Stephanie LaBelle Taylor, LMHC

06/30/2025

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Your fatigue is real.
So is the pressure. The fear. The impossible juggling act of holding it all together while the world feels like it’s unraveling.

If you’re tired, you’re not weak. You’re human.
And if you’re a parent right now—trying to shield little hearts while your own is breaking—please know: your need for rest is not a luxury. It’s essential.

You cannot pour from an empty cup.
You cannot parent from a place of depletion.
You cannot fight for a better world if your body is waving the white flag.

So pause. Breathe.
Feed your body, your soul, your mind.
You deserve softness, even in hard times.
You deserve moments of peace, even while the world rages. ꩜🕊️♥︎ Ella

06/30/2025

Oh wow. I no longer have such guilt, but it was strong, when I was first learning how to set boundaries.

06/30/2025

It’s not all in your head—
It’s in your nervous system.

Trauma doesn’t need a visible threat to sound the alarm—
it responds to the absence: of safety, of control, of choices.

To people who haven’t lived it,
your fear might seem irrational.
But to your body?
It’s the most logical thing in the world.

You’re not broken.
You’re wired for survival.
꩜🕊️♥︎ Ella

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06/30/2025

It takes time to heal.
To unlearn survival mode.
To realize that chaos isn’t love.
That silence isn’t safety.
And that the world is so much wider than the one you were raised in.

Just because you were born in the fire
doesn’t mean you’re destined to live there.

There is peace.
There is stillness.
There is life beyond survival.

And you deserve every bit of it.
꩜🕊️♥︎ Ella

06/30/2025

DARVO is a manipulation tactic heavily used by narcissists and other dark personalities to gain control. Once you become familiar with it, it becomes easier to identify. If you identify it, know that the person doing it is highly manipulative.

06/06/2025

05/30/2025

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05/30/2025

As parents, we want to shield our kids from pain.
We want to help them avoid mistakes, move through life with ease, and get it right.
So we hold on a little tighter.

We jump in to fix.
We try to protect them from every bump in the road.

But here’s the truth:
Holding on too tightly doesn’t keep them safe—it keeps them small.
When we over-manage, we send the message: “You can’t handle this.”

And that’s not the message we want to send.

🌱 Growth happens in the wobble.
In the decision they make on their own.
In the fall… and the getting back up again.

Letting go isn’t abandoning them.
It’s trusting them.
And when you trust your child, you teach them to trust themselves.

✨ Try asking yourself:

“Do they need me to step in… or step back?”

“Am I guiding—or controlling?”

“What would it look like to trust them a little more today?”

You're still their safe place.
You're just making space for them to stretch.

💛 You're not letting go of them.
You're letting go of fear.
And that’s how they grow into who they’re meant to be.

05/30/2025

💜 I have to speak about the people I’ve lost, especially if it’s not through death.
I think losing someone due to circumstances and not death is really hard, because they are still around but not in my life.
When my pooch Gigi died oh my goodness it was horrendous. We always speak of her, she was a massive part of our lives and not ‘just’ a dog. 💜

01/12/2024

I have a couple of daytime openings. Licensed in both MA and CT
Currently telehealth only- adult clients with BCBS, Harvard Pilgrim, Optum, United, Unicare, Aetna, Self Pay. Potential Clients can best reach me Via Email or psychology today.

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