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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.

01/02/2026

Is it ever too late to apologise?
No. It’s not.

But an apology has to be for the right reasons.
Not to get a certain response.
Not to be forgiven.
Not to ease your guilt or make the other person feel better for you.

A real apology is about accountability.

It’s about naming the impact of your behaviour and taking responsibility for it, even if the outcome isn’t what you hope for.
Some people will deeply appreciate the apology.
Some will listen… and still not forgive.
And that’s okay.

If your apology is genuine, and it’s coming from a place of personal growth, their reaction won’t stop you from offering it.
Because you’re not apologising to control the outcome.
You’re apologising to change the pattern.

Accountability, no matter how late it comes, is always a powerful first step.
It’s how we interrupt behaviours that hurt the people we care about.
And it’s how real change actually begins.

30/01/2026

Authenticity has been watered down into something comfortable.

Like being “real” means being nice, open and available no matter who you’re with.

Nope.
That’s bu****it.

Being authentic means your behaviour matches your values ...
even when it costs you approval.
Even when it changes how people experience you.

But here’s the part people miss:

Values and boundaries aren’t weapons.
They’re not excuses to avoid discomfort, dodge accountability, or treat people like s**t.

Real boundaries are about what you will do.
Not about controlling others to keep you comfortable.

Your values are yours to live by ...
not rules you hand out so other people manage your emotions for you.

Some people get your warmth because they respect your boundaries.
Others get your distance because they cross them.

Not because you’re inconsistent.
Because you’re self-respecting.

And if someone only likes you when you’re soft, agreeable and accommodating,
they don’t like the real you ... they like access.

Not everyone gets that.
And not everyone gets access.

Xoxo
Caitlyn - CMC Mindful Movement Studio

27/01/2026

There was a time I was quieter. Softer.
More accommodating.
Not because I lacked kindness…
but because I believed being kind meant sacrificing myself.

Now?
I honour my needs without letting guilt take over.
I don’t shrink to keep the peace.
I choose what feels sustainable, not just what feels acceptable.

That doesn’t make me hard or difficult.
It makes me more accountable ...
to myself, and to others.
And finally, on my own side.

Xoxo
Caitlyn - CMC Mindful Movement Studio

23/01/2026

We hear it all the time:
“They need to go to therapy.”
Or, “They’re in therapy, so at least they’re changing.”

That’s not actually how it works.

Therapy doesn’t fix you.
It doesn’t change you.
And it doesn’t do the work for you.

It offers tools.
Support.
Perspective.

And someone can be in therapy for years
without changing anything
if they’re not willing to look inward,
take responsibility,
or sit in discomfort.

Therapists don’t change people.
And you’re not broken.

Change happens when you choose to implement it.
When you practise things outside the room.
When you show up differently, again and again.

And here’s the part we forget to say enough:
if you’ve grown,
if things in your life have shifted,
if you’re responding instead of reacting ...
you deserve the credit.

Because the work was yours.
The effort was yours.
The courage was yours.

A therapist may offer the tools,
but you’re the one who picked them up.

That matters.

Caitlyn - CMC Mindful Movement Studio

22/01/2026

It is a beautiful thing that we now have language for emotional pain.
For experiences that once lived in silence, shame, or confusion.

But I want to gently challenge something I see happening a lot.

Not everything painful is trauma.

When every uncomfortable, heartbreaking, or difficult experience gets labelled as trauma, something subtle happens in the psyche ...
we begin to believe that everything that hurt us damaged us.

And that’s not always true.

Some experiences stretch you.
Some frustrate you.
Some shake you awake.
Some knock the wind out of you for a while.

But they don’t dismantle your ability to function, relate, love, or recover.

They show you where growth is needed ... not where you’re broken.

Two people can live through the exact same event.
One might integrate it in a way that builds perspective, empathy, or wisdom.
The other might develop protective patterns ... withdrawing, controlling, avoiding.

And even then… those responses aren’t “bad.”
They usually made sense at the time.
They just may no longer match who you’re becoming.

That’s why I’m careful before ever saying, “That must have been traumatic for you.”
Because I don’t know how your system processed it.
I don’t know what it built in you ... or what it asked you to outgrow.

Trauma isn’t defined by the event alone.
It’s defined by how your nervous system responded and whether it could adapt and integrate.

When we skip that part, we take away our own power ...
the power to choose how the story shapes us.

So yes, language matters.
But accuracy matters more.

Because some things are just hard.
And hard isn’t bad.

Hard is where capacity is built.
Hard is where resilience forms.
Hard is often where you realise you’re stronger than the story you were told about yourself.

Caitlyn - CMC Mindful Movement Studio

15/01/2026

There is no “RIGHT” way to PROCESS trauma.

Some people need to TALK it out and make it part of their STORY.
Some people need SILENCE, meditation, SOMATIC work, or to feel it in their BODY first.
Some people cope with DARK HUMOUR.
Some people never want to RETELL it again.

And NONE of that means they’re doing it WRONG.

We’re so quick to judge how others are “HANDLING” their trauma.
“If they joke about it, they HAVEN’T processed it.”
“If they don’t talk about it, they’re AVOIDING it.”

