Mary Schmidt-Luhring, LMHC

05/01/2026

Sometimes it be like this…

04/30/2026

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04/19/2026

1.2M likes, 53K comments. "Logic - 1-800-273-8255 (Live At The MTV VMAs / 2017) ft. Alessia Cara, Khalid"

04/15/2026

Amazing. Furthers what we teach in the therapy office: regulated parents help to provide regulation for their baby.

🧠💛 A Beautiful Glimpse Into a Mother’s Love

A neuroscientist, Rebecca Saxe, set out to capture something truly special—motherhood, not through words or photos, but through the quiet language of the brain.

This wasn’t just a scientific study.
It was something deeply personal… a way to reveal the invisible bond between a mother and her child.

But bringing this idea to life wasn’t easy. MRI machines aren’t built for two people at once. It took months of careful planning, adjustments, and patience to make this moment possible.

There was one final challenge:
For the scan to work, both mother and baby needed to stay completely still for two full minutes.

And then… something beautiful happened.

The baby gently fell asleep in his mother’s arms.

What the scan revealed was nothing short of breathtaking.

It showed that closeness isn’t just something we feel—it’s something our bodies understand. The brains of the mother and child were moving in harmony. When one relaxed, the other responded instantly, as if they were quietly connected in ways we can’t see.

This is the science of love.
Not just emotion… but connection at the deepest level.

Our minds don’t just experience love—
they align with it.
They sync with the people who mean the most to us.

And in that peaceful moment inside the machine, science captured something we’ve always known in our hearts…
that love, especially a mother’s love, is truly one of the strongest connections in the world. 💛✨

04/04/2026

Memorial Day is meant to remember all who have given their life for our country and our freedoms.

Lest we forget…may we remember all—here’s a clip of a woman who served from the “forgotten generation”

03/10/2026

What a mystery

03/09/2026

A visual for the power of breaking the cycle

02/27/2026

02/22/2026

I read that AI will replace my career choice by 2030….

02/12/2026

Sometimes this is exactly what anxiety looks like….please don’t spend 80 years ruminating….consider reaching out, we [counselors] have skills to help with this line of thought

01/24/2026