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On this page, I will be sharing some information, tools, and tidbits from my psychotherapy work with the hopes of enhancing your wellness goals! I know what it feels like to be different and look different and my hope is that this page builds a community for all, especially for those who feel out of place.

09/30/2025

Ughhh, October, be good to me ♥️

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09/26/2025

The month going into my birthday month 😭, has me allll the way in the feeeeeels.

Sharing with you so much of what I keep writing in my notes, ♥️.

Let me know if any resonates OR, if any surprised you?

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09/25/2025

Yessss I’m still up 👀, I was up reading a book by and honestly, it inspired so much of this post for me.

Ughhh, learning from other BIPOC social workers/ psychotherapist is sooooo important.

Despite how well you know something, hearing someone else say it in a different way, that just .. makes you see the same thing differently ugh 😭♥️.

If you don’t follow her, RUNNNN, don’t walk.

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09/23/2025

I rarely talk about age here. 🫢.
And when I do, it’s usually from a place of wrestling with where I’m at, where I thought I’d be, and the gap in between.

I don’t know if life looks the way I wanted it to 🤷🏽‍♀️ . But these thirties have shown me things I couldn’t have seen before. They’ve taught me in ways I didn’t sign up for, but maybe needed. 💛

As my birthday creeps in 👀, yes I’m an October baby, I’ve been reflecting, questioning, and scribbling in my journal. Here are some of those notes, sharing them with you.

Let me know if any of these truths land with you.

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09/22/2025

☝🏾 More than a handful of times in a week someone will DM/email, message me to say, “If I could just pick your brain for an hour…” regarding therapy, life support, wisdom etc.

The truth is, therapy isn’t a list of quick answers. But 🤷🏽‍♀️ , there are patterns I see over and over again in my clients, in my community, and even in myself.

So if you’ve ever wondered what I’d tell you, here it is: I put together 7 things I’ve learned that might just shift the way you see yourself, your family, and your healing.

Save this. Send it to a friend. And remember: insight is free, but doing the work ouuuufff, thissss is where the real change happens.

For more support with this, 💛
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09/19/2025

You thought you’d never survive without them.

But you did. You are. 🤷🏽‍♀️.

That’s the power of grief and healing, it shows you how much you can carry, even when you swore you couldn’t.

💭 Tag someone who needs this reminder.
💌 Save this for the days you feel like you can’t go on.
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09/18/2025

EVERY SESSION OF MINE, at some point requires we discuss this. ☝🏾

Immigrant kids carry lessons we never chose. Silence. Sacrifice. Perfection. Over Extending. Over Compensation .

Sure. Ok! Fine. They kept us safe in childhood, but, noooo way, in adulthood is any of that sustainable. They keep us stuck.

And what I say always is:

Healing doesn’t dishonour our families.
It honours us.
It honours the future we’re building.
It honours YOU, most importantly, first and foremost.

💭 tell me? Which one of these slides hit you hardest?
💌 Share this with another child of immigrants who needs to see it.
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ps shout out for this idea!

09/16/2025

Simple but super important post, ‼️ I am so exhausted of a culture that glorifies ‘being strong’ as though for some of us we had a choice to be different.

I spent so many years of life WORKING SO HARD, to realize I have no days left just to rest from THAT HARD WORK. Howwwww!

One of the things I try to do with clients is remind them: YOU ARE NOT A MACHINE, nothing is natural about how we are made to work as much as we do.

Human beings need rest, and without it, sufficient rest; we get sick. As always, a friendly reminder to myself first. ☝🏾.

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09/12/2025

Every marriage is different 🤷🏽‍♀️ . What feels normal in ours might feel unfamiliar in others.

In a lot of Brown homes, love was quiet, sacrifice was assumed, and space wasn’t safe. Building something new means unlearning and choosing what actually helps us grow.

Here are five things we’ve made normal in our marriage. Maybe you’ll recognize some in your own too.

🧡 If this resonates, share it with someone who needs it, and join the newsletter for more reflections. Link in bio.

09/11/2025

We don’t talk about it enough. And so much of it soo hush hush, where we know people who struggle with this, but we do or say nothing of benefits.

And when we do, it’s usually after something’s already broken, or too late. 😞

And the reality I wish we discussed more was that, hey? Some people aren’t trying to end their life. They’re trying to end the pain that’s made life feel unbearable. Life can be SOOOOO HARD.

Faith doesn’t erase pain, it doesn’t. As for culture; it shouldn’t shame it. And seeking help, I cannoooot say this enough IY IS NOT A weakness, really..it’s mercy.

If this spoke to you, sign up for my newsletter, link in bio. It’s where I say the things we’re all carrying.

And if you need more support or know someone who does: 💛.

09/10/2025

We were raised in households where obedience was love.
But obedience without safety is fear. 😞.

And that fear doesn’t go away over night, just because you grow up.

What I tell my clients, all the time is: your parents gave you life, yes, but God gave you a soul. A self. A purpose. And you have every right to honour that. ♥️

You don’t owe your parents your entire life. But you do owe yourself healing, wholeness, and the space to live without guilt.

For more reflections like this, real, raw, rooted | newsletter link in bio.

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09/09/2025

One of the most heartbreaking aspects of our cultures, especially as BIPOC folk, is how, we were talk how to endure, more than we were taught to talk.

Talking was always equated to being ungrateful or just someone who has too many feelings, and is wasting time.

Then had us say, “am I overreacting, maybe I should just be grateful, ugh whats the point of even saying anything”

Who does your silent benefit, and why is our pain and the suppressing of it policed by the comfort of other people ( questions I ask my clients all the time ).

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