Flourish_therapy

19/12/2025

15/12/2025

There are so many paths to healing and pursuing the full, flourishing life we want...and just because you're not experiencing that doesn't mean you're not on the right path.

Struggling isn't a sign of being wrong or even missing out on something, rather it's a very real part of the process of being in a human body, and experiencing human realities.

Let this be your reminder that you're not alone if you're walking through a painful part of your journey. May we all find the courage we need. 🤍

🌿Lauren + Luke Smallcomb

09/12/2025

This is an inevitability.

Feels relatable? Purchase "Golden Child" on Amazon today. 📖✨🤍

🌼Lauren Smallcomb

06/12/2025

It's hard to attune well to yourself when you are so diligently attuned to your partner (or parent, child, coworker, friend, ect...)

🌿Lauren + Luke Smallcomb

05/12/2025

04/12/2025

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🌿Luke + Lauren Smallcomb

03/12/2025

03/12/2025

Quote: Brené Brown

🌿 Luke + Lauren Smallcomb

28/11/2025

I watched Oprah’s podcast on ‘the rising Trend of going No Contact with your family’ last night. I thought it was a fair, respectful open discussion all round given the vastness of the topic and the limits of a 75 minute broadcast.

I really empathised with the people who were asked their reason for going No Contact with their parents. How do you condense multiple decades of invisible control and degradation into one sentence? The hospice nurse captured it powerfully by answering “it was a million cuts that bled me dry”.

The discussion concluded that the world is a very different place now. The era of unquestioned obedience, of ‘honour thy mother and father’ at any cost, and of allowing abuse to slide in the name of family is over. This echoes precisely what I wrote about in my article last week, ‘Time’s Up on Parents Who Abuse’.

There was no mention of the family scapegoat, and no open discussion of high-control abusive family systems that target one member. That’s the piece mainstream society is not quite ready to face, but we’re getting closer.

And in the near future, the mainstream will have no choice but to come out of denial about what is happening behind the closed doors of the family home: gang bullying, daily humiliation, smear campaigns, forced exile and how this obliterates a person’s sense of self.

27/11/2025

Oprah talks about estrangement with Nedra Tawwab

I'm on the latest episode of talking about estrangement.

Sharing my work with Oprah was a dream come true✨ I watched her show after school every weekday and kept the last episode on my DVR until the end of my relationship with cable. Perhaps watching The Oprah Show is where I caught the bug to become a therapist someday. I'm still on cloud 1000 from sharing my work with Oprah.

Family relationships can be complicated, and deciding to end or even stay in a challenging relationship is always a tough choice. Watch on YouTube and listen on your preferred podcast platform as we break down going no contact.

Episode: The Rising Trend of Going No Contact with Family

26/11/2025

Laura Patryas This is such a good visual to understand this.