Growing Roots Integrative Health and Wellness

05/27/2026

Could you be a good candidate for Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy? Read these reviews written by our patients to learn more about how KAP might make you feel!

05/20/2026

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05/13/2026

Mental Health Awareness Week always seems to arrive at the exact moment people need permission to slow down. For years, conversations around mental health focused mostly on crisis. While those conversations matter deeply, there is also something powerful about talking openly about everyday emotional exhaustion, burnout, guilt, anxiety, loneliness, and the quiet pressure so many people place on themselves to keep going no matter what.

This year, I keep coming back to one idea above all else: self compassion.

Not the polished, picture perfect version of self care that social media often sells us. Real self compassion is messier than that. It is giving yourself grace when your energy is low.

Too many people move through life carrying guilt for being human.

Guilt for needing boundaries.

Guilt for saying no.

Guilt for taking time off.

Guilt for not being “better” fast enough.

But healing does not happen through shame. Growth does not come from constantly criticizing ourselves into exhaustion. Most of us would never speak to someone we love the way we speak to ourselves on hard days.

Mental Health Awareness Week is a reminder to challenge that inner voice. To replace perfection with kindness. To recognize that struggling does not make someone weak. It makes them human. It also feels important to recognize the people who spend their lives supporting the mental health of others. They sit with grief, trauma, fear, and heartbreak every single day while trying to offer stability and hope to others.

Burnout in mental health professions is real. Compassion fatigue is real. Emotional depletion is real. Many professionals enter this work because they care deeply about people, but caring deeply without protecting your own wellbeing can become unsustainable over time. There is sometimes an unspoken expectation that helpers should always have it together.

Mental health workers deserve rest without guilt.

They deserve boundaries without apology.

They deserve support systems of their own.

And perhaps most importantly, they deserve the same compassion they so freely give to everyone else.

05/13/2026

Happy Mental Health Awareness Week! It's no secret that mental health is a big priority for Growing Roots. This year we wanted to call attention to our fellow therapists and healthcare workers that give so much of themselves to help others feel better. You deserve care too.

Check out our latest blog post for more:

Mental Health Awareness Week always seems to arrive at the exact moment people need permission to slow down. Maybe that is part of what makes it meaningful. It is not just about awareness in the abstract. It is about honesty. About admitting that even the strongest, most capable people carry invisib

05/08/2026

Dive in! You never know what might happen.

05/07/2026

There’s a lot of misinformation out there about menopause and perimenopause. Here are some common myths that need to be set straight!

05/06/2026

May is Women's Health Month and we've already seen so many posts about losing weight, diets, detoxes, and other trends that overcomplicate "wellness" as an attempt for people to spend all their money on powders and juices. Your body does not have to be a constant project! This month, let's get back to basics.

05/01/2026

It's a new month! Let's try to make the most of it :)

04/28/2026

New Englanders, How are we feeling????
See you in therapy :)

04/24/2026

Marathon Monday, Earth Day on Wednesday, and Good News Friday? This week is packing a punch! Do something fun to treat yourself this weekend.