When was the last time you let yourself feel proud of you? It's a parenting hack I've read a lot lately: "Before you tell your kids that you're proud of them, ask if they are proud of themselves to build an internal sense of validation." However, what I'm not reading a lot of is the adult life hack: "Ask yourself if you are proud of your work to reinforce an internal sense of validation." When you put effort into something, even if it doesn't pan out exactly the way you wante

Happy Monday! This is your weekly reminder to take a few moments to slow down and breathe. Watch a clock, inhale for 5 seconds, hold for 3 seconds, and exhale for 5 seconds. Repeat 3-5 times, and (this part is important!) remind yourself that you've got this. Now, go take on the week! 🙌 #mentalhealthmatters #breathe #lego #humor #feelgood #therapy #mentalhealthmemes #counselingrocks

In case you weren't sure, here's your reminder: you are a unique and important being. Sometimes, we hear this as a sing-song platitude: "You're such a beautiful, special flower in life's garden!" And that enables us to brush off the message. Real talk: You ARE a beautiful, special flower, and you have something real and meaningful to contribute to this world. Hold space for that today. 🌻🌺🪻 Bonus points if you read this in a Clone Trooper's voice #therapy #mentalhealthmatte

Do you ever feel like no one gets you? We are CONSTANTLY communicating with others via text, voice, email, X (formerly known as Twitter), Facebook, IG, Threads, TikTok, etc; yet we rarely feel seen, heard, understood. That looks a lot like smiling and telling the cashier we're "good," even if we were crying in the car before we hit the grocery store. That looks like telling our partner or family member we're "fine" even when they've hurt us. That looks like sending reels and