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Diane K. Schmidt, Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker

02/11/2026

Healthy goals for women often focus less on doing more and more on living better:

Creating boundaries instead of adding obligations
Choosing rest without guilt
Making time for identity beyond roles
Saying no without over-explaining
Asking for support instead of pushing alone

These are not small goals. They are transformational ones.

I Can HELP YOU!
✅ Struggling with anxiety, grief, or life’s challenges?
Visit DKSchmidtCounseling.com to schedule your appointment today!
💙 Specializing in Christian Counseling, Women’s Counseling, and Anxiety Support in Overland Park.

02/04/2026

This year does not need louder ambition. It needs wiser intention.

Instead of traditional resolutions, consider these therapeutic shifts:

1. From Perfection to Alignment
Ask: Does this goal align with who I am becoming — or who I feel pressured to be?

2. From Hustle to Sustainability
Goals should support energy, not drain it.

3. From Comparison to Compassion
Your pace does not need to match anyone else’s timeline.

4. From Achievement to Meaning
A meaningful life is not built only on accomplishments — it is built on emotional well-being, connection, and self-respect.

I Can HELP YOU! 🌟
✅ Struggling with anxiety, grief, or life’s challenges?
Visit DKSchmidtCounseling.com to schedule your appointment today!
💙 Specializing in Christian Counseling, Women’s Counseling, and Anxiety Support in Overland Park.

01/28/2026

Culturally, women are praised for resilience — but rarely supported in sustainability.

Over time, this leads to:

Chronic exhaustion
Loss of personal identity
Quiet resentment
Emotional burnout
A sense of disconnection from one’s own needs

By the time a new year begins, many women are not asking, “What do I want?”
They are asking, “How do I keep up?”

I Can HELP YOU! 🌟
✅ Struggling with anxiety, grief, or life’s challenges?
Visit DKSchmidtCounseling.com to schedule your appointment today!
💙 Specializing in Christian Counseling, Women’s Counseling, and Anxiety Support in Overland Park.

01/21/2026

Every January, women are surrounded by messages about becoming “better” — more productive, healthier, calmer, more successful, more everything.
While goal-setting can be empowering, many women begin the year already tired from carrying responsibility for everyone else.

For women, the challenge is not usually motivation.
It is capacity.

Why Goals Feel Different for Women
Many women set goals from a place of pressure rather than clarity. They are balancing careers, families, relationships, caregiving roles, and emotional labor that often goes unseen.

As therapists, we regularly see women who:

Hold themselves to impossible standards
Feel guilty for wanting more time, rest, or space
Measure success by how well they serve others
Set goals based on expectations rather than values

When goals are built on obligation instead of intention, they quickly become another source of stress.

I Can HELP YOU! 🌟
✅ Struggling with anxiety, grief, or life’s challenges?
Visit DKSchmidtCounseling.com to schedule your appointment today!
💙 Specializing in Christian Counseling, Women’s Counseling, and Anxiety Support in Overland Park.

01/05/2026

If the beginning of this year is bringing up emotions you didn’t expect, therapy can offer:

a space to reflect without judgment
support for grief, burnout, anxiety, or transition
tools for navigating family dynamics or loneliness
guidance for setting healthy boundaries
clarity and intention for the year ahead

You don’t have to sort through your feelings on your own.

I Can HELP YOU! 🌟
✅ Struggling with anxiety, grief, or life’s challenges?
Visit DKSchmidtCounseling.com to schedule your appointment today!
💙 Specializing in Christian Counseling, Women’s Counseling, and Anxiety Support in Overland Park.

12/29/2025

Before the new year rushes in, December can be a gentle invitation to pause and notice:

> What did this year teach me?
> What drained me more than I expected?
> What supported me more than I realized?
> Where did I grow, even in small ways?
> What am I carrying into next year that I no longer want?

Reflection isn’t about judging yourself — it’s about understanding yourself.

I Can HELP YOU!
Struggling with anxiety, grief, or life’s challenges?
Visit DKSchmidtCounseling.com to schedule your appointment today!
💙 Specializing in Christian Counseling, Women’s Counseling, and Anxiety Support in Overland Park.

12/22/2025

Humans don’t move in straight emotional lines.
It’s possible to feel:

> grateful and disappointed
> excited and nervous
> hopeful and overwhelmed
> connected and isolated
> proud and unsure

Your emotions don’t need to be sorted or justified, they just want space to be acknowledged.

I Can HELP YOU!
Struggling with anxiety, grief, or life’s challenges?
Visit DKSchmidtCounseling.com to schedule your appointment today!
Specializing in Christian Counseling, Women’s Counseling, and Anxiety Support in Overland Park.

