The Healing Exhale

The Healing Exhale Insight-oriented, social justice informed, compassionate therapy – for INFJs, empaths, and other highly sensitive humans.

Your constant appeasing, conforming, placating, self-diminishing, fawning… isn’t the enemy. It’s a fierce protector, for...
01/14/2025

Your constant appeasing, conforming, placating, self-diminishing, fawning… isn’t the enemy.

It’s a fierce protector, forged in moments when keeping others happy felt like the only way to stay safe. Its intentions are rooted in care, even if its methods no longer serve you.

This part doesn’t need to be pushed away or silenced; it needs to be understood, seen, and held with compassion.

When you approach your people-pleasing tendencies with curiosity, you begin to see its truth: it’s trying to shield you from pain, rejection, or loss.

The work isn’t about fighting these parts of yourself; it’s about building relationships with them. When your darkest parts feel seen, they no longer need to scream for attention. When they trust that you can lead, they start to release their grip, opening space for ease, clarity, and connection.

Much of contemporary wellness culture frames health (mental health included) as a personal endeavor, emphasizing individ...
12/09/2024

Much of contemporary wellness culture frames health (mental health included) as a personal endeavor, emphasizing individual choices, self-optimization, and internal transformation. While autonomy and self-determination do shape many of our health outcomes, focusing solely on these aspects inevitably overlooks broader systemic and relational factors—social inequality, trauma, and cultural disconnection—that profoundly influence well-being.

In my work as a therapist, I often say healing is not a fixed state to be achieved, but a dynamic process that shifts with life’s circumstances, relationships, and external realities. It’s not only about self-care but also about relational care: how we show up for others and contribute to creating healthier, more equitable environments.

True healing includes a sense of belonging, and that requires embracing the interconnectedness of our lives. It’s not an isolated goal, but a shared journey that involves mutual care, cultural respect, and systemic transformations.

It is self-compassion that blooms, not perfection that binds. 🌱
12/09/2024

It is self-compassion that blooms, not perfection that binds. 🌱

Your body is a storyteller, it speaks in whispers. It holds the chapters you’ve tried to forget, the dreams you’ve tucke...
12/06/2024

Your body is a storyteller, it speaks in whispers. It holds the chapters you’ve tried to forget, the dreams you’ve tucked away, the tension of every “no” you swallowed when you wanted to say “yes.”

Embodiment begins with listening— not to fix, but to witness. Feel the ache, the flutter, the weight of your breath. They are the language of aliveness.

Let today be the day you listen gently to the story your body is trying to tell.

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