Life's Healing Journey, PLLC

08/15/2025

No one walks through the door on the best day of their life, but with the hope that we can make it better. Come start your healing journey today!

08/14/2025

We have to show up for ourselves with compassion and curiosity, not frustration and hate.

08/12/2025

We often don't recognize our progress because we are always pushing through to the next goal without taking the time to celebrate the goals we have already achieved.

08/10/2025

If you told your best friend the same things you tell yourself, would you still have a best friend?

08/09/2025

Legal Aid will be prescreening appointments here at Scurry County Library on Tuesday August 12th from 10am to 2pm.

08/08/2025

Did you know that fidgeting with small things actually stimulates the cerebellum part of our brain, kickstarting our executive functioning skills? Fidgeting actually allows us to better focus, concentrate, and take in what we are hearing, as well as lets us get out some of that nervous energy.

As we prepare to go back to school, what are ways that help you to focus and learn?

08/07/2025

Their words, actions, and reactions are a reflection of their perceptions, problems, insecurities, and character.
They are not a reflection of you.

08/02/2025

We tend to see potential rather than where people are currently at, but there are no guarantees that person wants to change to meet that potential. We also don't want to continually hold others up on a pedestal doing all we can for them while we sink down in the dirt not getting even our basic needs met.

07/26/2025

Come see me at the Back to School Bash in the Coliseum today from 8:30am-12:30pm!!
With West Texas Taekwondo Academy

06/20/2025

We talk a lot about our roles, needs, and patterns in relationships, especially when our expressed needs have been dismissed, invalidated, or bulldozed time and again by the one who is supposed to love and care for us. As we begin noticing and caring for ourselves again, one of the biggest questions we start talking about is what do we need to stay vs what is our last straw to leave.

One of the most painful goodbyes a person can go through is walking away from someone they deeply love not because the love has died, but because the relationship is no longer healthy. It’s that kind of goodbye where your heart still longs for them, but your soul knows you can’t stay. You try to make it work.
You give second chances, third chances, even silent forgiveness for things that should have never happened. But after a while, love alone isn’t enough to carry the weight of something one-sided.
Staying in such a relationship means holding onto hope that they will change, even when time has already proven otherwise. It means shrinking yourself just to keep the peace, tolerating their distance, their inconsistency, and their lack of effort while quietly losing pieces of who you are. And still, you love them. Still, you pray for better days. But deep down, you know love shouldn’t feel like survival. You know it’s not supposed to hurt more than it heals.

Leaving doesn’t mean you’ve given up. In fact, walking away is one of the bravest things you can ever do... especially when your heart still cares. You leave not because you stopped loving them, but because you finally started loving yourself.
You realize that respect, peace, and emotional safety are not things you should have to beg for. And once you understand that, the fear of letting go starts to fade, even though the pain still lingers.

It’s not an easy path. The nights are long. The questions are endless. Did I try enough? Did I give too much? Could I have waited longer? But in time, you begin to see clearly. You start to recognize the difference between someone who truly values you and someone who just gets used to your presence.
You begin to understand that love should never cost you your mental well-being or your self-worth.
Sometimes, the most genuine form of love is the one that lets go. The kind that says: “I wish you well, but I won’t lose myself trying to hold onto you.” That’s not bitterness.
That’s clarity. That’s maturity. That’s choosing to protect your peace over prolonging your pain. And in that quiet, courageous moment you grow. You heal. You reclaim your identity.

So if you ever find yourself in a place where the love is real, but the relationship is slowly breaking you.... listen to your heart, but follow your soul. Because when respect is no longer being served at the table, it’s not selfish to walk away. It’s sacred.

05/23/2025

04/08/2025

LHJ Counseling offers a safe and encouraging place to work through life's hardest moments.