The Psych Atelier

28/08/2025

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28/08/2025

Uncertainty can be scary, but if you want to create a life you love, being brave enough to face the unknown is often required! 🖌️

24/08/2025

24/08/2025

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 🌿

Don’t forget to slow down and give yourself the gift of rest this weekend. A simple walk in the park, feeling the sun on your skin, and connecting with nature can uplift your mood and strengthen your body. 🌞🌿

Research shows that sunlight and time outdoors help support well-being and physical health. Take this as your sign to pause, step outside, and recharge—you deserve it. 💚

24/08/2025

You find beauty in ordinary things. Do not lose this ability.

- Old Soul

23/08/2025

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁?

Research shows that not all daydreams fuel creativity—only certain types do! ✨

💭 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 inspire daily creativity.
💭 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 boost imagination and creative writing.
💭 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲-𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 can drive everyday creative actions.

So next time your mind drifts, notice where it goes—it might be the start of something creative.

𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲:
Zedelius, C. M., Protzko, J., Broadway, J. M., & Schooler, J. W. (2021). What types of Daydreaming Predict Creativity? Laboratory and Experience Sampling Evidence. Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts, 15(4), 596–611. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000342

23/08/2025

22/08/2025

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱!

Even if August isn’t over yet, it’s never too early to prioritize your well-being. 💚

MS Pineda Psychology – Consultancy and Services Center is opening September Weekend Appointment Slots for early booking.

✨We offer:
𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 – professional guidance for mental health concerns, emotional well-being, and coping strategies.
𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆 – for children, teens, and adults to support healing, growth, and personal well-being.
𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆 – helping partners improve communication, resolve conflicts, and strengthening relationships (evaluation provided as needed).
𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆 – helping families cultivate harmony, understanding, and healthier family dynamics (evaluation provided as needed).

💡 All individual services include a psychological evaluation and a personalized treatment plan tailored to your unique goals and needs.

📅 Weekend slots are limited – book early to secure your preferred schedule!
📍 MS Pineda Psychology – Consultancy and Services Center
📲 Message us today to reserve your slot.

✨𝘽𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣 𝙎𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜—𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡-𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜.

22/08/2025

If you were raised in environments without consistent attunement, safety, warmth, structure, boundaries, or support,
then you adapted.
You likely figured out how to manage on the day-to-day without these relational needs, in order to keep functioning.

In cases like this, children can be amazingly adaptive;
they figure out what they need to do to maintain connection, because connection = survival. Maintaining connection can look like having no needs, being the comedic relief,
becoming a parent's confidant or best friend, being the golden child, or the scapegoat to protect others, among other things.

It often means feeling comfortable in chaos, knowing how to calm the storm or handle a crisis,
but not knowing what to do when things feel good.
It often means hiding parts of yourself to take care of other people, or to avoid getting close to them altogether.
It might mean not knowing how to receive or be on the receiving end of care, or that you always find yourself in relationships with folks who don't know how to reciprocate.

These people often keep themselves busy or find ways to keep drama alive —
because they don't know what it looks like to simply enjoy moments of peace, especially with other people.

They often struggle with taking care of their emotional, mental, and physical needs in ways that really nourish and keep them in alignment with themselves when they're adults,
though avoidance and numbing are common coping mechanisms.

Cycle breaking does mean breaking cycles of chaos, criticism, and scarcity,
but it also includes re-learning how to let yourself play, laugh, rest, and create —
without guilt or fear that the good will be taken away.

It means letting people see, hold, and help you, too.
Because you are not here as an agent of chaos.
It's not your job to fix others or keep the world together.
You get to rest, play, and receive, too.
Though it often takes time, practice, and support to rewire your nervous system to truly believe & embrace this new truth.

If you're working on letting yourself receive joy and support, the Cycle Breakers 12 month program begins September 2nd.
Only a couple of spots left!
https://theeqschool.co/cycle-breakers

22/08/2025

In the same way that other peoples' behavior is about them...your responses to the world are about you.

So if you want to break the patterns of continued emotional turmoil, you have to start with learning how to check in with you.

Which is why it's important to take a step back regularly to check in take a look at how your "stuff" is impacting your current worldview.

To see where old pain is being projected onto new people & events.

To take inventory of the things and people that really give you energy, and the ones that aren't working for you anymore (and where you need to set some energetic or overt boundaries).

To see how the stories you're telling yourself about who you are and how the world works are impacting you.

To recognize when you're feeling more reactive than usual, and pause to address the deeper needs that aren't being met, or the places that need some rest and care.

And to be aware of when you're feeling calmer, more generous, and happier than usual and to be able to notice what that feels like and what contributes to that state for YOU, so that you can bring it into your life more readily.

For many, we've been taught to disconnect from our own bodies & intuition from a young age, and so we struggle with this kind of self-reflection and self-awareness.
But it's never too late to come back to yourself; to start tuning in to your own body so that you can begin making choices that help you feel more regulated, connected, motivated, and alive.

This reflective process often takes years to figure out when we're doing it on our own, but the 12 month Cycle Breakers program provides a structure in a small group, supportive atmosphere that allows you to start a practice for safely reconnecting with yourself, seeing what gives you energy, setting necessary boundaries, and opening yourself to blindspots. Then learning to start walking toward/creating the life that feels most in alignment with you.
We begin Sept 2, but registration ends August 29 — only a few spots left.
https://theeqschool.co/cycle-breakers

21/08/2025

🌞 𝗔 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿

Gratitude doesn’t erase struggles, but it helps you notice the small moments of light 🌿— a smile, a kind word, a breath of calm.

Hold on to those little things. They add up. 💛