Dr. Crystal is a Faith-Based Trauma Healing Specialist & Brain Health Educator. Dr. Crystal M.
Her mission is to help women heal from emotional pain, regulate their nervous systems, and rise into their God-given purpose through biblical truth and brain-based strategies. Consonery is a highly experienced and passionate Christian counselor and life coach with over 30 years of expertise in training and development. With an M.Ed specializing in adult education and training and a PhD in Biblical counseling, Dr. Consonery is dedicated to empowering individuals to overcome issues of self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and traumatic experiences. She firmly believes in the transformative power of Biblical Scriptures, Neuroscience, and Practical Applications in bringing about lasting change in the lives of her clients. Adding to her already extensive credentials, Dr. Consonery is also certified in Positive Psychology, Trauma Psychology and Mental Health First Aid.
02/17/2026
Your Anxiety Has a Story
Anxiety isn’t random. Your nervous system is responding to something it once had to protect you from. Your body remembers what your mind has tried to move past.
Instead of asking, “What’s wrong with me?” Try asking, “What did I go through that taught my body to stay on guard?”
Compassion calms the nervous system faster than criticism ever will.
02/07/2026
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02/07/2026
As we pause today to acknowledge Go Red for Women’s Heart Health I am reminded of Proverbs 4:23 which calls us to “guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”
While this speaks deeply to our spiritual and emotional life, it also whispers wisdom about our physical hearts. As Women we often carry emotional loads quietly; caring for families, supporting others, and pushing through fatigue. but the body keeps score. Stress, lack of rest and unprocessed emotions can all weigh on the physical heart just as much as the spiritual one.
God did not design us to run on empty; tending to your heart is not selfish, it is stewardship. Our physical heart works faithfully every moment, pumping life through us, even when we forget it’s there. In the same way, God’s love sustains us beneath the surface, steady and constant.
When we nourish our bodies with rest, movement, and life-giving food, we honor the vessel He gave us. Choosing peace over chronic worry, taking deep breaths, and stepping outside for fresh air are small acts that tell both your nervous system and your heart, “It is safe to slow down.” Caring for your heart becomes an act of worship, a quiet agreement with God that your life and health matter.
So Today, let this be your gentle reminder, you are allowed to live at a pace that protects your heart.
Release the pressure to be everything for everyone. Ask God to help you carry only what is yours and to strengthen you where you feel weak.
A healthy heart, spiritually and physically, allows us to love longer, serve wiser, and live fuller. Your heart is not just beating, it is carrying purpose.
02/03/2026
Leaders invest in productivity, performance, and strategy. But no one handed us an instruction manual for creating emotionally safe environments, yet few things shape workplace culture more.
02/02/2026
You Are Not “Too Sensitive”
Your nervous system isn’t dramatic.
It’s protective.
If you’ve been through stress, betrayal, pressure, or trauma, your body learned to stay alert so you could survive. That doesn’t make you weak. That means you adapted.
Your Motivation for today: You’re not “too sensitive.” You’re someone whose body has been working overtime to keep you safe.
This month we’re learning how to gently tell the body, “You don’t have to brace anymore.”
02/01/2026
Welcome to February
This month we’re talking about something most people skip over…
but your healing depends on.
Emotional safety.
Because here’s the truth:
You can pray.
You can journal.
You can try to “be strong.”
But you cannot heal where you do not feel safe.
Your nervous system was designed by God to protect you. So when you’ve been through stress, trauma, or long seasons of survival, your body doesn’t just “move on.”
It stays alert.
It stays braced.
It stays prepared for the next hit.
That’s why:
• You love God but still feel anxious
• You’re strong but still feel tired
• You’ve overcome so much but your body won’t relax
Nothing is “wrong” with you. Your nervous system has just been in protection mode.
This February, we’re gently learning:
🌺What emotional safety actually is
🌺Why the body stays in survival mode
🌺Simple trauma & nervous system truths
🌺Why strong women still feel anxious
🌺How faith and safety work together
Healing doesn’t start with pushing harder. It starts with helping your body feel safe enough to rest. And that’s the journey we’re taking together this month.
01/31/2026
Resilient leadership is not proven in a single moment of crisis—it is revealed over time; in the culture a leader builds. Many organizations are filled with talented people who are exhausted, emotionally overloaded, and quietly disconnected.
