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Coping Skills, Highly Sensitive & Empathic Living, Mindfulness & Meditation

Unhelpful Coping Strategies: What Not to Include in Your Coping Skills Toolkit (And Why Awareness Not Judgment Is the Key)

Christina / July 7, 2025

In this post, we’re taking a compassionate look at unhelpful coping strategies. These are the habits we often reach for when […]

Coping Skills, Highly Sensitive & Empathic Living, Uncategorized

The Big Shift That Makes Conflict Easier: Regulate Your Nervous System Before Conflict

Christina / June 30, 2025

Have you ever said or done something in the heat of the moment—and immediately regretted it? Or maybe you’ve gone

Coping Skills

How to Calm Your Fight or Flight Response

Christina / June 23, 2025

Do you ever find yourself spiraling into frustration or anxiety and then feeling ashamed or exhausted afterward? There’s nothing wrong

Coping Skills

Coping Skills for When You Feel Shut Down: Dorsal Vagal State Support

Christina / June 16, 2025

In my last post , I introduced the idea of creating a coping skills toolkit—a personalized set of strategies you

Coping Skills

Creating Your Coping Skills Toolkit: Self-Regulation Strategies for Every Nervous System State

Christina / June 9, 2025

In my last post, I mentioned the idea of creating a self-care and coping skills toolkit – something you can

Highly Sensitive & Empathic Living, Therapy & Personal Growth, Uncategorized

Self-Care When You’re Overwhelmed: A Personal Reflection

Christina / May 27, 2025

I struggled with what to write this week. I’m having one of those weeks where self-care feels more like survival

Therapy & Personal Growth

Mental Health Stigma: The Quiet Messages You Might Still Believe

Christina / May 19, 2025

May is Mental Health Awareness Month—and while conversations around mental health and therapy have grown, mental health stigma and shame

Therapy & Personal Growth, Uncategorized

Mental Health Is Health: Why You Don’t Need to Be in Crisis to Get Support

Christina / May 12, 2025

Part 1 in a Mental Health Awareness Month Series May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and it’s the perfect time

Highly Sensitive & Empathic Living, Uncategorized

Pushing Through vs. Tuning In: Nervous System Self-Care

Christina / April 28, 2025

Do you ever push yourself to finish something—even when your nervous system is clearly asking for a break? Nervous system

Therapy & Personal Growth

What Is a Therapy Intensive? And Why You Might Want One

Christina / April 21, 2025

Have you ever left a therapy session feeling like you were just starting to open up—like you’d finally hit something

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    • Therapy for Perfectionists & High Achievers
    • Therapy for Highly Sensitive People, Empaths & Intuitives
    • Small Group Opportunity | Regulate and Restore
    • Walk and Talk Therapy
  • Modalities
    • Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy
    • Brainspotting Therapy
    • Hakomi Therapy
    • Polyvagal-Informed Therapy
    • Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Therapy
    • Psych-K®
    • Intuitive Energy Healing
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