Courtney Hamlin Counseling

10/15/2025

✨ Take the first step. Your growth starts here.

10/10/2025

🌍 Today is World Mental Health Day, a reminder that taking care of your mind is just as important as caring for your body.

Pause for a moment.
Check in with yourself: Am I sleeping well? Eating regularly? Being kind to myself?

Mental health isn’t a destination — it’s a daily practice of awareness, compassion, and connection. 💭💛

10/07/2025

• Visit a local pumpkin patch 🎃
• Wrap yourself in soft blankets 🧣
• Light your first fire of the season 🔥
• Sip something warm — tea, cider, or coffee ☕
• Take a walk or drive to see the changing leaves 🌲🍁
• Let gray days invite rest, not guilt 🌧️
• Play your favorite cozy playlist and slow down 🕯️

✨ Sometimes the best self-care is just being present in the season you’re in.

10/06/2025

Healing is not pretending the trauma never happened.
It’s refusing to let it control your future.

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09/25/2025

You don’t have to burn out to succeed. A sustainable business needs a sustainable YOU.

Want personalized support beyond these tips? My calendar’s open — link in bio.

09/17/2025

“New classes. New people. New routines.
No wonder September feels overwhelming. 🍂

Back-to-school anxiety is real — whether you’re starting college, grad school, or stepping into a new chapter. Perfectionism and self-doubt often creep in this time of year.

✨ Here are 3 grounding reminders:
1. Your worth isn’t measured by grades or achievements.
2. Routines bring calm — even small ones.
3. Anxiety doesn’t mean something is ‘wrong’ with you.

Therapy can help you anchor during transitions, uncover what drives the pressure, and build more balance. You don’t have to face this season alone. 🌱

👉 What’s the biggest stress you feel around this time of year?”

09/12/2025

If your son or daughter is struggling with addiction, you may feel desperate to help. It’s natural. But sometimes, the very things we do out of love can unintentionally keep the cycle going.

Here are 3 examples of enabling (done with the best intentions):
1️⃣ Covering for your child — calling in sick for them, making excuses.
2️⃣ Rescuing financially — paying off debts or legal trouble repeatedly.
3️⃣ Protecting from consequences — stepping in before they feel the impact of their actions.

These actions come from love. But real support means allowing your child to face reality while you offer consistent love and encouragement. Boundaries are not rejection — they’re a form of care.

💙 To the parents reading this: you didn’t cause your child’s addiction. And you don’t have to fix it alone.

👉 Save this post to come back to when you feel stuck between love and boundaries.

09/08/2025

💙 Save this post if you need a reminder that healing as a couple is possible. And if you’re curious about what couples therapy for addiction looks like, DM me — I’d be honored to walk you through it.

04/20/2024

Check out an article I wrote that was just featured in Brainz Magazine!

Do you ever feel like you are walking around carrying the weight of the world with you? At the end of the day, do you find that the only way