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Psychotherapy that helps stressed out people confidently show up for life on their own terms.

02/24/2026

If this feels familiar, you’re not alone friend ❤️ And this is exactly the kind of work Paige Konrad does every day.

This is the kind of family dynamic Paige specializes in supporting. She also offers evening appointments, making it easier to get the support you need without having to

✨rearrange your entire week✨

https://northernedgecounseling.com/paige-konrad/

02/18/2026

People often think ketamine assisted psychotherapy is about the medicine and the work she does for you.

But if you’re looking for real transformation, we have to make the choice to work with medicine, both inside and outside of the dosing session. In the land of psychedelic therapy we call that space ‘Integration’.

In short, integration is where we take what came up in your journey (think: images, memories, emotions, realizations, confusion, joy, anger, et al) and help you weave its meaning into your actual life.
Without integration, insight can float away. With integration, insight becomes change.

Integration work might look like:
✨ processing awe-inspiring or downright confusing themes from your session
✨ connecting past experienced with current to put together the most informed action plan
✨ shifting self-concept from where it’s always stood to who you are now
✨ translating symbolic experiences into real-world choices

Medicine opens the door. Integration is where your feet hit the ground afterward.

This is where healing becomes sustainable.

www.northernedgecounseling.com

02/16/2026

For our therapy-curious friends out there:

If this sounds like you, we hope you know that you're definitely not alone ❤️

If you're feeling ready, you just want to ask questions, or check the vibe, there's room for you here.

https://northernedgecounseling.com/about-paige-wright/

02/11/2026

Imagine walking into therapy and immediately thinking/feeling:

“Oh. This might be the first place I’ve ever felt like I don’t need to prove anything.”

That’s Melly’s magic.

She works with folks who’ve had to be hyper-independent, hyper-capable, or hyper-vigilant for most of their lives.
People who grew up reading the room better than they knew how to read themselves. People who feel “too much” and “not enough” at the exact same time.

Her approach blends EMDR, IFS, and a whole lot of honest, steady presence.
If you want therapy that feels like a place to exhale, Melly’s your person. ❤️

https://northernedgecounseling.com/schedule-appointment-with-melly-weidendorf/

02/09/2026

Therapist brain is wild because I can go from:

✨ “Wow, what a gorgeous sunrise. I'm so lucky to live by this massive lake."
✨ “Oh hello, intrusive thought, not now.”
✨ “I wonder how my 3pm is doing after their big conversation.”
✨ “Where did I put my to do list?”

All in seconds.

We’re human.
We’re doing the work too.

And honestly? That’s part of why therapy works. There's no perfect guru sitting across from you when you arrive to our space. Who you’re sitting with is another real human who cares deeply and shows up with you as just that.

02/05/2026

People often think KAP (Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy) is about the medicine. But if you ask anyone who’s been through it, they’ll tell you the real magic happens in the integration that follows each journey.

The medicine quiets the noise. She's the catalyst that helps open the door. Integration helps you understand the message that you usher in.

There's no 'escape' in psychedelic therapy.

What you often find is a doorway.

One that lets you meet yourself without the usual defenses, pressure, or self-judgment.

And then therapy helps you bring that clarity into the real world; to your relationships, choices, boundaries, and patterns.

If you’re feeling stuck, not broken but disconnected, this might be worth exploring.

www.northernedgecounseling.com

Journey Clinical Inc.

02/02/2026

Anxiety gets a bad reputation, but in therapy we talk about it differently.

Brace yourself:
Anxiety isn’t your enemy (although we know 100% that it feels this way sometimes). Anxiety might actually be something more like an internal alarm system trying, not always gracefully, to protect you.

Your mind: Something might hurt us
Your body: Say less; I’m already running 🏃🏼‍♀️💨

But here’s the part that gets missed:
Anxiety often shows up when your internal boundaries are being crossed… sometimes by other people, sometimes by your own expectations of yourself.

