We praise the athlete who’s mentally tough. Who locks in and delivers under pressure. Who rebounds from failure and keeps chasing the win. And yes-mental performance coaching can help with that. Visualization, focus, goal setting, learning how to stay composed in high-stakes moments. It’s powerful. But it’s not everything. There’s another kind of struggle many […]
There’s a silence that follows an injury. Sometimes it’s immediate – shock in the moment, a gasp from the sidelines, a coach crouching next to you while the trainer rushes over. Other times it creeps in slowly. A nagging pain that turns into something more. A scan. A second opinion. And then the words: “You’re […]
I recently read an article that made me feel very seen – in a slightly uncomfortable, “okay, wow, calm down” kind of way. It was about how stress hijacks our ability to be productive. And while it was aimed at professionals in general, I couldn’t stop thinking about how closely it mirrors what I see […]
Let’s just say it: life doesn’t come with a manual. Not one that actually works, anyway. We might get advice. We might get expectations. We might get Instagram highlight reels. But most of us are out here learning as we go – trying our best, messing things up, figuring it out, and then trying again. […]
Remember 2020? When the world shut down, and suddenly we had no choice but to see what had always been there? We saw the pressure working women carry – laid bare. We saw the unpaid labor, the juggling act, the mental load. We saw how women were leaving the workforce in staggering numbers, not because […]
There was a time in my life, early into parenthood, that I found myself at the mercy of this new identity as “mom.” I was grasping for a better understanding of what I was feeling and experiencing and I stumbled upon a blog post that ended up being one of the most validating pieces of […]
Of all the people I expected to offer me life advice that would stop me mid-scroll, it was not Billy Joel. And yet – there I was. Standing in my kitchen, half-caffeinated, doing five things at once, when Vienna came on. And suddenly, Billy Joel was speaking directly to my inner overachiever like some kind […]
Self-esteem affects us in many ways throughout our lives. It is that feeling of self-worth that we as individuals place upon ourselves. It is highly subjective, based on how we feel about ourselves, more than our actual skills or abilities in any area. We can see it as a result of our level of self-acceptance […]
Life gets noisy. Obligations stack up. You start moving on autopilot and realize you’re drifting. Purpose isn’t a lightning bolt… it’s a steady lamp you learn to carry. This post gives you a simple, therapist-informed way to find it again. What we mean by “purpose” Purpose is not a perfect plan. It’s a working direction […]
Your subconscious mind is an incredibly powerful part of your mental makeup. It influences your thoughts, behaviors, emotions, and even your physical well-being. It operates beneath the level of conscious awareness, processing and storing vast amounts of information while shaping your reality based on past experiences, beliefs, and conditioning. Your subconscious mind also stores your […]
