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02/13/2026

🛑 Healthy Boundaries = Self-Care 🛑

Setting boundaries isn’t about pushing people away—it’s about protecting your energy, your time, and your well-being.

Here’s how to start:
✨ Know your limits – Identify what feels comfortable and what doesn’t.
✨ Communicate clearly – Use calm, direct language: “I can’t do that right now.”
✨ Stay consistent – Boundaries work best when they’re honored regularly.
✨ Self-check – Notice when something drains you and adjust accordingly.

Healthy boundaries create space for respect, connection, and inner peace. 💛

02/12/2026

💛 What Sparks Your Happy Chemicals? 💛

Your brain LOVES a little boost:
✨ Dopamine → Celebrate small wins
✨ Serotonin → Sunlight & gratitude
✨ Oxytocin → Hugs & connection
✨ Endorphins → Move & laugh

Which one will you try today? 🌿 Comment below & share your favorite!

02/11/2026

🌿 Pause & Reflect 🌿

What’s your favorite way to unwind? A walk in nature, a good book, or simply a few deep breaths?

Sometimes, the most important act of self-care isn’t what we do—it’s knowing when to step back. When a habit, relationship, or expectation no longer serves you, it can weigh on your mind and body.

Signs it might be time to disengage:

1. You feel drained instead of nourished

2. You’re constantly anxious, frustrated, or resentful

3. You’re neglecting your own needs to keep it going

Taking a step back doesn’t mean giving up—it means creating space for growth, clarity, and healing. 💛

✨ You deserve relationships, routines, and choices that lift you up, not weigh you down.

02/10/2026

🧠 Understanding PTSD & Healing Through Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

If you’ve experienced trauma, your mind may replay the event in ways that keep you stuck—through flashbacks, guilt, or negative beliefs about yourself. Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is an evidence-based therapy designed to help you process these experiences safely and begin to reclaim your life.

CPT works by:

Helping you understand how trauma affects your thoughts and beliefs

Identifying and challenging unhelpful thinking patterns

Building healthier perspectives to reduce distress and improve daily functioning

Healing from trauma is possible. CPT gives you tools to move forward, not just cope. 🌱

✨ You don’t have to face your trauma alone—therapy can guide you toward clarity, safety, and growth.

Reach out to learn more
www.evexiacounselling.com
info@evexiacounselling.org
613-661-9235

02/09/2026

🌿 Mindful Monday - meet yourself with grace 🌿
This Monday, give yourself permission to meet you—not your expectations, not your to-do list, just you—with grace.

In times of stress and uncertainty, it’s easy to be harsh with ourselves, to demand perfection or solutions. Instead, pause. Take a breath. Acknowledge your feelings. Offer yourself the same kindness you would a friend.

Remember: showing up for yourself, even in small ways, is a victory. 💛

✨ “Grace doesn’t mean we’re perfect. It means we allow ourselves compassion even when things feel messy.”

02/06/2026

Feel-Good Friday 🌿

As the week comes to a close, this is your reminder that getting through counts. Not every week is about productivity or progress—sometimes it’s about endurance, self-compassion, and doing the best you can with what you have.

From a therapeutic lens, rest is not a reward.
Joy is not something you earn.
Feeling okay—even briefly—is enough.

So today, notice one small win:
• A moment of calm
• A boundary you held
• Something you let go of
• Something that made you smile

Take the weekend to soften your nervous system, reconnect with what feels grounding, and allow yourself to simply be.

You made it to Friday—and that matters. 💛

❤️

02/05/2026

Thursday Trauma Talk 🧠✨

Trauma isn’t just something we remember—it’s something the nervous system learns.

When we experience trauma, the body adapts to keep us safe. The nervous system may stay in survival mode, leading to:
• Chronic anxiety or hypervigilance
• Emotional numbness or shutdown
• Difficulty resting or sleeping
• Strong reactions to seemingly small triggers

These responses aren’t weaknesses—they’re intelligent survival strategies that once served a purpose.

Healing happens when the nervous system learns that safety is possible again. Trauma-informed therapy focuses on restoring regulation, building capacity, and gently helping the body return to balance.

💛 You are not broken.
Your nervous system adapted—and it can heal.

02/04/2026

Wellness Wednesday ❄️

The dark days of winter can feel heavy—short daylight, colder temperatures, slower energy. If you’re finding it harder to stay motivated or regulated, you’re not alone. This season asks more of our nervous systems than we often acknowledge.

For now, wellness might look like:
• Letting yourself rest without guilt
• Getting outside, even briefly, when there’s daylight
• Nourishing your body with warmth and movement
• Lowering expectations and offering yourself compassion

🌱 There are 44 days until spring (if I counted right)
You don’t need to thrive right now—you just need to get through.

Be gentle with yourself. The light is returning, one day at a time

02/03/2026

For all the women watching and listening—this is your reminder. 💪✨

Women statistically carry more of the mental load and domestic labour in their homes. That constant holding it all together takes a real toll on the nervous system and the body.

Making time for your wellness matters.
Strength training and movement aren’t about aesthetics—they’re about resilience.

✨ Lifting weights can help:
• Lower stress hormone production
• Increase muscle mass
• Improve bone density
• Reduce the risk of illness and disease as we age

Movement is one way we tell our bodies we are worth caring for—now, not “someday.”

So come on ladies…
Let’s be the oldest person in the Pilates class, not the youngest person in the nursing home (quote from my own amazing Pilates instructor at get kinected fitness)

Your future self is counting on the choices you make today, make her your priority!!

02/02/2026

Music has a way of reaching what words can’t. 🎶
Different genres can stir different emotions—comfort, grief, hope, anger, calm.

✨ Which genre of music speaks to you the most right now?
What emotions does it bring up for you?

In therapy, music can be a powerful tool for gently accessing what we may be holding onto beneath the surface. The rhythms, lyrics, and melodies often mirror our inner world before we’re even aware of it.

Take a moment to look at your playlist.
What’s the common theme lately?

01/30/2026

Friday Reflection - Before the weekend begins, take a moment to pause.

Celebrate your wins this week—big or small.
Acknowledge the challenges you navigated.
Give yourself permission to rest.

Reflection + rest = balance for your mind, body, and nervous system.

Your week mattered. So does your weekend.

01/29/2026

Finding Balance: Caring for Your Mental Health at Work and Home

In our fast-paced world, it’s easy to feel pulled in multiple directions—juggling work, family, and personal responsibilities can leave little room for rest or self-care. Over time, this can lead to stress, burnout, and disconnection from what truly matters.

Therapy can help you:
• Identify patterns that contribute to imbalance
• Recognize when stress is impacting your body and mind
• Set boundaries that support your wellbeing
• Build strategies to reconnect with your values and priorities

Work-life balance isn’t about perfection—it’s about making space for yourself, even in small ways. Creating healthy boundaries and understanding your own limits can improve your energy, relationships, and overall quality of life.

If managing stress, setting boundaries, or finding balance feels challenging, therapy provides a supportive space to explore these issues and build sustainable strategies that work for your life.

visit our website at www.evexiacounselling.com
email us at info@evexiacounselling.org
call or text us at 613-661-9235

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