At The Branch Counseling I help people who want to take control of their life and feel better. Welcome to the Branch Counseling. I’m Kelly Ayala Licensed Professional Counselor specializing in individual therapy with treatment focus in anxiety, perfectionism, people pleasing, depression, self-doubt, co-dependency, T1D & T2D, autoimmune disorders and overall wellness.
Operating as usual
Autoimmune Win 🏆
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At the age of 29 I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease. I would have never thought 10 years later I would be diagnosed with Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adulthood, LADA for short, a subsection of type 1 diabetes
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The ride has been a surprise around every corner. A life with an autoimmune condition is a life with constant uncertainty. Keeps an activated nervous system in tip top condition 😉
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In the spirit of Mental Health Awareness month, taking care of my physical health is absolutely a support to healthy mental health. So, today I got my @omnipod
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I’m so excited to be able to stop multiple daily injections, have more blood glucose and insulin control and hopefully allow my nervous system some rest
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Thank you all who have supported this journey including my husband & family, therapist, great friends and the medical team @utswmed Dr.Abreu, Nancy, and everyone at the Endocrine Subspecialties Clinic. Today we celebrate 💚
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The reality of Mother’s Day is that it’s all not celebrated the same way
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For me Mother’s Day has traditionally been a complicated experience. And when my mom died when I was 24 it really shed a new light on how mother’s days are celebrated
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Being a middle aged woman with no children of my own has also illuminated the interesting intricacies of Mother’s Day. I generally try to avoid going out in public on Mother’s Day as its so awkward to get the “Happy Mother’s Day” wishes from strangers. Not sure what to do them but I accept the loving wishes with gratitude
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I am so appreciative of my own mother, my wonderful girlfriends who show up for me like a mother and most importantly my own inner mother who loves me unconditionally
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Today I hold space for all the experiences. All my love 💚
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Take a look at what I have been up to.
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I had the pleasure of meeting @color_by_cris at a retreat we went on last summer. Before I met her I had not had my hair attended to in YEARS. I trust her and the other colorist and stylist @hattie.m.wariner at Scene immensely. You want to know why? Because Cris has created a Solon that focus on the Client by caring for the staff. If you are a colorist, stylist wanting a positive working environment, supporting continued learning and personal wellness Scene salon is where it’s at. Thanks for all you do in supporting my self care.
Someone was ready for online learning tonight 💚. @dallasyogacenter
You are worthy PERIOD ♥️
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Worthiness is a birthright. Simply because you are alive is the only evidence needed to validate that YOU ARE WORTHY
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At a young age we begin to attach our worthiness based on the attachments that are created with our caregivers. Their praise and feedback of our accomplishments validates our existence and we develop a false belief that our worthiness lies in others hands
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The problem is our little bodies aren’t able to take into to account the trauma, pain and unprocessed wounds that impact our caregivers ability to demonstrate the full range of openness and love toward us.
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Their struggle to understand you, see your pain, respond with compassion and kindness IS NOT YOUR FULT and has no meaning or ties to your worth
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Lean how to break though these conditioned patterns and develop a loving relationship with yourself
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You’re WORTH it 💚
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📣 Accepting new clients 📣
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I’m happy to announce that The Branch Counseling has some extended availability and is accepting new clients
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In person 🤗 and teleHealth 💚
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There is nothing better then a face to face session. Let’s crush those wellness goals and get you back on that rockstar road
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💥 Anxiety 💥
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And the worst part is now I’m realizing how all that avoiding has simultaneously squashed my authenticity 😩
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I’m learning to journey with self compassion because I was I my doing the best I could with what I had, we all do. We are resilient
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So much to stress about but today I am choosing to direct my attention to present moment awareness 💚
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I have the blessing to be exploring the PNW this weekend. Here is a sculpture garden at the Hiram Chitteden Ballard Lochs that has me swimming upstream with inspiration, just like the Salmon
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What sparks your curiosity? Looking for a space to explore. Come join a virtual mediation with me for FREE March 20th. Sign up @kayawellnessbykelly
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Check our my story to see my virtual office refresh.
📣 WELLNESS EVENT ALERT 🚨
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Get that 2022 vision in action with my girls @modernalchemy_dallas @yvonnefutchreiki 👯♀️
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It’s all about setting intention and these girls know how to support your journey mind 💭 body 🧘♀️ and soul 💚
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Spots are limited so make sure to save your seat for this fabulous experience 💫
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🙏🏼 Thank you for courage to stand up when the world wanted to push you down
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Honoring your pioneering civil rights activism and work illuminating racial inequality
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Work I stand with, by and want to protect for generations to come. Work to still be done.
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All my love 🖤
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I struggle with consistency and I always thought it was because I was easily bored. When I allowed myself to embody my boredom I notice that I’m not bored but uncomfortable 🥴
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Ok discomfort I see you now. But I want you know it’s ok. I can take care of us. We can try new things and change up old patterns so we can move into our authenticity together
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All my love 💚
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My body is absolutely perfect the way it is
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Is a belief I am radically accepting because I don’t have the capacity to absorb self inflicted wounds
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Sometimes…..
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Walking away is love
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Distance is love
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Always, choosing to care for you is love
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This space is designed for healing
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Enjoy my brief tour of The Branch Counseling. You can find it in my saved stories “Office”
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Come for a visit sometime
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It’s not how far you get. It’s how you feel while going
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In the beginning my yoga practice was a path of ascension. To be better than what I was. This thinking required me to abandon myself and strive to be an idea of what I “should” be
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What I have come to learn (which is a journey all of its own) is that I am already enough. How I move is enough. How far I go is enough
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The intention now is to be with all of me. To show up for me. To listen to me. Because no one will ever care for me the way I need better than me
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So when I practice yoga or any movement, I bring awareness to how I feel. I move for me, not how I should move or to please others but how my body asks me to move.
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All my love from a recovering ❤️🩹 collegiate athlete
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I give thanks 🙏🏼. Thank you panchamama for the trees. Thank you clients for allowing me to serve you. Thank you friends for your support . Thank you family for your love. Thank you Kelly for embarking on your self healing ❤️🩹 journey.
Im trying to hard. I can tell because stress invades my body. For me trying is an attempt to force or push. Tonight I’m listening to great spirit as she guides me to inner peace. This is her message. All my love 💕.
Sundays are for sleep puppies and self care. Happy Sunday
Friend, Foe, Frenemy?
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How would I describe the relationship I have with pain? Before I started a self healing journey I would have replied with, “it’s complicated”
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Jump forward to my future self and now I can confidently tell you that my relationship with pain is friendly. Not BFF but friendly, we acknowledge one another and have a conscious relationship. So no more avoiding, minimizing and icing out pain
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Because the truth is pain is a part of my human experience and avoiding, minimizing and pretending it’s not real is essentially denying a part of myself
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If I truly want to learn how to love myself and have a happy life. I have to be open to seeing all parts 💕
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