Empower Your Mind Therapy

Empower Your Mind Therapy Empower Your Mind Therapy is a group mental health practice providing individual and group therapy.

Some feelings hit out of nowhere. You're going about your day and suddenly, you're sad. No clear reason, no warning, jus...
08/08/2025

Some feelings hit out of nowhere. You're going about your day and suddenly, you're sad. No clear reason, no warning, just a heaviness that lingers.

Unexpected sadness can feel disorienting, but it doesn’t mean something’s wrong with you. Emotions can surface from things we haven’t fully processed, or even from subtle cues we’re not consciously aware of. Your brain and body remember more than you think.

Instead of fighting it or rushing to “fix” it, try this: pause, notice, and gently name it. Ask yourself, “What might this sadness be pointing me toward?” Then offer yourself compassion. Let yourself feel it without needing to explain it away.

Not all sadness needs a reason to be valid. It just needs room to breathe.

Scientifically, even. Kindness releases serotonin and endorphins, the brain’s natural mood boosters. It strengthens conn...
08/06/2025

Scientifically, even. Kindness releases serotonin and endorphins, the brain’s natural mood boosters. It strengthens connection, lowers anxiety, and even reduces stress levels. In other words, it’s healing - for others and for you.

Social anxiety can make even a quick conversation feel overwhelming, but here’s the fascinating part: even brief, positi...
08/04/2025

Social anxiety can make even a quick conversation feel overwhelming, but here’s the fascinating part: even brief, positive social interactions can actually help rewire your brain over time. When you connect with someone, your brain releases feel-good chemicals like oxytocin and dopamine, which can lower stress and reinforce a sense of safety.

For people with social anxiety, this kind of gentle exposure - just saying hi to a barista, chatting with a coworker for a minute, or texting a friend - can help desensitize the brain’s threat response over time. These micro-moments don’t just feel good in the moment; they actually help your brain learn that social connection isn’t always dangerous or draining.

It’s not about diving into big group events right away. It’s about starting small, practicing safe and manageable interactions, and letting your nervous system slowly build trust in the process. Connection *on your terms* can be powerful medicine.

Ever feel like you're the go-to person when your friends need advice, emotional support, or someone to just get it? Bein...
08/01/2025

Ever feel like you're the go-to person when your friends need advice, emotional support, or someone to just get it? Being the "therapist" of your friend group can be a sign of deep empathy and emotional intelligence, but it can also lead to burnout if you're constantly giving without receiving. Being the "mom" of the group often comes from a place of care, but it can create an imbalance in friendships. You might start to feel responsible for everyone else’s emotions while pushing aside your own. Over time, that can lead to emotional exhaustion, resentment, or feeling unseen.

Setting boundaries might look like saying, “I care about you, but I’m not in the right headspace to give advice right now,” or encouraging friends to seek professional help when issues go beyond what a friendship can (and should) hold. You deserve the same level of support you so freely give to others.

Yes, virtual therapy is convenient. But it's also much more than that.For many people, remote sessions increase access t...
07/30/2025

Yes, virtual therapy is convenient. But it's also much more than that.

For many people, remote sessions increase access to care they might otherwise avoid, whether due to social anxiety, mobility challenges, location, parenting demands, or a full schedule.

It creates a sense of safety for those who feel most grounded at home. It reduces the stress of commutes and waiting rooms. And for some, being in their own space allows for deeper emotional work and vulnerability.

Remote therapy isn’t a shortcut. It’s a doorway; one that opens healing to more people, in more ways.

Therapy meets you where you are. And sometimes, that’s on the other side of a screen. Empower offers virtual meetings for both individual and group sessions. We'd love to connect if that resonates with you.

This may not come as a surprise to all your fur-parents out there, but hey, let's educate the masses. Animal companions ...
07/28/2025

This may not come as a surprise to all your fur-parents out there, but hey, let's educate the masses. Animal companions can *profoundly* support our mental health. They offer nonjudgmental presence, unconditional affection, and a consistent rhythm to our days. Their calm (or playfulness) can help regulate our nervous systems, ease anxiety, reduce loneliness, and even lower cortisol levels. The thing about our animals is that they don’t need us to be perfect. Just present.

