

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
Apr 254 min read


🧠 CBT Worksheet: CCNC (Catch it, Check it, Name it, Change it)
Hi there! This worksheet helps you understand your thoughts and feelings. Let’s work through it together like a detective! 🕵️♂️💬 🟠 1....

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
Apr 241 min read


The Sixth Language: Love as Safety
Maybe we don’t need a sixth love language. Maybe we just need to recognize the one that makes all the others possible: safety.

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
Apr 246 min read


“On Your Best Days, No One Sees You
This essay offers a sincere and specific thank-you to administrative professionals in mental health care. Grounded in truth, it acknowledges the emotional, logistical, and often invisible labor that makes care possible. It affirms their role not as background support, but as essential contributors to every part of the healing process — and expresses gratitude not just for what they do, but for how consistently and quietly they do it.

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
Apr 233 min read


They Told Me To Be Whole. I Learned To Be Accurate.
This is not a healing story. This is the moment the lie stops working. A clear, uncompromising essay on Nigredo, collapse, and the refusal to perform wholeness.

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
Apr 222 min read


I Am Nigredo
A poem in the voice of Nigredo — the first stage of transformation. Not a fall, but the necessary collapse before anything true can begin.

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
Apr 221 min read


Longing for the Self: A Clinician’s Reflection on Emotional Homesickness
Emotional homesickness is not a longing for a place, but for a version of the self that once felt safe, connected, and whole. This reflection draws on clinical experience and psychological theory to explore how trauma, stress, and identity shifts can fracture our internal sense of belonging. Rather than viewing this longing as pathology, it’s reframed as a meaningful signal—a guide back to inner coherence and healing.

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
Apr 225 min read


When Food Becomes Fear: The Mental Health Impact of Being “Allergic to Everything”
Severe food allergies are more than a dietary issue—they are a psychological, social, and existential challenge. This essay explores what happens when eating becomes dangerous, and how we might redefine nourishment in a body that resists it.

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
Apr 214 min read


Fractured Signals: The Role of S.A.D. in Dysregulating the Nervous System and Erasing the Language of Emotion”
Stress, anxiety, and depression—collectively abbreviated as S.A.D.—are not ephemeral emotional disruptions, but enduring states that etch...

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
Apr 212 min read


Nourishing Your Mind A Comprehensive Guide to Mental Wellness Nutrition
How to Nourish Your Mind Through What You Eat Your brain needs fuel—real, quality fuel—to function at its best. What you eat doesn’t just...

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
Apr 203 min read


🌊 The Salt and the Seed
So now I walk the shifting sand,
Not needing map or guiding hand.
The sea still calls, but I am free
Both salt and seed have made me—me.

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
Apr 101 min read


Welcoming the Light: An Affirmation for Emerging from Seasonal Affective Depression
Seasonal affective affirmations (spring)

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
Mar 11 min read


Why Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone Changes Everything
Imagine a Life Without Risk.
Everything controlled. Everything familiar. At first, it sounds ideal—safe, simple, serene. But here lies the truth: safety is not the same as fulfillment. Growth does not happen inside the comfort zone. It happens in the messy, uncertain middle—where fear meets action.
Taking risks is not just about leaping without looking. It is about choosing to evolve. It is a conscious step into discomfort, where self-trust is tested, resilience is born, and
Natasha Charles McQueen
May 25, 20243 min read


Chasing Dreams and Dodging Distractions: A Survival Guide
Because staying motivated is hard, and the internet exists. Introduction Pursuing your dreams sounds noble—until you realize it also...

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
May 25, 20245 min read


Anchored in the Storm: Using Reflection to Navigate What’s Next”
Introduction Not long ago, I found myself spinning in a storm of stress and uncertainty—my mind racing with what-ifs, my heart carrying a...
Natasha Charles McQueen
May 25, 20245 min read


7 Coping Strategies for Life’s Stormy Seasons
Introduction We all face moments when life feels like too much—when stress builds, emotions overflow, and even the simplest tasks feel...

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
May 19, 20244 min read
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