Shawna Walz Counseling & Coaching

Shawna Walz Counseling & Coaching ✶Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist ✶ ✶Relationship expert
✶ Couples • Individuals • Families

Reminder: You’re only responsible for managing your own emotions and reactions; for how you show up in your relationship...
05/29/2025

Reminder: You’re only responsible for managing your own emotions and reactions; for how you show up in your relationships, regardless of how the other person talks to you. One of the toughest and most valuable communication practices we can cultivate is regulating ourselves in the face of others’ escalation. You don’t have to meet them there. You can be assertive and controlled at the same time.

How often do we feel something toward someone but just don’t push ourselves to vocalize it? Those words we aren’t saying...
05/14/2025

How often do we feel something toward someone but just don’t push ourselves to vocalize it? Those words we aren’t saying could be the exact ones that deepen and strengthen our relationship. If you see something beautiful in someone, or feel impacted by their presence in your life, tell them. Express the gratitude. Make them feel valued. Because really, nothing else matters quite as much as the relationships we’re cultivating with the people who make us better, happier, more of our best selves. 🤍

A little Monday morning pick-me-up to remind us that we can approach our lives through a mindset of wonder, curiosity an...
05/12/2025

A little Monday morning pick-me-up to remind us that we can approach our lives through a mindset of wonder, curiosity and belief in our own ability to grow, pivot and affect the changes we want to see. Don’t give up on yourself. You’ve still got lots more living to do — and that is the beautiful thing. 💛

Had a blast yesterday speaking to a great group at a Mental Health for Athletes workshop hosted by my friends . So grate...
05/11/2025

Had a blast yesterday speaking to a great group at a Mental Health for Athletes workshop hosted by my friends . So grateful to be able to use my passions for sport, relationship-building and holistic wellness in a combined fashion with some awesome humans. Thanks .fit.training for hosting us in your space!

It’s okay to change your mind; to change your habits; to start again. It’s okay to not know the ending, and still start ...
04/02/2025

It’s okay to change your mind; to change your habits; to start again. It’s okay to not know the ending, and still start for the sheer joy of the change. It’s okay to let go of things that no longer serve you, to free up valuable space in your precious life for the things that light your soul afire. 🤍

You’re never too old, too late, too “insert whatever you’re telling yourself here” to start changing your life for the b...
03/28/2025

You’re never too old, too late, too “insert whatever you’re telling yourself here” to start changing your life for the better.

What if we lived as though any day could be the next best day of our lives? As though we still had a world full of people to meet, adventures to go on, new things to learn? What if we chose to romanticize our lives, each and every day we’re given?

That sounds like fun to me. 🧡

Lean heavily into your own spaces. Identify and chase your passions; fill your life up with the people, places + things ...
03/27/2025

Lean heavily into your own spaces. Identify and chase your passions; fill your life up with the people, places + things light a fire inside of you at the sheer joy of being alive in your own beautiful life.

The more we adopt a posture of gratitude for the things we have, and continue to pursue our passions and callings, the lesser the pull of the comparison trap. It’s all just noise; tune it out by asking yourself what you can do each day to fall more in love with your own life. 🤍

Because details really do matter. Start with the small things. They become daily habits, and daily habits become lifesty...
03/25/2025

Because details really do matter.

Start with the small things. They become daily habits, and daily habits become lifestyles, and your lifestyle defines your priorities and influences how you feel about yourself and the choices you make. If you want to change your life, you need to start by changing the little things you do every day.

First day (and what a beauty day!) of Spring in Upstate NY, and I’m a new human. 🙌🏻☀️🌸 Spring is the season of newness; ...
03/20/2025

First day (and what a beauty day!) of Spring in Upstate NY, and I’m a new human. 🙌🏻☀️🌸

Spring is the season of newness; of beginnings, growth, beauty, promise. Let’s embrace those attributes with intention this season, and shelve our “winter grays” in pursuit of sunnier days.

Things you can always control:
• your mindset
• your effort
• your disciplined self-care strategies
• your choice to chase joy

Let these be parts of our Spring personalities…and watch us bloom. 🌸

How you spend each day becomes how you spend your life. If you want to know what your priorities really are, look at you...
03/16/2025

How you spend each day becomes how you spend your life.

If you want to know what your priorities really are, look at your schedule; take inventory of where your time and energy go. If you’re not prioritizing the relationships and activities you say matter most to you, you need to be honest with yourself about what needs to shift. 💜

Life is too short to give up dreams of flight. 🦋Keep dreaming. Your soul needs it. Your mental health depends on it. It’...
03/12/2025

Life is too short to give up dreams of flight. 🦋

Keep dreaming. Your soul needs it. Your mental health depends on it. It’ll keep you youthful.

It’s worth it. (Promise.) 🤍

There’s what happens to us, and then there’s the stories we tell ourselves about what happens to us. What we believe is ...
03/11/2025

There’s what happens to us, and then there’s the stories we tell ourselves about what happens to us. What we believe is true becomes the story we live out.

Reframe the harsh voices. Choose forward motion. Celebrate the wins, big + small. Every day won’t be your best day, but some sure will. Keep going. 🤍

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