For many, therapy includes connection - with self, others, and sometimes, the animals who walk beside us as we heal.

Healing doesn’t mean always feeling good. Growth includes grief, joy, boredom, hope, anger, and peace. Sometimes all in ...
07/25/2025

Healing doesn’t mean always feeling good. Growth includes grief, joy, boredom, hope, anger, and peace. Sometimes all in the same week.

To embrace it all is to let emotions move through without judgment. It’s allowing discomfort to exist without rushing to fix it. It’s holding space for the in between: being grateful and overwhelmed, hopeful and tired, healing and still hurting.

Therapy isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about staying with yourself, exactly as you are. That’s the work, but that’s also the freedom.

Adventure isn't just about travel or thrill; it’s about staying emotionally open, curious, and connected to what makes y...
07/23/2025

Adventure isn't just about travel or thrill; it’s about staying emotionally open, curious, and connected to what makes you feel alive.

Here’s how to keep the spirit of adventure alive, even in your everyday:

• Stay curious: Ask new questions, even about familiar things
• Take emotional risks: Practice vulnerability in safe relationships
• Try something small and new regularly; new route, new recipe, new boundary
• Let wonder in. Slow down enough to notice beauty
• Make space for discomfort - growth often hides there

You don’t have to climb mountains to feel like you’re moving forward. Inner adventure counts, too. Therapy can help you reconnect with your sense of direction, especially when the map feels unclear.

As summer winds down, make space to slow down.Before jumping into the rush of fall, give yourself permission to pause an...
07/21/2025

As summer winds down, make space to slow down.

Before jumping into the rush of fall, give yourself permission to pause and breathe. Here are a few therapist-approved ways to wrap up your summer with intention:

• Take a solo nature walk — no goals, no pressure, just presence
• Revisit a favorite book or journal your summer highs and lows
• Listen to water — whether it’s waves, a stream, or a playlist
• Try a creative release: doodle, paint, dance, or write freely
• Ground yourself with a 5-minute mindfulness check-in

Summer doesn’t have to end with burnout. Let it close with calm. Your nervous system will thank you.

"Micro moments of happiness... are incredibly powerful." — Alyssa Mairanz, LMHC & Founder of Empower Your Mind TherapyWe...
07/18/2025

"Micro moments of happiness... are incredibly powerful." — Alyssa Mairanz, LMHC & Founder of Empower Your Mind Therapy

We’re thrilled to share a recent feature spotlighting our founder, Alyssa Mairanz, in a beautifully written “Guide to Glimmers” - a collaboration that explores how small, joyful moments can transform our mental health from

“Micro moments of happiness, or Glimmers, are incredibly powerful in helping to regulate the nervous system, which can lower overall stress and anxiety,” shares Alyssa.
“When experienced consistently, especially in the slower rhythm of travel, glimmers signal to the brain both safety and joy, building muscles for resilience and optimism in daily life."

Alyssa’s insights remind us that healing doesn’t always come from big breakthroughs. Sometimes, it's the tiny glimmers that quietly change everything.

Curious about how to invite more glimmers into your daily life? Let’s talk about it.

Nostalgia can be sweet… but sometimes, it hurts. It can remind us of who we used to be, what we used to have, or the peo...
07/16/2025

Nostalgia can be sweet… but sometimes, it hurts. It can remind us of who we used to be, what we used to have, or the people and places we’ve lost. And that ache is real. You're not “living in the past”, you’re feeling the very real impact of time, change, and memory.

So if, and when, nostalgia stings, try this:

Let yourself feel it without rushing to fix it. Sadness honors what mattered.
Name what you miss. Was it safety? Joy? Connection? Knowing this can guide what you may still need.
Be gentle with the version of you who’s grieving something that once felt whole.

Remember that healing includes honoring every piece of your story; even the ones that still tug at your heart.

Because there’s something powerful about reclaiming rest and play in a world that glorifies productivity.
07/14/2025

Because there’s something powerful about reclaiming rest and play in a world that glorifies productivity.

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