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10/01/2025

Emotional safety is just as important as physical safety🌱

It’s the foundation that allows us to grow, trust, and connect first in childhood and later in our adult relationships.

When we feel emotionally safe, we can be vulnerable, navigate conflict, and show up authentically.

Without it, we may silence our needs, struggle with trust, or fear rejection.

The good news? Emotional safety can be built. 💛 Through validation, consistency, healthy boundaries, and repair when mistakes happen, we create spaces where we and others can feel truly seen and supported.

✨ Emotional safety isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity for growth and connection.

➡️ Save this post as a reminder and share it with someone who makes you feel safe.

The Path to Healing Within
internalcompassmks.com

09/22/2025

✨ Old wounds can become our reasons to live ✨
🤍When you start reparenting yourself, the pain from your past isn’t proof that you’re “too damaged” it’s evidence of what you’ve carried without the tools you needed back then.

🤍As you learn to give yourself the warmth, steadiness, and protection you once missed, those old wounds can become a guide. They point to what matters most: safety, belonging, tenderness, boundaries, love.

🤍Every time you show up for your inner child, you’re rewriting the story. You’re proving that healing is possible and that the parts of you that once hurt the most can now lead you toward a life rooted in care and purpose.

🤍What’s one way you’re showing up for the younger you today?

The Path to Healing Within
internalcompassmks.com

08/18/2025

✨ Lessons I’ve Learned Through My Daughter’s Eyes ✨
👶 Watching my daughter grow has reminded me of some of life’s simplest but most powerful truths:
🌱 Rest is essential to growth. Learning something new takes energy. Fatigue isn’t weakness it’s part of the process.
💛 Frustration often comes from wanting to be further along. Growth has its own pace, and there’s wisdom in the waiting.
🗣️ There is power in using your voice. Naming your needs and asking for help is a strength, not a weakness.
🤝 You never truly know what someone else is going through. Small kindnesses can make a huge impact.
🍎 Patience is hardest when basic needs aren’t met. Eat before you’re starving, rest before you’re exhausted.
☁️ Breaks are not luxuries they’re necessities. A pause can reset your mood, boost energy, and bring clarity.
❤️ Hold your loved ones close. Time is fleeting, and these moments are precious. These moments are so important.
📸 Capture the memories.
Photos, journals, or simply being fully present. These little moments become the treasures you’ll hold onto.

The Path to Healing Within
internalcompassmks.com

07/28/2025

Nikki I’m so grateful to have you on this team and in this work. Our clients are lucky to have you, and so am I.

Thank you for all that you do.

The Path to Healing Within
internalcompassmks.com

07/21/2025

As children, we needed safe spaces not just physically, but emotionally. Places where we could cry without being shamed, ask questions without being shut down, express joy without being told to quiet down.

✨ A safe space for a child teaches them: Your feelings matter. Your presence isn’t too much. You are not alone. ✨

In adulthood that need doesn’t disappear. We still long for safety. For connection. For places where we can exhale and simply be. Whether it’s a trusted friend, a supportive therapist, or your own inner voice learning to soothe instead of criticize building safe spaces in adulthood helps us heal what was once unsafe.

Because safety is where growth begins. And it’s never too late to create the environment you once needed.

That’s why I find it so important to be my clients safe space especially when the world they’ve lived in hasn’t treated them so kindly.

The Path to Healing Within
internalcompassmks.com

07/17/2025

Just because someone looks okay doesn’t mean they are.
Just because someone makes something look easy doesn’t mean it is.

And just because someone else is struggling differently than you are doesn’t make your own experience less valid or less real.

You never know what someone is carrying internally what they’re managing behind the scenes, what it took for them to show up that day, or what battles they’ve fought quietly.

Try not to compare. Try not to make assumptions.
Someone else’s strength doesn’t mean you’re weak.
Someone else’s struggle doesn’t make yours insignificant.

