21/06/2025
✧INSPIRE✧
For years I had this marker board on my office wall and each week I would have a new quote on it - for myself and for my clients. I LOVED finding the quote for the week and EVERY SINGLE TIME it would seem to speak directly to a client for that week. I never questioned it, just found what felt right for the week. I left that office shortly before my maternity leave in 2017 and this was one of the last images and my all time favorite. Every client chose a color and put their own word on the board. Each week it slowly filled. Clients got to see they weren’t alone even though it was just us every meeting. They inspired each other, and they inspired me.
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Today I was missing this particular moment. My practice is SO different now. For starters, I am no longer in RI. And for a time I was entirely virtual along with every other therapist because of the pandemic. While I am grateful for that shift and the flexibility that being virtual gives (for one thing I still have many of my RI clients!), I have missed the in-person experience. I have an office now - in CT, which I love almost as much as the one in RI. But it is still mostly empty of people. Of color. Like the voices of each person on this board. Perhaps it’s time I put it back on the wall. Who knows, maybe it will inspire once again.