01/26/2026
Alignment vs. Pressure
They feel different in the body.
Many people think they need more discipline when what they really need is alignment.
Pressure says:
“Hurry.”
“Don’t mess this up.”
“If you stop, everything falls apart.”
Pressure activates the stress response.
Your nervous system goes into survival mode: tight chest, racing thoughts, shallow breathing. You’re moving, but from fear, proving, or exhaustion.
Alignment says:
“This fits who I’m becoming.”
“I feel stretched, not crushed.”
“There’s effort, but also peace.”
Alignment activates a regulated nervous system. You can still work hard, but your body doesn’t feel like it’s under attack. There’s clarity, steadiness, and a sense of right timing.
Here’s the key:
Pressure drains your nervous system.
Alignment strengthens it.
One leads to burnout.
The other builds resilience.
Before saying yes to the next thing, ask: Does this feel like pressure or alignment in my body?
Your body often knows before your mind does.
01/25/2026
What happened today in Minnesota is heartbreaking.
Another life lost. Another family changed forever.
And it does not stand alone.
We are still reeling from the killing involving ICE agents weeks ago, and now here we are again, watching violence unfold, asking the same questions, carrying the same grief, and feeling the same unease in our bodies.
As a trauma-informed practitioner, I need people to understand this: these events do not only affect the families directly involved. They affect all of us, neurologically.
When killings like this happen repeatedly, especially at the hands of institutions meant to protect, our nervous systems respond whether we want them to or not. The brain registers danger. Cortisol rises. Hypervigilance increases. Sleep becomes disrupted. Patience shortens. Trust erodes.
This is how collective trauma works.
Even if you live thousands of miles away.
Even if you didn’t watch the video.
Even if you try to “just keep going.”
Your body knows.
And when a nation lives in a constant state of unresolved fear and grief, it changes how we relate to one another, how we show up in public spaces, and how safe we feel being human.
We cannot numb our way through this.
We cannot normalize this.
And we cannot heal without accountability, transparency, and compassion.
Today I am holding space for the families, for the communities impacted, and for a country whose nervous system is stretched far beyond what it was designed to carry.
Please take a moment to breathe.
Please check on one another.
And please don’t dismiss the toll this is taking on our collective wellbeing.
01/23/2026
In today’s fast-paced workplaces, leaders are often celebrated for decisiveness, productivity, and the ability to “push through.” But there is a leadership skill that quietly determines the success of all the others, and it’s rarely taught in professional training rooms: emotional regulation...
01/16/2026
In today’s workplace, leaders are being asked to do something that leadership development didn’t always prioritize, create environments where people feel safe enough to be honest, engaged, and fully human. This is not about making work “soft.
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Just as the colors of a Kaleidoscope at first glance appear to be shattered and broken until just the right touch reveals the beauty within, at Kaleidoscope Solutions we work with you to bring about that needed touch to reveal the beauty and excellence that is waiting to be revealed within you!
After all, no one is immune to the ups and downs of daily living. Marital strife, financial difficulties, work related anxiety, everyone experiences stress, anxiety and sadness at some point. How you process the stress and anxiety and move through the situation is what makes all the difference!
~ Dr. Crystal M. Consonery
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Dr. Crystal M. Consonery
Dr. Crystal is a Certified Faith Based Clinical Counselor, Author, Life Coach and Speaker with over 25 years of Counseling and Training & Development experience. She holds a PhD in Biblical Counseling as well as certifications in Stress Management, Psychology and Crisis Response and Life Strategies Coaching. In her work as a Faith-Based Clinical Counselor, Dr. Crystal specializes in Relationship Coaching, Depression & Anxiety and Issues of Self-Esteem and Self-Worth. Her primary goal is to ensure her clients reach their optimal healing through mental, emotional, spiritual and physical care. Founder of Kaleidoscope Outreach, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing life skills training services to individuals who due to a lack of resources go without the help they need, she is the Host of Coffee with Crystal on Blog Talk Radio, the author of the 30-day Women’s Devotional A Transcending Peace and the Devotional Book From Mommy with Love. A native of Donaldsonville, LA Dr. Crystal currently resides in a suburb of Metro-Atlanta with her husband and two children.