Your experience is yours and it’s valid, even if it’s different from the person next to you.
Honor your pace. Honor your process. And remember: compassion for others should never come at the cost of compassion for yourself.

The Path to Healing Within
internalcompassmks.com

07/16/2025

The Narrative you tell yourself about what happened shapes how you heal.

Two people can go through something similar but how they make sense of it can lead them down very different paths.

If your interpretation sounds like:
💭 “It was my fault.”
💭 “I should’ve been stronger.”
💭 “I’m broken because of this...”
it can keep you stuck in shame, fear, or self-blame.

But when your narrative shifts to:
💭 “What happened to me impacted me deeply, but it doesn’t define my worth.”
💭 “I survived something I didn’t deserve.”
💭 “I get to rewrite the way I relate to this part of my story.”
that’s when real healing begins.

You deserve a version of the story that holds truth and compassion.
One that honors your pain without keeping you imprisoned by it.

Your trauma matters. But so does how you make sense of it.
And that’s something you can work through with support, patience, and care.

The Path to Healing Within
internalcompassmks.com

07/14/2025

Reposting this since it’s a good one. The goal in life isn’t the absence of discomfort it’s what you do when discomfort shows up.

Discomfort is part of being human. Growth hurts. Boundaries feel awkward. Rest can feel unfamiliar. Honesty can feel terrifying. Healing? That can feel like chaos at first.

But just because something feels uncomfortable doesn’t mean it’s wrong.

What matters is how you respond:
🌱 Do you slow down and stay curious?
💪🏽 Do you practice the thing anyway, even if it’s hard?
💬 Do you talk to yourself with compassion instead of criticism?

You don’t need to wait for the discomfort to disappear to start living fully.
You just need to learn how to show up through it.

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Internal Compass
The Path to Healing Within
Molly K Stremba,LCSW
mstrembapsychotherapy.com

06/23/2025

As I take this time away on maternity leave, (returning on August 18th) I want to take a moment to publicly express my appreciation for Nikki Hirsch, LSW. Thank you for holding down the fort.

Nikki has been showing up amazingly for her clients and for mine during this transition. She shows great dedication, thoughtfulness, and skill. I have such gratitude knowing that my clients who have been working with her are in such good hands.

I feel very lucky to have her as my employee and colleague.

Thank you, Nikki. I appreciate you more than words can say.

The Path to Healing Within
internalcompassmks.com

06/17/2025

Give yourself permission to feel today not because it’s easy, but because it’s necessary.

The Path to Healing Within
internalcompassmks.com

06/16/2025

If you grew up in an environment where you had to monitor the moods of others to stay safe or keep the peace, it might feel automatic to absorb or take on the emotions of those around you. You might feel guilty for setting a boundary or for not “fixing” things. But the truth is:

✨ You are allowed to let people feel what they feel.
✨ You are not responsible for their reactions to your boundaries.
✨ You can be supportive without over-compensating.

The Path to Healing Within
internalcompassmks.com

06/11/2025

Healing Your Inner Child:

💜Acknowledge Pain
Your inner child carries the weight of past wounds. Recognizing pain is the first step toward healing. Ask yourself: What would I have wanted to hear or feel in moments of hurt?
💙Create a Safe Space
Just like any child, your inner child needs to feel safe. Build that space within you. Create rituals of self-soothing—meditation, journaling, or comforting routines that bring peace.
❤️Practice Self-Compassion
Children thrive on unconditional love and patience. Extend that to yourself. Speak to your inner child kindly when you make mistakes or feel overwhelmed.
💛Revisit Childhood Joy
What brought you joy as a child? Was it art, playing outside, or simply imagining? Allow yourself to reconnect with activities that made you feel free. It’s a way to let your inner child feel seen.
🧡Rewrite the Narrative
The stories you were told as a child may no longer serve you. Were you told you weren’t enough? Rewrite that narrative. Remind your inner child that they are enough, exactly as they are.

Internal Compass
The Path to Healing Within
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