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Your Therapist ✨
Caitlyn Collins – Alternative Therapist (B.Psych.Sci)
Trauma | Confidence | Intimacy | Relationships
Psychology-based alternative therapy for anyone finding themselves again.

19/12/2025

This year I learnt something BIG.

I don’t have to be UNIQUE.
I don’t have to find the ONE THING that makes me different.
In LIFE. In BUSINESS. In any of it.

I just have to show up as ME.

AUTHENTICITY isn’t a fixed version of myself.
It’s not a BRAND. It’s not a MOOD. It’s not something I “figure out” and lock in.

It’s EVER-CHANGING.
Some days I feel CONFIDENT, ALIVE, BUBBLY.
Other days I feel FLAT, TIRED, AGITATED, QUIET.

And all of those versions are still ME.
That’s what being HUMAN looks like.

AUTHENTICITY, for me, is letting my HUMANNESS be seen
not giving the world a CURATED VERSION,
but allowing myself to exist as I am, DAY BY DAY.

And honestly… that’s been the most FREEING lesson of all 🤍

13/12/2025

Question the fear. You might find freedom on the other side.
Xx

THE PART OF MY FITNESS JOURNEY I NEVER EXPECTED?!Many of us don’t grow up learning confidencewe grow up learning FEAR.Fe...
13/12/2025

THE PART OF MY FITNESS JOURNEY I NEVER EXPECTED?!

Many of us don’t grow up learning confidence
we grow up learning FEAR.

Fear of the dark.
Fear of strangers.
Fear of being alone.
Fear that if something happens, somehow, it’ll be our fault.

Girls are taught to shrink, to apologise, to adjust behaviour so they don’t “ask for it.”
And then there are the subtle, underhanded messages:
“Well, what was she doing that for?”
“That was silly of them.”
Blame always shifts to the victim instead of the person who caused harm.

Life confirms those fears.
Small events, moments that cement fear into our nervous system.
Simple acts … walking, running, existing … can feel risky when the brain keeps showing proof that danger is everywhere.

Fitness doesn’t just change your body.
Running gives clarity.
Lifting gives power.
Together, they force you to meet yourself … the scared parts, the conditioned parts, the parts that think danger is hiding around every corner.

And one morning, you realise:
You aren’t scared anymore.

Not frozen.
Not bracing.
Not apologising for existing.

Just… walking. Breathing. Existing.

And the most important part?

You can handle yourself.
And if something ever happens,
it would NEVER be because of your clothes, where you walked, or who you are.

The conditioning that told you otherwise?
It’s FU**ED.

Strength doesn’t just change your body.
It rewires your nervous system.
It changes your relationship with fear.
It gives you a kind of FREEDOM you never thought possible.

11/12/2025

I don’t want to give them credit.
I don’t want to admit they shaped anything in me.
But without their COLDNESS, I wouldn’t have found this level of CLARITY.

They weren’t gentle teachers
they were the DISTANCE, the EMOTIONALLY UNAVAILABLE, the SILENCE that made everything loud.
They were the discomfort that exposed the parts of me that tried to EARN what should’ve been GIVEN.
The patterns I kept calling “connection” when it was really SELF BETRAYAL.

They revealed the version of me who tolerated too much,
explained herself too often,
and kept trying to turn red flags into “potential.”

And here’s the truth I hate admitting:
they didn’t BUILD me
they showed me where I’d been BUILDING MYSELF around the wrong people.
They didn’t STRENGTHEN me
they exposed every place I lacked BOUNDARIES.

They were the REALITY CHECK I didn’t ask for,
the WAKE UP CALL I kept ignoring,
the SHIFT that snapped me out of who I used to be.

So yes… I’ll give CREDIT where it’s due.
Not because they deserved it
but because without that version of them,
I never would’ve become this version of me.

Reluctant credit.
Sharper vision.
Higher standards.
A self I’m finally PROTECTING.

06/12/2025

This is why I get up at 4am ... 💞🌊⛅🌅

Emotional regulation, emotional capacity is OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD, CONFUSED, OR TWISTED to suit certain narratives.It’s co...
28/11/2025

Emotional regulation, emotional capacity is OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD, CONFUSED, OR TWISTED to suit certain narratives.

It’s commonly mistaken for SHUTTING DOWN, staying quiet, or SWALLOWING YOUR FEELINGS just to get through a conversation.

But regulation is actually the OPPOSITE.

