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02/10/2026

Grief doesn’t follow a timeline even when the world expects you to.

If you’ve ever wondered “Shouldn’t I be over this by now?” you’re not alone. Grief changes shape, resurfaces, softens, and returns in waves. That doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong. It means something mattered.
We wrote a longer piece about how grief actually works, why it lingers, and what healing really looks like. If this resonates, check out the full blog for a deeper read.

And if you’re carrying grief and don’t want to do it alone, therapy can be a place where it’s witnessed instead of rushed.

👉 Visit our blog to read more 👉 Contact Internal Compass today to get started NY • NJ • FL

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02/07/2026

At Internal Compass we are a team of compassionate, skilled therapists dedicated to helping clients reconnect with their inner resilience and direction. We provide a supportive, collaborative space where individuals can explore their experiences, build emotional tools, and move toward healing and growth. Our approach blends warmth, humor, and evidence-based practices to help clients feel understood, empowered, and grounded as they navigate life’s challenges.

If you’re in NY, NJ, or FL, contact us to get started we’d be honored to support you 🤍

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02/02/2026

If arguments make you want to end relationships immediately, pause.

That urge might not be intuition, it might be a trauma response.

Inner child therapy helps us understand the part of us that learned conflict wasn’t safe, and teaches our nervous system that disagreement doesn’t always lead to loss.

You’re not dramatic. 
You’re protecting something tender. 💛

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01/20/2026

Grief isn’t only about death.
It can be the loss of a loved one, a relationship, your health, a season of life, or even the version of you that existed before everything changed.
Therapy offers a place where your grief doesn’t need a timeline or explanation. A space to feel what you feel without being rushed to “move on.”

Approaches like EMDR and other trauma-informed therapies can help your mind and body gently process what feels stuck, overwhelming, or impossible to carry alone.
Whether you’re grieving a person, a moment in time, or the loss of self you don’t have to navigate it by yourself.

Nikki is trained in EMDR and supportive therapies to help you find steadier ground.
You are not alone. We’d be honored to support you on your journey. 🤍

The Path to Healing Within
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01/14/2026

Sorry I’ve been MIA. I haven’t had the energy to post.

This last year has been a delicate dance between anticipatory grief and appreciation. A dialectical experience.

Grateful and appreciative that my dad got to meet my daughter. To see her smile, stand, dance, wiggle, try to talk. To witness moments I didn’t know if we’d get.

And grief: quiet, constant, anticipatory. The kind that lives in the not knowing. How much time we have left. What this illness will do next. That he may have come to a place where he’s forgetting, not present, not aware.

It’s learning how to be present while also not always wanting to be. Grieving what hasn’t been lost yet and what is already lost or has changed.

Holding moments tighter because they feel fragile. Grasping at joy while being in a state of sadness.

There is no clean way to carry this.

Going into 2026. I’d like to spend time honoring the whole damn story. Not just the highlight reel.

The Path to Healing Within
internalcompassmks.com

01/01/2026

Entering this year hoping for gentleness, while knowing harder moments may come first.

Not forcing optimism just choosing to stay with myself through whatever unfolds.

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12/29/2025

Some moments don’t come with confidence.
They come with doubt. Hesitation. A knot in your chest that says I don’t know if I can do this.

And still you show up.
Not loudly. Not perfectly.
Just enough to take the next step.

Confidence isn’t always believing everything will work out.

Sometimes it’s choosing to move forward even while your hands are shaking.

Even while you’re unsure.
Even while the hard feelings are right there beside you.
If today feels heavy, let it count anyway.

Trying counts. Pausing counts. Continuing gently counts.
You don’t need to feel ready to keep going.

You just need to keep going in a way that feels honest to you. 🤍

The Path to Healing Within
internalcompassmks.com

12/19/2025

💛If you learned to quiet your needs, soften your personality, or make yourself smaller just to feel accepted—know this: that wasn’t weakness. That was survival. You were trying to find safety in spaces that couldn’t meet you where you were.

💛Making yourself smaller wasn’t the problem it was survival in environments that couldn’t meet you where you stood.

