Grounded Reflections on Healing & Life
A collection of gentle reflections on stress, healing, and finding steadiness in everyday life.
When Functioning Takes More Effort: What Research Tells Us About Stress and Capacity
Research shows that sustained stress and decision load can change capacity over time, even when life circumstances remain stable. This piece explores why functioning can begin to take more effort - and what that shift often signals.
What Sustained Responsibility Does to Capacity Over Time
Sometimes what changes isn’t resilience or skill, but the margin we once had. This reflection explores how sustained responsibility quietly reshapes emotional capacity, often before we recognize what’s being asked of us.
Finding Your Footing as the Year Begins
January doesn’t always arrive with clarity or momentum. This reflection offers a grounded way to notice where you are and what may be asking for attention as the year begins.
A Gentler Way to Move Through the Holidays
A gentle reflection on the holiday season - acknowledging its warmth and complexity, and offering simple ways to move through it with grounding and care.
When Energy Fades: Finding Steadiness as the Season Slows Down
As the days grow shorter and your energy dips, it’s easy to wonder why you feel more tired or flat this time of year. This post explores the emotional and physical shifts that come with seasonal change - and how mindfulness, gentle movement, and therapy can help you find steadiness again. Learn how to listen to your body’s signals, soften self-criticism, and reconnect with what restores you.
The Summer You Actually Needed: Slowing Down, Showing Up for Yourself, and Letting It Be Enough
Summer doesn’t need to be productive to matter. This post is for the high-functioning woman who's tired beneath the surface - and ready for something gentler.
Feeling a Little Off Heading Into Summer? You’re Not Alone
Feeling stretched thin heading into summer? You’re not alone. Explore what’s underneath the overwhelm - and how therapy can help you feel more supported.
When You’re the One Everyone Leans On 🌿
For those who always hold it all together - this reflection explores the quiet grief of being “the strong one,” the weight of early caregiving roles, and gentle ways to return to yourself. Includes a mindfulness practice, plus updates on in-person therapy and an upcoming MBSR group.
You Don’t Have to Carry It All
Have you ever felt frustrated that your healing isn’t happening fast enough? That no matter how much therapy, mindfulness, or reflection you do, there are still moments that feel heavy?
If so, you’re not alone.
Healing isn’t about rushing to the finish line. It’s about learning to meet yourself where you are - with patience, self-trust, and a willingness to grow.