The Heart Advocate

The Heart Advocate Ta'lor L. Pinkston, LSW
Licensed “Self-love” Social Worker
Facilitator | Educator | Speaker
“I am here for your heart” 🫶🏾

01/31/2026

The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank is all about neighbors helping neighbors.

If you’re hesitating because you think someone else needs it more—please know this: needing food is reason enough. You deserve support and Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank is here to help.

Asking for food isn’t a failure and Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank is here to support you.

This post is sponsored by as a support service and resource to the Pittsburgh community.

01/16/2026

Did you know that compassion fatigue was a type of burnout?

Share your thoughts in the comments on this topic discussion. Your thoughts matter 🫶🏾

Thank you to and to for the work you do enhance the lives of social workers like myself and to those of you who attended my virtual presentation training "Prevention & Coping Skills for Helpers."

Camp Lucy is 4-months away 🏕️🎉 This will be my third year participating as a speaker and I am excited and honored 🥰 to b...
01/15/2026

Camp Lucy is 4-months away 🏕️🎉

This will be my third year participating as a speaker and I am excited and honored 🥰 to be a part of the Listen, Lucy one-day Mental Health Camp for Middle Schoolers at Camp Guyasuta , Laurel Highlands Council , Scouting America !!!

If you work at a school or know someone who does, reach out to Listen Lucy and ask about how to get your students involved 🫶🏾

See you on May 13, 2026 !!!
Your !!!

If you’re a helper who’s been feeling stretched, tired, or quietly carrying more than you should, I created this trainin...
12/29/2025

If you’re a helper who’s been feeling stretched, tired, or quietly carrying more than you should, I created this training with you in mind.

✨ Prevention & Coping Skills for Helpers
🗓 January 16, 2026
⏰ 10:00–11:00 AM EST
💻 Live Virtual Training
📚 Approved for 1 CEU

This training isn’t about adding more to your plate, it is about learning how to take care of yourself while continuing to do the work you care deeply about. This grounded and practical session will support participants in:

• Identifying stress, burnout, and compassion fatigue specific to helping roles
• Applying realistic prevention and coping strategies at work and beyond
• Creating a personalized self-care needs plan that supports sustainability, not just survival

Early Registration begins now !!!

The first 5 registrants will receive 6 months of access to "The Fullest Well: From Fatigue to Fulfillment" a self-paced online training designed to support rest, boundaries, and sustainable care beyond the live session.

Because helpers deserve more than a moment of support; they deserve ongoing care.

🔗 Register here: www.theswagawards.com/trainings

SWAG: Social Worker Appreciation of Greatness Awards

It's not the most wonderful time of the year for everyone and that's okay. You may have experienced loss, you may be fee...
12/19/2025

It's not the most wonderful time of the year for everyone and that's okay. You may have experienced loss, you may be feeling lonely, or maybe you have memories of this time of year that are not so pleasant. It's okay to not be okay this time of year.

Your emotional wellness matters whether you love the holidays or not.

Choose to take care of yourself this holiday season 🎄❄️ and every season.

"From Self-Neglect to Self-love" Interview Description:"In this powerful 'Shame to Shine' interview, Ta’lor L. Pinkston,...
12/12/2025

"From Self-Neglect to Self-love" Interview Description:

"In this powerful 'Shame to Shine' interview, Ta’lor L. Pinkston, "The Heart Advocate," shares her courageous journey of transforming shame and self-neglect into self-love and empowerment.

A licensed self-love social worker and mental health professional, Ta’lor opens up about her experience in a verbally and psychologically abusive relationship during pregnancy and postpartum. Despite being trained to help others, she found herself trapped in silence and shame—until the practice of self-love became her lifeline.

Today, Ta’lor uses her story to teach others how to make self-love a coping skill—a daily practice of compassion, boundaries, and worthiness that changes everything."

You can watch the full interview here:

In this powerful Shame to Shine interview, Ta’lor L, "The Heart Advocate," shares her courageous journey of transforming shame and self-neglect into self-love and empowerment.A licensed self-love social worker and mental health professional, Ta’lor opens up about her experience in a verbally and...