💛Quieting your needs and softening who you were wasn’t a flaw. It was your nervous system trying to stay safe in places that didn’t have the capacity to hold you.

💛If you learned to minimize your needs or soften your personality to feel accepted, that was an adaptive response not a character flaw. You were seeking safety in environments that couldn’t offer it.

💛Contact us today to learn more or get started on your journey. 💛

The Path to Healing Within
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12/17/2025

How Therapy Helps Your Reactions Make Even More Sense
Therapy creates the space to slow down your reactions and understand the root beneath them.
Through trauma therapy, EMDR, and parts work, you can:
1. Trace the reaction back to the original wound
Where did your nervous system first learn this response?
2. Reprocess old memories so they no longer feel “current”
EMDR helps your brain file these experiences away properly.
3. Strengthen your “adult self”
So you can soothe younger parts instead of being taken over by them.
4. Build healthier, more regulated responses
You learn grounding skills, emotional regulation, and how to stay present.
5. Rewrite the beliefs that drive the reaction
“I’m unsafe,” “I’m too much,” “I’ll be abandoned,” or “I have to be perfect” can shift into something more grounded and true.
With support, your reactions become less about survival and more about choice.
You’re Not Overreacting. You’re Overprotecting.

Contact us today so we can support you on your journey to healing today.

The Path to Healing Within
internalcompassmks.com

12/15/2025

How to Practice Vulnerability in Relationships
1. Name your feelings instead of reacting from them
Try:
“I felt hurt when that happened.”
Instead of:
“You never think about me.”
2. Share your needs directly
Try:
“I need reassurance when plans change suddenly.”
Instead of expecting the other person to read your mind.
3. Let your partner in when you’re struggling
You don’t have to solve it alone first. Sometimes vulnerability is simply saying:
“I’m overwhelmed right now and I could really use some support.”
4. Pause before defensiveness
Defensiveness protects you, but it also blocks intimacy. Try shifting to:
“Here’s what I’m feeling underneath this.”
5. Practice small risks regularly
Small moments of truth create emotional muscle memory. Over time, vulnerability becomes less threatening and more natural.

Contact us today to learn more or get started on your journey.

The Path to Healing Within
internalcompassmks.com

12/07/2025

How Therapy Helps Your Reactions Make Even More Sense
Therapy creates the space to slow down your reactions and understand the root beneath them.
Through trauma therapy, EMDR, and parts work, you can:
1. Trace the reaction back to the original wound
Where did your nervous system first learn this response?
2. Reprocess old memories so they no longer feel “current”
EMDR helps your brain file these experiences away properly.
3. Strengthen your “adult self”
So you can soothe younger parts instead of being taken over by them.
4. Build healthier, more regulated responses
You learn grounding skills, emotional regulation, and how to stay present.
5. Rewrite the beliefs that drive the reaction
“I’m unsafe,” “I’m too much,” “I’ll be abandoned,” or “I have to be perfect” can shift into something more grounded and true.
With support, your reactions become less about survival and more about choice. Contact us today to get started.

The Path to Healing Within
internalcompassmks.com

12/05/2025

💛 How Therapy Supports Inner Child Healing

In therapy, you can:
1. Identify the original wounds
Understand where the fear, shame, or protection started and why.
2. Learn to regulate your nervous system
So you can stay grounded when younger parts get activated.
3. Reprocess painful memories (especially with EMDR)
EMDR helps the brain move stuck experiences into long-term memory, reducing triggers and emotional intensity.
4. Build a secure internal “adult self”
A steady, compassionate internal voice that younger parts can trust.
5. Rewrite old beliefs
Shift from “I’m too much,” “I have to earn love,” or “my needs don’t matter” to healthier, grounded beliefs that support your adult life.
6. Practice new ways of responding. So your present-day self, not your past pain, gets to lead
your relationships, decisions, and reactions.
7. Build safety in the present.
Your nervous system learns the difference between then and now.
8. Strengthen the adult self. You develop tools for grounding, boundaries, emotional regulation, and self-compassion.

The Path to Healing Within
internalcompassmks.com

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