Therapy Blog
Thoughts from a therapist on anxiety, trauma, embodied living, and mental health
When The Holidays Feel Emotionally Complicated
Why time with family can trigger old patterns The holidays often come with an unspoken emotional weight. Even when we genuinely want to connect, spending time with family can reopen old...
Perfect on the Outside, ADHD on the Inside
Ever catch yourself trying to get everything just right and wonder why it matters so much? What if it’s not really about being perfect, but about holding things together when life feels like too much? Many of my clients at Embodied Living Therapy describe...
When the Dots Haven’t Connected Yet: Trusting the Process in Trauma Therapy
If you’ve ever walked out of a trauma therapy session thinking: “I’m not sure if anything is coming together… I just feel like I’m all over the place.” You are not alone. In fact, this is both a common and important phase of deep healing work, especially in trauma and...
Perfectionism and Procrastination: Two Sides of the Same Coin
We often treat perfectionism and procrastination as opposing traits. One is about overachieving, the other about avoiding. One gets praised, the other judged. But in truth, these two patterns are not opposites at all. They are deeply interconnected and often emerge...
What Is the Fawn Response? Understanding People-Pleasing as a Trauma Response
Most of us have heard of the body’s stress responses: fight, flight, or freeze. These are the ways our nervous system reacts to danger or overwhelm, either by confronting it, escaping it, or shutting down. But there’s one more response that’s often misunderstood or...