Hope Wood LMFT, Counselor & Coach

07/13/2025

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Location: Durham, NC

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06/10/2025

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“You thought healing meant learning to be okay with everything.

That if you just got regulated enough, toxic relationships wouldn’t bother you anymore.

That spiritual growth meant accepting whatever comes your way with peaceful detachment.

But that’s not what a healthy nervous system does. A regulated system doesn’t make you numb to dysfunction... it makes you crystal clear about what needs to change.

When your nervous system is truly healthy, you feel your boundaries more sharply. You notice red flags faster.

You trust your instincts when something feels wrong.

Real regulation gives you the emotional capacity to do something about situations that aren’t working. Instead of just surviving them or spiritually bypassing them.

You stop asking “How can I be okay with this?” and start asking “How can I change this?”

The goal isn’t to become so zen that nothing affects you. It’s to become so clear and regulated that you can take appropriate action when something is genuinely not okay.

Your nervous system’s wisdom isn’t telling you to tolerate more. It’s giving you the strength to require better.

When you’re truly regulated, you have the clarity to see what needs to change and the capacity to actually change it.”

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06/06/2025

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06/05/2025

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“We don’t talk enough about the quiet grief that comes with healing.

The grief of losing the identity that once kept you safe.
The strong one. The fixer. The overachiever.
The one who kept it all together while falling apart inside.

That wasn’t your personality.
That was your nervous system doing its best to protect you.

Healing asks you to let go of the version of you that survived, and that’s not easy. Because even if it hurt, it was familiar. It worked. Until it didn’t.

If you feel raw, uncertain, or untethered right now, you’re not lost, you’re becoming. Becoming the self you never knew was possible: one rooted in safety, authenticity, and self love instead of survival.

I see you. I honor the grief and the joy.
You don’t have to earn your wholeness.
You’re already worthy of it.”

06/04/2025

Have you heard of warmlines?

A warmline is an alternative to a crisis line that is run by “peers,” generally those who have had their own experiences of trauma that they are willing to speak of and acknowledge. Unlike a crisis line, a warm line operator is unlikely to call the police. Most warm line operators have been through extreme challenges themselves and are there primarily to listen.

Warm lines are free, confidential phone services that provide mental health support and information.

Warmlines can help people who are: struggling to find support, experiencing difficult transitions, managing loneliness, managing mental illness symptoms, and recovering.

Warmlines can offer: conversation, emotional support, and information on local mental health services and other community services.

Here are some things to know about warmlines:

Most states in the US have warmlines.

You can call a warmline in your state or in another state nearby.

Many warmlines are available 24/7, but some are open only on certain days and times.

Some warmlines have limits on the amount of time you can call.

When you call, they might ask for some information, like where you are calling from.

If you are in crisis and a warmline can’t provide the level of support you need, you can reach the Su***de & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988 or using the chat box at 988lifeline.org. You can also text “HOME” to 741-741 to reach the Crisis Text Line.

Here is a list of warm lines that do not call the police:

BLACKLINE
https://www.callblackline.com/
Call or text: 1-800-604-5841
Blackline: Peer support and counseling prioritizing BIPOC, with an LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens. "We do not trace or send any type of intervention under any circumstances without consent."

TRANS LIFELINE (English, español)
See hours here: https://translifeline.org/hotline/
US: 1-877-565-8860
Canada: 1-877-330-6366
Trans Lifeline: Trans peer support for Trans community that’s been "divested from police since day one. Run by and for Trans people."

WILDFLOWER ALLIANCE PEER SUPPORT LINE
see hours here: https://wildfloweralliance.org/peer-support-line/
1-888-407-4515
Wildflower Alliance Peer Support Line: Warmline answered by a trained peer supporters. "We do not trace or send any type of intervention under any circumstances without consent."

STRONGHEARTS NATIVE HELPLINE (24/7)
https://strongheartshelpline.org/get-help
Call 24/7: 1-844-762-8483 or chat online
StrongHearts: 24/7 confidential and anonymous culturally-appropriate domestic and sexual violence helpline for Native Americans. "advocates do not request or record the contact’s identification and/or address."

THRIVE LIEFLINE (24/7)
Text 24/7: 1-313-662-8209
https://thrivelifeline.org/about
Thrive Lifeline: Trans-led and operated, focusing on people with intersecting marginalized identities. Does not "engage in non-consensual active rescue"

LGBT NATIONAL HELP CENTER HOUTLINE 1-888-843-4564
See hours here: https://lgbthotline.org/
Coming Out Support Hotline: 1-888-688-5428
Youth Talkline: 1-800-246-7743
Senior Hotline: 1-888-234-7243
LGBT National Help Center: free and confidential support for LGBTQIA+ people and those with questions about sexual orientation and/or gender identity. "We will not contact any authorities or other services or programs on your behalf."

05/24/2025

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