Speak Easy with Michelle Counseling

10/28/2025

10/27/2025

This is why I like coaching. People come in with a goal and you figure out what steps to take and what resources you need to get you there. Not everyone is a fit for therapy, not everyone has a mental health issue. Some people want to achieve goals to enhance their lives!

10/25/2025

I’d add- validate your concerns first. Don’t dismiss the part of you that is trying to protect you, like a stubborn toddler it will just double-down. Then check the facts with this “is it useful?”

10/23/2025

Well that’s me… anybody else? 🤣

10/23/2025

Good stuff!

10/22/2025

10/21/2025

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10/21/2025

10/18/2025

A common example of the latter is when an adult child chooses to move away or to have a different belief system than the parent. If a parent is overinvested in being close (either physically close or regarding beliefs/values) to their adult child, they can feel personally attacked and grief stricken if a child makes choices that repudiate this assumed closeness. The parent can double down and act defensive, snarky, and outright angry toward the adult child, which pushes them away. Increasingly nowadays this distance may end in estrangement.

https://www.drpsychmom.com/2022/12/02/do-not-overinvest-in-your-adult-kids/

10/18/2025