Kathy Overman: Reflections

Kathy Overman: Reflections I offer therapy and consulting based in compassion, clarity, and the belief that you are already enough.

If you are interested in doing the deep inner work, reach out (via my website). I also offer therapy and consulting - feel free to reach out!

Healing asks us to return to the same places, not because we are stuck, but because we are working our way down to the r...
06/02/2026

Healing asks us to return to the same places, not because we are stuck, but because we are working our way down to the root. Each layer we meet may be another protection that formed around the original hurt.

The returning is The Work; it is how we slowly become safe enough to bring love to the place that needed it first.

It was a lovely weekend.What made it nice was that I was able to live in the moment. I hope to care that energy of prese...
06/01/2026

It was a lovely weekend.

What made it nice was that I was able to live in the moment. I hope to care that energy of presence with me throughout the week.

Coming back to THIS moment over and over again is how I find peace, serenity and joy.

Living true to yourselfsounds simple, but our nervous system can get in the way. Especially if our authenticity has been...
06/01/2026

Living true to yourselfsounds simple, but our nervous system can get in the way. Especially if our authenticity has been met with rejection.

We may have learned to reject ourselves for fear of being rejected by others, and then we wonder why we are unhappy. Oh the irony.

We can relearn how to show up with more authenticity, one small step at a time. Just for today, can you take one step that feels deeply true to you?

Just for today, we can get curious about the anxiety under our avoidance. What are we really afraid of?
06/01/2026

Just for today, we can get curious about the anxiety under our avoidance. What are we really afraid of?

Sometimes it can feel scary to feel fully alive, joyful, expressive, and in your own energy, because your body may remem...
05/31/2026

Sometimes it can feel scary to feel fully alive, joyful, expressive, and in your own energy, because your body may remember a time when your exuberance was corrected, mocked, shamed, or shut down.

If you learned that being bright, excited, playful, or a little wild was unsafe, it makes sense that joy can feel vulnerable now. But things are different. You are allowed to celebrate your aliveness.

You are safe to become more fully yourself.

Doing hard things does not always look dramatic. Sometimes it looks like showing up, pulling one stubborn w**d at a time...
05/30/2026

Doing hard things does not always look dramatic. Sometimes it looks like showing up, pulling one stubborn w**d at a time, staying with the work, and trusting that small brave efforts eventually change the whole garden.

Progress grows through patience, tenderness, and the willingness to keep going when something matters.

There is nothing wrong with you.What if you moved through life deeply knowing this was true?Even when everyone else seem...
05/30/2026

There is nothing wrong with you.

What if you moved through life deeply knowing this was true?

Even when everyone else seems to enjoy small talk and you want to crawl out of your skin.

Even when you crave depth and other people seem content staying on the surface.

Even when you feel different, harder to satisfy, harder to place, harder to meet.

Maybe this is just different. Maybe there is nothing wrong with you.

Say it a bazillion times if you need to, until some part of you starts to believe it.

There is nothing wrong with you.

Shame can make us want to hide, collapse, defend, explain, or disappear. It can feel like proof that something is wrong ...
05/30/2026

Shame can make us want to hide, collapse, defend, explain, or disappear. It can feel like proof that something is wrong with us, when really it is often a place inside that has been hurt, exposed, humiliated, or left alone for too long.

Shame does not need more shame. Shame asks for love and tenderness.

Shame. Ugh. We know how heavy and debilitating it can feel.And then we do the thing where we shame ourselves for having ...
05/30/2026

Shame. Ugh. We know how heavy and debilitating it can feel.

And then we do the thing where we shame ourselves for having shame, which only makes the shame feel more alone and more stuck.

Shame does not need more criticism. Shame needs loving witness. It needs us to turn toward it and say, “I am so sorry you have carried this. I see how awful this feels. I am not leaving you alone in it.”

Learning to love your sensitive nature is one of the kindest gifts you can give yourself.I know it can feel isolating to...
05/30/2026

Learning to love your sensitive nature is one of the kindest gifts you can give yourself.

I know it can feel isolating to be this attuned. You may notice what others miss, feel what is not being said, and crave a kind of connection that not everyone knows how to offer.

But the more you learn to stay with your own internal experience, instead of making your sensitivity wrong, the less alone you may begin to feel inside yourself.

Your attunement is a gift. Learning to see it that way, protect it that way, and stop apologizing for it is a gift you give back to yourself.

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