I call BU****IT on that.

Processing trauma looks DIFFERENT because PEOPLE are different.
What matters isn’t how it looks from the OUTSIDE
it’s whether the way you’re processing is SUPPORTING you,
and not CAUSING harm to yourself or the people you love.

Some people may feel UNCOMFORTABLE with your process ... and that’s okay.
If your PROCESS doesn’t look like someone else’s, that doesn’t make it INVALID.
It makes it HUMAN.

You don’t owe anyone a version of your process that looks the same as theirs 🤍

13/01/2026

Starting therapy can be SCARY.
And no one talks about that enough.

It’s okay if you freak out.
It’s okay if your nervous system goes “nope” for a bit.
It’s okay if you cancel, hesitate, or need a moment to breathe.

Nothing about that means you’re failing.
It means you’re human… and you’re stepping into something unfamiliar.

You don’t have to be brave the whole time.
You don’t have to be perfect.
You don’t have to have it all figured out.

You’re allowed to go slow.
You’re allowed to come back when you’re ready.
And you’re allowed to feel scared AND still show up.

If you’re freaking out ... you’re not doing it wrong.
You’re doing something vulnerable 💛

12/01/2026

Fully booked this week 🤍
If you’re needing an emergency session, please contact me directly and I’ll see what I can work in.

Taking a moment to celebrate this.
I spent a long time worrying my journey as an alternative therapist wasn’t working out… and here I am, fully booked.

We spend so much time dwelling on our failures that we forget to celebrate our wins.
Being your own biggest cheerleader matters.
Please remember to celebrate yours too ✨

Caitlyn - CMC Mindful Movement Studio
Xx

Ph: 0416 853 504
Email: cmc_mindful_movement@outlook.com

08/01/2026

We talk a lot about BOUNDARIES with other people.

Who we won’t tolerate.
What we won’t accept.
Where we draw the line.

But most of us have never been taught how to have boundaries with OURSELVES.

Instead, we SHAME ourselves for not feeling confident.
We CRITICISE ourselves for feeling insecure.
We tell ourselves we should be BETTER BY NOW… more healed, more embodied, more put together.

That isn’t GROWTH.
That’s INTERNALISED PRESSURE.

CONFIDENCE comes and goes.
It always has.

And psychologically, confidence isn’t the foundation anyway.
SELF-RESPECT is.

Self-respect isn’t loud.
It isn’t intense.
It isn’t something you just “TURN ON.”

It’s built through CONSISTENCY.
Through choosing KINDNESS over self-attack.
Through allowing LOW DAYS without making them mean something about your worth.

Some days you won’t feel POWERFUL.
Some days you won’t feel CONFIDENT.
Some days you won’t feel like saying F**K IT.

And that’s OKAY.

You don’t need to FAKE CONFIDENCE.
You don’t need to EARN anything back.

You are ENOUGH even when you feel LOW.

And that steady reminder of your WORTH
on the hard days, the quiet days, the ordinary days
that’s where the POWER actually lives.

In that small, steady BOUNDARY
you keep with YOURSELF.

30/12/2025

One of the hardest lessons I’ve learned is that pain doesn’t always come from the OBVIOUS SOURCES… it often comes from people you trusted, respected, or never thought would hurt you.

And when that happens, the pressure to “be mature,” “be understanding,” or “be the bigger person” can be SUFFOCATING.

Here’s something that doesn’t get said enough:
You are ALLOWED to be affected.
You are ALLOWED to feel resentment.
You are ALLOWED to admit something changed you.

What you’re not required to do is pretend it didn’t matter.

Resentment isn’t a character flaw… it’s often the result of being RUSHED, SILENCED, or expected to carry the weight quietly. It shows up when your experience wasn’t acknowledged and your pain was inconvenient.

The work isn’t pretending you’re fine.
The work is letting yourself be HONEST without letting pain turn you into someone you’re not.

And here’s the part we don’t talk about enough either:
Boundaries and self-growth aren’t meant to be used as ESCAPES.
Sometimes people use therapy language, “protecting their peace,” or “doing the work” to avoid ACCOUNTABILITY ... leaving others to carry pain they helped create.

That isn’t self-development.
That isn’t owning your part.
That’s AVOIDANCE dressed up as growth.

Not everyone deserves the SAME LEVEL OF ACCESS.
Not because they’re bad… but because YOU GET TO DECIDE, based on your values, your boundaries, and what you’re willing to carry.

And at the same time, deciding where someone sits in your life doesn’t mean abandoning DECENCY, RESPONSIBILITY, or CARE.

Not everyone who leaves your life is a loss…
but that doesn’t mean it won’t HURT.
And feeling that pain isn’t weakness, failure, or attachment gone wrong.

Sometimes people leaving is information.
Sometimes it’s grief.
Sometimes it’s both.

And you’re allowed to hold all of that
without hardening, closing off, or abandoning yourself.

Some people are lessons.
And some lessons are heavy…
but they don’t get to take your SOFTNESS with them.

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

Address

4B 138 George Street
Rockhampton, QLD
4700

Telephone

+61416853504

Website

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