Keepin’ it Real -
notes from a therapist
Setting Boundaries with Family During the Holidays: A Therapist's Guide to Staying Sane
Learn practical strategies for setting boundaries with family during the holidays. Discover how to protect your peace of mind while maintaining relationships during this challenging season.
Cultivating Joy as an Anxious Person: It's Possible, I Promise
Discover practical strategies to find joy while managing anxiety. Learn to embrace emotions, reframe thoughts, and engage with life. Anxiety doesn't have to steal your happiness – find out how.
The Therapeutic Power of Hobbies: 7 Ways They Can Ease Anxiety
Explore how hobbies can help ease anxiety with seven practical benefits, explained by an Austin-based therapist specializing in women and teens.
Understanding and Managing Election Anxiety: A Guide for Women and Teens
In this blog, we discuss election anxiety, why it might affect some people more than others, and, most importantly, how to manage it.
Anxiety and Imposter Syndrome: Understanding Their Connection
Explore the link between anxiety and imposter syndrome and learn how therapy can help you break free for a more confident life.
Building Confidence with High-Functioning Anxiety: Strategies That Actually Work
Struggling with high-functioning anxiety? Discover practical strategies to boost your confidence, from mindfulness to boundary-setting. Learn how to challenge negative thoughts and celebrate your achievements.
Navigating High-Functioning Anxiety Through Enhanced Emotional Awareness
Discover how enhancing emotional awareness can help manage high-functioning anxiety, leading to better stress management, decision-making, and overall resilience.
How EMDR Helps Treat Anxiety
Explore how EMDR therapy helps treat anxiety by helping you process trauma without reliving it, leading to lasting relief.
The Hidden Roots of People-Pleasing: Understanding Where It Comes From and Why It Persists
Explore the deep-seated reasons behind people-pleasing, its long-term impacts, and why it persists. Dive into the origins, from trauma to conditional love, and learn how therapy can help.
How to Overcome Work Anxiety
Anxiety can push you to perform but when it becomes excessive, it can drain you and impact your well-being and potentially creep into your personal life.
How to Tell the Difference Between Anxiety and Panic Attacks
Being able to tell the difference between a panic attack and anxiety attack can be tricky but it's important in knowing the best support for you.
How Anxiety is Effecting your Relationships
Anxiety can be hard and exhausting enough trying to manage it on your own. The last thing you want to worry about is how your anxiety is effecting your relationships with those around you.
What is High Functioning Anxiety and What it looks like in Your Daily Life
Anxiety just like with all other mental health struggles aren't always what they seem or what you think they "should" look like and high functioning anxiety in particular can get overlooked.
What is Existential Therapy and How it Works to Reduce your Anxiety
Do you ever find yourself wondering why you even exist? What is the purpose of it all? Does it then lead to overwhelming worry or anxiety? Existential therapy might be the one answer for these big questions.
7 Ways to Embrace and Accept New Beginnings as an Anxious Person in the New Year
Everyone experiences change in their lives and with it overwhelm and anxiety around the unknowns. By incorporating practical mindshifts and tools, you can embrace change with clarity and peace.
How to Cope with Challenging Family Relationships During the Holidays
This time of year means more time spent with family members you haven’t seen in a while. It's important to approach these moments with increased patience and compassion.
8 Ways To Navigate Holiday Grief
If you’ve experienced a loss of any kind, I’m sure you’ve noticed it can be a complex time of year. Holidays can magnify grief emotions but can learn how to carry it in a way that makes it more manageable for you.
Self-compassion and Body Image During the Holidays
The holidays can challenge our body image for MANY reasons. Our coping mechanisms are strained from stressors and we are inundated with reminders about our body (and people’s opinions).
How to Stop Masking Your Emotions
We often wear a mask to conceal our true feelings. While masking emotions can be a helpful coping mechanism, if left on for too long it can be detrimental to your mental and emotional well-being.
What Overstimulation Feels Like as a Highly Sensitive Person and How You Can Do Manage It
Do you often find yourself experiencing intense emotional reactions, feeling quickly exhausted by external stimuli? You may be struggling with overstimulation, a common occurrence for HSPs.