Thank you Illuminated Expression, LLC for allowing me to share my voice, my story, and my presence on your 100th episode...
12/03/2025

Thank you Illuminated Expression, LLC for allowing me to share my voice, my story, and my presence on your 100th episode !!!

During the episode, I share what self-love as a practice means to me, releasing perfectionism, confronting internalized narratives, and reclaiming my personal power.

Speaking with Renita Ray Davis, LICSW-S, PIP, BACS, the
Creator & Host of the "Goddesses of Social Work Podcast" and Founder of Illuminated Expressions, LLC was grounding, truthful, and profoundly liberating.

Congratulations Queen !!!!!!!

🎧 The 100th Episode Is Live: The SWAG: Social Worker Appreciation of Greatness Awards Series | Ta’lor L. Pinkston: The Heart Advocate & the Medicine of Self-Love

The Spotify link, Apple link, and YouTube link are in the comments.

In this milestone 100th episode of the Goddesses of Social Work Podcast, I am honored to welcome Ta’lor L. Pinkston, LSW — widely known as The Heart Advocate...

Healthy Start is hiring in the Clinical Practice Department. Our Moving Beyond Depression (MBD) Clinician brings in-home...
12/03/2025

Healthy Start is hiring in the Clinical Practice Department.

Our Moving Beyond Depression (MBD) Clinician brings in-home, evidence-based therapy to parents navigating postpartum depression and other mental health challenges.
They offer short-term Cognitive Behavioral Therapy treatment and support, care coordination, and help families get connected to long-term treatment that reflects their needs and their story.

If you’re clinically skilled, community-minded, and ready to show up for families in real ways, we’d love to talk.

bit.ly/hsicareers

🫶🏾 thank you YWCA Greater Pittsburgh for the platform 🫶🏾
10/23/2025

🫶🏾 thank you YWCA Greater Pittsburgh for the platform 🫶🏾

If you missed our YWCA Week Without Violence webinar on Safe Beginnings: Protecting Mothers, Nurturing Futures, check it out on our website. Panelists spoke about resources for supporting mothers and children as families build hopeful, healthy futures free from violence. 🧡

Watch now → ywcapgh.org/blog-collection/wwv2025 🔗

Thank you UPMC Magee-Womens for inviting me to be a speaker for our "23rd Annual Perinatal and Neonatal Conference."
09/20/2025

Thank you UPMC Magee-Womens for inviting me to be a speaker for our "23rd Annual Perinatal and Neonatal Conference."

I wanted to let you all know that I was asked to be a panelist for YWCA Greater Pittsburgh a "Week Without Violence" and...
09/17/2025

I wanted to let you all know that I was asked to be a panelist for YWCA Greater Pittsburgh a "Week Without Violence" and Domestic Violence Awareness Month event on October 21, 2025.

The theme is "Safe Beginnings: Protecting Mothers, Nurturing Futures."

The panel is a virtual event scheduled for Tuesday, October 21, 2025, from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm on Zoom and I hope you register and attend.

Please share with your communities.

09/06/2025

During Mental Health Awareness Month in May 2025, I was asked to share some mental health support for staff experiencing chronic stress, compassion fatigue, and burnout with my colleagues at Healthy Start, Inc. Pittsburgh/Allegheny County during our virtual All Staff Meeting.

If your organization, staff or team could benefit from a presentation (virtual or in person) like this, you can email me at theheartadvocate@gmail.com for rates and scheduling.

I am here for your heart 🫶🏾

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I Am Here For Your Heart ...

Hello beautiful people. I am Ta’lor L. Pinkston, The Heart Advocate and am dedicated to bringing self-love, mental health support, and Healing Over Everything to the heart of every woman. Feeling safe enough to share and be transparent is so important in our journey and I am a safe-space in virtual therapy, in my support group, and as a speaker and workshop facilitator.

My Goal: For every girl and woman to know her worth by becoming a Heart Advocate.

My Mission: To help women defy fear, self-doubt, insecurity, shame/blame, and guilt by prioritizing self-love, mental health, healing.

By sharing my story + truth, I believe that I can give every woman the permission to do the same.