In therapy, we don’t work on “getting rid” of anxiety. We work on learning what it’s been trying to say so we can work with it in real time.

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01/26/2026

Sometimes couples don’t actually need “better communication skills.”

Sometimes when we dig into what’s happening a bit more, what we find is that they need help navigating a system that’s stretched them thin.

Blended families can put enormous pressure on relationships; especially when everyone is trying to do the right thing and still ends up exhausted or disconnected.

Paige Konrad works with couples and families to slow the pace, reduce reactivity, and build more understanding inside complex family systems.

No assigning blame. No duking it out over who’s right and who’s wrong. No rigid rules to assign and stick by. Therapy for blended families looks wayyy more like helping everyone feel less alone inside something that matters deeply.

If your family or relationship could use a steadier place to land, this work is here. And Paige is now accepting clients.

https://northernedgecounseling.com/paige-konrad/

01/21/2026

The biggest lie of modern mental health is the idea that healing is an individual sport.
You can journal, meditate, self-help-book your way through a lot; but real healing usually happens in relationship.

Here’s why:

🧠 Your nervous system regulates through other people.
💛 Safety is something we experience before we understand.
🌀 Wounds created in relationship often soften when met with repair.

Good therapy isn’t about someone nodding while you talk (although that is helpful sometimes!). Good therapy about sitting with someone who stays, even when your story gets messy, complicated, or vulnerable.

Loneliness might be familiar. But it’s not the requirement for healing.

www.northernedgecounseling.com

01/14/2026

Hey MN friends and beyond. I want to take a moment to acknowledge what’s happening in our state right now.

Many of us have been watching the protests, the federal presence, and the tension in Minneapolis/St Paul unfold over the past week after the killing of a woman by a federal agent and the widespread demonstrations that followed. Minnesotans are hurting, confused, scared, angry, grieving... and it goes without saying that that's a lot to sit with as a human being.

Words are tough right now, but what I know what I can say clearly right now is this:

This is a moment where our capacity for empathy, care, and human-to-human love & respect matters more than ever. People are experiencing real fear, real pain, real loss. Regardless of your proximity to what is occurring in our community, some directly, others from the weight of witnessing it unfold.

What we can do, regardless of who or where we are is:

✨ acknowledge that this is heavy on the nervous system
✨ name that grief and stress show up in our bodies
✨ and remember that every person in this moment is someone’s child, sibling, partner, neighbor

If what you’re feeling right now is discomfort, confusion, grief, anger, fear, or heaviness, that’s a valid emotional response to witnessing this much strain in our social fabric. Healing & forward movement is not about pushing feelings down. It’s about recognizing them, befriending them, and learning how to respond in ways that honor

❤️ your own humanity and
the humanity of others ❤️

So here’s a reminder that the emotional toll of moments like this counts. & we hope you know that:

💛 You are seen
💛 You are not alone in your experience
💛 There is room for care & love even when the world feels loud

www.northernedgecounseling.com

01/05/2026

A secret about therapy:

therapists don’t sit down before your session and map out a perfect 12-step emotional blueprint for your life.

Before sessions we’re usually doing things like:

✨ Re-heating the same mug of coffee (again)
✨ Taking a grounding breath before shifting into “present” mode
✨ Mentally cheering you on before you even walk in

Therapy absolutely is not clinical perfection (if that even exists…?); it’s presence, friend.

It’s two humans in a room, working together on something important.

And honestly? That’s what makes it work.

www.northernedgecounseling.com

12/22/2025

Here’s a boundary most people don’t know they’re allowed to set:

“I’m not available to be the version of myself you remember/want me to be”

Growth means you will outgrow the roles you once played; The helper, the caretaker, the peacekeeper, the quiet one, the funny one, the one who handled everything.

You get to update your boundaries as you update your sense of self. You don’t owe anyone the outdated version of you.

If your nervous system relaxes just reading that?
That’s useful information for you, friend 🫶

www.northernedgecounseling.com

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394 Lake Avenue S; STE 515
Duluth, MN
55802

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