blog: Thoughts on Being Human
As therapists we hold space, we listen, we resonate.
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our passions, our own big feelings, our values.
We’re excited to share our humanity with you!
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On Self-Help’s Shortcomings: Why Self-Optimization Can't Heal What Hurts
Many self-help approaches encourage us to optimize, control, and overcome ourselves. This article questions the assumptions beneath those messages and explores how healing can emerge through embodied awareness, self-compassion, and connection with others. Sometimes the answer isn't another framework—it's making space for our full humanity.
On Smut Over Self-Help
Your soul does not need habits. Your soul needs play and imagination and pleasure!
Enter in what I hope to persuade you into reading more of: smut. You may have heard of smut because it’s a growing category of popularity in the Bookstagram and #BookTok areas of the internet.