Mikah Salonies, LPC

12/14/2025

12/14/2025

Another helpful strategy! Amen Clinic’s
“One Page Miracle” is the perfect activity to do before 2026!

The psychiatrists at Amen Clinics routinely recommend a goal-setting tool called the One Page Miracle. This simple yet powerful tool makes a dramatic difference in the lives of those who practice it. More in the link https://bit.ly/3SZj9DY

12/13/2025

The holiday season can intensify feelings of pressure—especially for those navigating substance use challenges. These feelings are more common than many realize. Visit samhsa.gov/find-help to learn how to support yourself or a loved one who may be struggling.

12/12/2025

Very helpful strategy from Cherry ADHD !

This is the hack I have been using for 1.5 years now and it still works like a treat.
You know when we tidy we can often get suuuuper side tracked by things that don’t belong into the room you’re in so you pick it up to bring to a different room and then in that room you also see mess and before you know it you moved through the entire house without having ever finished tyding a room and end up completely overwhelmed and decision fatigued.

So you grab 2 bags…
Sometimes 3 if you know there’s lots of clutter as well as clothes in random places.

1 bag is your bin bag
1 bag is your clutter bag/ the bag where all the things go into that belong into another room
Optional: 1 bag for clothes in random places that need to go into the laundry basket

And you start with the least bad room. For me that’s the lounge.
I put music on and at first all I do is put all trash into the bin bag. Next I put all clutter that doesn’t belong into the room or that doesn’t have a home yet into the clutter bag)
Then I put all the things away that do have a home in the room I’m in.
Now I move into the next room but before I do ANYTHING, I go through the clutter bag and see if there are things from the previous room that belonged into this room that I’m in now. If so, I put those away into their home in the room I’m currently in.
Then I go through the same steps as above: first trash, then clutter from another room and things that don’t have a home.
If there are any mugs or plates I collect those and bring those into the kitchen once I’m done with all th above steps before moving into the next room.
Same with clothes

12/12/2025

12/12/2025

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12/10/2025

12/05/2025

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THERAPISTS! You can be bad ass AND drink water 💦😏

12/04/2025

What you felt with them wasn’t delusion — it was hope.

You weren’t imagining the connection; you were imagining what it would feel like if that connection was actually supported, nurtured, and reciprocated. That’s what people with big hearts do: they picture the healthy version of the bond they should’ve received.

And I want you to hear this clearly:
You weren’t “too much” for wanting consistency.
You weren’t unrealistic for wishing they’d show up for you on the hard days the same way they did on the easy ones.

You were simply holding space for the partner they could have become if they had the emotional capacity, the self-awareness, or the willingness to grow.

Loving an avoidant often means loving someone’s potential more than their patterns.
It means grieving not just the relationship, but the future you built in your mind — the version of them who stayed, communicated, and chose you fully.

That version wasn’t a fantasy because you’re naive.
It was a vision because your heart knows what real love should feel like.
They just never chose to rise to it.

And that says everything about them, not about your worth.

12/02/2025

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12/01/2025

The EWR Hotline was activated today at 3 p.m. The new hotline number is 636-344-0177. Please pass this information along to anyone that may need a warm place to stay overnight.

11/27/2025

We don’t bloom because everything is perfect.
We bloom because even in the darkness, the smallest light has the power to reach our hearts again.
And little by little, we soften… we open… we grow.


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