CBT with Brie

06/16/2025

If you're interested in growing as a person and deepening your relationships with time, then endeavour to embrace confrontation, feedback, caring criticism is a gift. It takes a lot of love and courage to tell someone something senstive and potentially painful, so trust that those saying uncomfortable things care about you & their relationship with you. You don't need to internalize it or personalize it - just listen with an open heart, avoid defensiveness, and see where that takes you 💗

Conflict isn't the adversary of connection. Fear of confrontation is. (-from my book, 'Hearticulations')

05/19/2025

PMDD = PreMenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, a severe & debilitating set of symptoms occurring between ovulation and menstruation. I have been consciously managing my PMDD since 2019. This condition was not recognized or diagnosed in the medical field until 2017 (which is appalling). If you or someone you love tends to experience mental, emotional, and relational dysfunction cyclically, PMDD may help to explain it. Please DM me if you would like 1-1 support in better understanding your experience and needs, and to build awareness, structure, and action steps toward managing these symptoms.

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder, or PMDD, is a severe form of premenstrual syndrome that includes intense anxiety, depression, and feelings of shame. It affe...

04/16/2025

CBT isn’t just a buzzword—it’s backed by decades of research. 🧠💫

From reducing anxiety and perfectionism to helping you manage stress more skillfully, the CBT methodology I use in my course and 1-1 combines the best of mindfulness and cognitive science.
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You don’t need to make drastic shifts to experience the benefits. CBT meets you where you are. Small shifts = big changes.
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📚 Want the receipts?
🧪 Kuyken et al., 2014 (The Lancet)
🧠 Hölzel et al., 2011 (Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience)
🧬 Farb et al., 2007 (Emotion)
🌀 Egan et al., 2014 (Clinical Psychology Review)
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👀 Curious to go deeper? Join the waitlist in bio or DM me!
Comment "CBT" for a free worksheet to help you break free from rumination.

04/04/2025

Do you ever find yourself caught in an endless loop of overthinking? 😵‍💫 It's like scrolling inside your head, and can be just as addictive.

Neurodivergent & depressive folks are especially vulnerable to rumination because of it's dopaminergic effects.

It's normal to reflect, but rumination left unchecked can drain your energy, steal your time, and trap you in maladaptive patterns.

So I put together a CBT worksheet today to help you gently break out of rumination & get back to living in the present.

Comment "CBT" if you want to learn:
✅ How to recognize rumination patterns
✅ How to challenge unhelpful thoughts
✅ How to shift your focus
✅ How to ground yourself in the present

Small changes can make a big difference.
All you need to do is comment "CBT" 😘

Share your thoughts in the comments, save this post for later, and send it to someone who might need it! 💙

09/23/2024

Can you relate?

When you are not adequately intellectually stimulated (and/or not adequately emotionally supported), you will go in on yourself (or your relationships) as a problem to be solved.

**You are not a problem to be solved and neither are your relationships (most of the time).**
(burnout recovery guidelines in the comments)

When I released my course Perfectly Human last spring (after 5 years of researching, creating, and testing mental health methodology & systems) I told myself that my brain deserved a break...

I stopped taking classes and courses, and focused instead on family, friends, festivals, and fun!
.. but much to my surpise...
(because that sounds great right?).. I am suffering for it!

Very often we are more compelled to commune with others than to study or create alone, so we allow relationships & social opportunities to distract us from working on personal things that we're deeply interested in (plus we end up masking which is exhausting)...

Then your mind devours itself and you end up here:

In the midst of ADHD masking burnout / major depression 🥲
✋️ Hi! Me too!

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE people. I get so much joy out of forging connections and building community. My interests lie in what most impacts & inspires people.

The paradox is that in order for a neurodivergent creative to do the things that uplift & inspire & bring people together, we need significant time alone in a hyperfocused flow state to feed our minds & keep us happy.

So what are you doing to feed your mind this fall?

** BURNOUT RECOVERY GUIDELINES in the comments **