Courageous Minds Counseling, LLC

01/08/2026

Featured + Grateful!
So humbled to be highlighted in this month’s newsletter — spotlighting why healing, courage, and authentic leadership matter. This work isn’t about perfection — it’s about presence, persistence, and showing up for the inner journeys that shape us.

To every soul doing the deep work, asking the hard questions, and choosing growth over comfort — this one’s for you. 💛

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01/07/2026

If this list feels personal, it’s because it is.

These patterns weren’t flaws.
They were survival strategies.

But survival and connection are not the same thing.

Healing is learning that you no longer have to earn safety by disappearing.

01/05/2026

Relational trauma doesn’t disappear just because you became an adult.
It adapts.

It becomes overexplaining.
It becomes shrinking your needs.
It becomes choosing peace over honesty.
It becomes reading the room before you speak.

Healing isn’t about becoming louder.
It’s about becoming safer — internally and relationally.

At Courageous Minds Counseling, we don’t rush this work.
We honor how your nervous system learned connections before words.

Save this. Share this.
Healing starts with naming what happened.

01/01/2026

Happy New Year & Happy Birthday to Courageous Minds Counseling

As we step into a brand-new year, we’re also celebrating another year of Courageous Minds Counseling—a space built on healing, growth, courage, and connection.

This milestone isn’t just about time passing.
It’s about the lives touched.
The cycles interrupted.
The nervous systems softened.
The families, children, and adults who chose healing—even when it was hard.

Here’s to many more years of healing, growth, and courageous transformation.
Thank you to our clients, therapists, community, and supporters who trust us with their stories. We don’t take that lightly—ever.

✨ 2026, we’re ready.
🖤 With gratitude and purpose.

12/24/2025

At Courageous Minds Counseling, we believe healing starts with connection—and that includes time with our own families.

Our team is taking intentional time to rest, reset, and be fully present with the people who matter most this holiday season. 🤍
We’ll be stepping away to honor family, joy, and restoration.

✨ We’ll be back and ready to serve on January 5, 2026. ✨

If you’re on a healing journey, know this:
Rest is not falling behind.
Connection is not a luxury.
And you deserve both.

Wishing you peace, warmth, and gentle moments this holiday season.
We’ll see you soon. 💫

— The Courageous Minds Counseling Team

11/21/2025

A ‘hello’ carries a lot of weight. It can be the first step to connection, support, and healing.

This World Hello Day, we encourage you to reach out to someone today!! You never know whose day you might make brighter (including your own). 💛

11/20/2025

Life can get really overwhelming, really fast!! Especially when it feels like everything is happening at once or you’re stuck trying to figure out who you are in the middle of the chaos. Whether you’re healing from old wounds, navigating big changes, or just trying to remember that you deserve love and joy, you don’t have to go through it solo.

I’m Sonia, and my goal is to create a space where you can show up exactly as you are!! Messy feelings, big emotions, dark humor and all are welcomed and embraced in my space. I’m laid-back, real, and believe that sometimes laughter is just as important as processing the heavy stuff. Your story matters, and wherever you are in it, I’m here to walk with you as you grow, heal, and rewrite the parts that no longer serve you.

I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness-based tools to help with anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and childhood trauma. I also support people navigating stress, self-esteem challenges, and major life transitions. My approach is multicultural, inclusive, and fully LGBTQIA+ affirming — a space where you can feel safe, supported, and genuinely understood!!

Does Sonia sound like the therapist you've been looking for? Give Courageous Minds Counseling a call at 515-601-2890 or email at admin@cmciowa.com

11/19/2025

To all men: your feelings matter, your struggles are valid, and your well-being deserves care. Take a moment for yourself today, you deserve to pause, to breathe, to heal.

11/18/2025

In case you needed the extra reminder! :-)

11/17/2025

During Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, we pause to recognize the strength and resilience of those facing food and housing insecurity. Compassion starts with awareness and together, we can create change through understanding, advocacy, and action!

11/14/2025

We all have that inner strength. How are you tapping into yours today?

11/13/2025

Did you know that... World Kindness Day started growing its roots in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement--a coalition of kindness-focused, non-governmental organizations from countries around the world!!

Sometimes its hard to remember just how far kindness can go. Today, we pause on the daily grind, and make the conscience effort to do something kind ON PURPOSE!

A much needed reminder that even the smallest good vibes, like a compliment, a smile, or helping someone out, can ripple out and make the world a little brighter!!!