It’s FEELING your emotions fully, understanding WHY they’re there, and recognising that they belong to YOU, not automatically to the person in front of you.

Your feelings are VALID.
They are also your RESPONSIBILITY.

Needing someone else to AGREE, comply, or change their stance so you can feel okay is NOT VALIDATION, it’s EMOTIONAL OUTSOURCING.

VALIDATION is being SEEN AND UNDERSTOOD.
AGREEMENT is optional.

When emotions aren’t regulated, DISAGREEMENT FEELS UNSAFE and difference feels like rejection. That’s when BLAME shows up and CONNECTION starts to break down.

Healthy relationships aren’t built on CONSTANT AGREEMENT.
They’re built on REGULATION, RESPONSIBILITY, AND RESPECT.

That’s what allows two people to stay connected, even when they don’t see things the same way.

And that… is REAL EMOTIONAL CAPACITY.

25/11/2025

People love the aesthetic of the “STRONG INDEPENDENT WOMAN who just walks away silently.”
But real independence?
It looks DIFFERENT on every woman.

Some speak softly.
Some speak directly.
Some speak loudly.
But all of them COMMUNICATE.

Independent women aren’t confusing ... they usually tell you exactly what they want if you actually LISTEN.

And here’s the truth:

✨ She doesn’t need flowers… but she expects INTENTIONAL EFFORT.
✨ She doesn’t need help financially… but she expects a partner who BRINGS SOMETHING TO THE TABLE.
✨ She doesn’t need a provider… but she expects DRIVE, AMBITION, and FOLLOW-THROUGH.
✨ She doesn’t need a label… but she expects RESPECT ... NO MATTER THE DYNAMIC.

This isn’t “TOO MUCH.”
This isn’t “DEMANDING.”
This is ADULT EMOTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

If her expectations make someone uncomfortable, it’s usually because they benefit from women staying QUIET.

Independent women don’t stay quiet.
They EXPRESS their needs.
They HOLD STANDARDS.
They don’t apologise for requiring MATURITY, EFFORT, and EMOTIONAL CAPACITY.

She doesn’t need anyone.
But she’s absolutely allowed to expect BETTER from everyone she lets close.

⬇️
**I’m not speaking for every woman, and not everyone will relate to all or everything here ... because all women are different, and that’s what makes the world so beautiful.**

18/11/2025

We love to compare whose industry is the hardest,
but most of the time…
it’s not about the industry at all.

It’s about adult development and whether you’re fused with your role.

In developmental psychology, we call this subject–object development.
When you’re subject to something, you’re so inside it
that your nervous system reacts as if you are the thing under threat.

Being subject to your role sounds like:
✨ “My job is stressful, so I am failing.”
✨ “If work is chaotic, I am chaotic.”
✨ “If I’m burnt out, that must mean I am weak.”

You’re not responding as a whole, grounded person …
you’re responding as the role itself.

When development kicks in and that role becomes object,
everything changes.

You can finally say:
“This is what I’m navigating, not who I am.”

That shift creates:
• emotional space
• more capacity
• clearer boundaries
• and a sense of self that doesn’t crumble with your workload

It’s not easy work … but it’s life-changing work.

Every job is heavy in its own way.
Every field carries pressure.
But no career should cost you your identity.

You deserve to hold your life
without collapsing into every demand placed on you.

And that’s the gift of development, the gift of capacity:
not a lighter load,
but a stronger internal structure
that keeps you intact while you carry it.

15/11/2025

There is so much beauty in failure...
Xx

14/11/2025

Let’s be real.
There’s ANOTHER SIDE to kindness.

In my last post, I talked about KINDNESS as a VALUE … something you give because it reflects YOU, not because someone deserves it.

That little spark of satisfaction when you treat someone with kindness and you know they know they’ve done you wrong.
That quiet confidence when your calm says everything.
That moment of power that feels a little… cheeky.

This side doesn’t lead … but it EXISTS.
It’s not revenge, it’s RECLAMATION.
It’s the part of you that whispers, “You didn’t break me.”

We all have that side.
The one that isn’t trying to be “good,” just trying to stay strong.
And we need it. Because it’s the part that picks us up and pushes us forward when life knocks us down.

But here’s the work … being AWARE of it.
Knowing when it helps you RISE, and when it starts to HURT you or others.

You don’t need to erase it.
You just need to understand it.

Because TRUE ACCEPTANCE isn’t about being PURE.
It’s about seeing the WHOLE picture.

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Rockhampton, QLD
4700

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