12/17/2025

As the year comes to a close, December often brings a mix of feelings that don’t always fit neatly into holiday cards or cheerful conversations.
For many people, this month is less about celebration and more about reflection — sometimes deep, uncomfortable, or unexpected reflection.

Maybe you’re looking back at the year and realizing things didn’t unfold the way you hoped.
Maybe you’re proud of some things but disappointed in others.
Maybe you’re grieving a loss, adjusting to changes, or simply feeling tired down to your bones.

December has a way of bringing all of that to the surface.

The Truth About “Year-End Emotions”
Even if you love the holiday season, this time of year can stir up:
> A sense of pressure to be okay
> Memories of someone you miss
> Loneliness (even when you’re surrounded by people)
> Anxiety about the year ahead
> Shame about goals you didn’t meet
> Relief and exhaustion at the same time

You are not doing anything wrong if this season feels complicated.
Life rarely fits the tidy narrative that December tries to put on us.

I Can HELP YOU!
✅ Struggling with anxiety, grief, or life’s challenges?
Visit DKSchmidtCounseling.com to schedule your appointment today!
💙 Specializing in Christian Counseling, Women’s Counseling, and Anxiety Support in Overland Park.

12/09/2025

Strong women still get tired.
Capable women still need rest.
Loving women still deserve care.
And women who support everyone else deserve support as well.

If this season is beginning to feel heavy — emotionally, mentally, or relationally — therapy can be a space where you are seen, held, and supported too. A place to breathe, reconnect with yourself, and remember that you matter just as much as everyone you care for.

Your needs are not an inconvenience.
You are allowed to take up space.
You are allowed to rest.
You don’t have to carry the season alone.

If you're ready for a compassionate space to talk and be supported, I’m here.

I Can HELP YOU! 🌟
✅ Struggling with anxiety, grief, or life’s challenges?
Visit DKSchmidtCounseling.com to schedule your appointment today!
💙 Specializing in Christian Counseling, Women’s Counseling, and Anxiety Support in Overland Park.

12/02/2025

his month, I want to gently invite you to stay connected to yourself too.

Not just your roles.
Not just your responsibilities.
You.

Here are a few grounding questions for the weeks ahead:

What do I need today, beyond what I need to do today?

Where can I simplify instead of striving to impress?

Which expectations are mine, and which ones am I carrying for others?

How can I give myself permission to rest without guilt?

Even five minutes of quiet intention can make a difference.
Sometimes the most powerful reset is simply pausing long enough to hear yourself think.

I Can HELP YOU! 🌟
✅ Struggling with anxiety, grief, or life’s challenges?
Visit DKSchmidtCounseling.com to schedule your appointment today!
💙 Specializing in Christian Counseling, Women’s Counseling, and Anxiety Support in Overland Park.

11/26/2025

Women often take on the role of being the “glue” — the one who keeps everyone else steady, organized, calm, nurtured, and happy. And while it comes from a place of love and strength, it can also become exhausting.

Many women quietly think:

“I don’t want to disappoint anyone.”
“If I don’t do it, it won’t get done.”
“Everyone depends on me — I can’t fall apart.”
“I should be grateful. I shouldn’t feel overwhelmed.”

Gratitude and exhaustion can exist at the same time.
Loving your family and feeling stretched thin can both be true.
Feeling blessed and feeling tired are not contradictions — they are human.

I Can HELP YOU!
Struggling with anxiety, grief, or life’s challenges?
Visit DKSchmidtCounseling.com to schedule your appointment today!
Specializing in Christian Counseling, Women’s Counseling, and Anxiety Support in Overland Park.

11/19/2025

The Quiet Load: The Pressure Women Carry as the Holidays Approach
November tends to bring a shift. The days get shorter, calendars fill more quickly, and whether we’re ready or not, the rhythm of the season starts to speed up.

For many women, this month isn’t just about cooler weather or Thanksgiving plans — it marks the start of an emotional and mental load that often goes unspoken. The lists get longer. Expectations rise. Invisible roles expand. And somewhere in the middle of it all, many women feel themselves fading into the background.

The Unseen Work Women Carry
Even in homes where responsibilities are shared, many women still carry the “quiet load”:

Remembering everyone’s schedules

Planning meals and gatherings

Coordinating family events and travel

Keeping emotional peace and connection steady

Caring for others before caring for themselves

Managing the emotional climate of the home

Carrying the pressure to “make the holidays special”

This is not laziness or lack of help from others. This is mental and emotional labor — the kind that rarely gets acknowledged, but shapes the flow of daily life in deep ways.

I Can HELP YOU!
Struggling with anxiety, grief, or life’s challenges?
Visit DKSchmidtCounseling.com to schedule your appointment today!
Specializing in Christian Counseling, Women’s Counseling, and Anxiety Support in Overland Park.

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Overland Park, KS
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