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02/10/2026

✨️Therapy Thoughts Tuesday✨️

Hot Take 🔥

Ever feel like you’re on a hamster wheel in therapy...talking about the past, understanding it better, but not feeling different in your day-to-day life?

In therapy, understanding doesn’t automatically turn into trust, meaning, increased capacity, or the ability to sit with hard moments differently. Mental health support shouldn’t just help you make sense of your life, it should help you participate in it more fully.

At FIVE3, we aim to balance both:
🧠 Meaning-making and understanding
🛠️ Skill-building, capacity, and real-life application

Sometimes having language for your experience is powerful—“That makes sense” can feel deeply validating. And that’s important.
But it’s only one piece of the puzzle.

If you’ve found yourself questioning whether therapy is moving the needle, lean into that curiosity. Ask yourself:
How can I also use therapy to build skills that assign meaning to my own life?

Building commUNITY, one meaning-making moment at a time.

02/08/2026

✨️There is no timeline for undoing what took years to form. Your healing isn’t late—it’s happening at the pace your system can handle.✨️

02/05/2026

February loves a deadline.
Healing… does not.

If progress feels messy, nonlinear, or like two steps forward and one emotionally confusing step back you’re doing it right.
Growth isn’t a straight line just because the calendar says new year.

Gentle reminder: you don’t need to push progress to prove you’re healing.
Sometimes progress looks like pausing, noticing, and staying.

Slow still counts. 💭✨

02/04/2026

🎉✨ HAPPY 2ND ANNIVERSARY, FIVE3 THERAPY ✨🎉

Two years of FIVE3, and wow… what a ride. Since our clinic rebrand, we’ve been beyond grateful (and honestly a little emotional 🥹) to support individuals in our commUNITY and across Ontario. We’ve grown in size, grown in purpose, and grown in love.

We love meeting clients exactly where they are, no pressure, no “fixing”...just real humans doing real work. We’re changing the game in therapy, one honest conversation at a time. And while we do that, we remain deeply committed to giving back through sponsorships, volunteering, and showing up for the community that shows up for us.

Whether you’re here for Therapy Thoughts Tuesday, sipping the psychoeducational tea ☕, or you’re an official member of the FIVE3 fam—we are endlessly thankful for you. Truly. You’re the reason this space exists.

Looking ahead, we’re stepping into another year with the same FIVE3 vibes, a whole lotta love, and some very exciting new things on the horizon 👀✨

🎁 GIVEAWAY TIME 🎁
As a thank-you to our incredible community, clients, friends, and followers, we’re giving away a therapy-filled basket packed with all the GOODS:
🖤 FIVE3 merch
☕ $100 Starbucks gift card
🧠 Fidget toys
🎨 Emotions wheel
✨ And more cozy, regulating surprises

How to enter:
✔️ Follow us on Facebook and Instagram
✔️ Share this post to your story
✔️ Tag someone you’d share a coffee or tea with (because let’s be real… sometimes that is the therapy)
⭐ Bonus love: leave us a kind Google review if you’re feeling the FIVE3 vibe

⏰ Giveaway closes February 28th at midnight

A small thank you for the BIG difference you all make. Without you… there is no us.
Here’s to FIVE3. 💛🖤✨

02/03/2026

✨️Therapy Thoughts Tuesday✨️

If care wasn’t freely given in your childhood—or past adult relationships—and was tied to your behaviour, you learned the rules early: stay quiet, keep the peace, manage their mood.

When connection felt fragile, your nervous system stepped in like a full-time project manager.
Monitor. Adjust. Protect.

The catch? You end up carrying responsibility that was never yours to hold.

If this feels familiar, it’s not a personality flaw.
It’s a survival skill that overstayed its welcome.

*Disclaimer: The content shared here is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional clinical expertise or medical advice. Always consult a registered therapist or healthcare provider for personalized care.

02/01/2026

January is finally over — congrats, you survived the longest month of the year. 🥶✨

If your wellness goals didn’t magically kick off on Jan 1… you’re in good company. Healing, growth, and change don’t follow a calendar. They start when you feel ready.

At FIVE3 Therapy, we don’t believe in “behind” or “late.” We believe in meeting you exactly where you are — on Feb 1, or any day you choose to begin. 💛

Whenever you’re ready, we’re here.

01/27/2026

✨️Therapy Thoughts Tuesday ✨️

Self-blame can feel safer than sitting in the absence of repair.
If I did something wrong, at least I have something to work on.
Waiting for accountability from someone else? Unpredictable. Uncomfortable. Rare.

Self-blame gives the illusion of control.
Repair requires someone else to show up—and that’s a risk.

If this hit a nerve, you’re not “too hard on yourself.”
You learned this to survive.

*Disclaimer: The content shared here is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional clinical expertise or medical advice. Always consult a registered therapist or healthcare provider for personalized care.*

01/23/2026

Growth doesn’t always feel good, obvious, or Instagram-worthy. Sometimes it just feels unfamiliar. And unfamiliar is often a sign that something is shifting.

01/21/2026

🌟 **Bell Let's Talk Day** 🌟

At FIVE3 Therapy, we are BIG fans of holistic mental health, and we talk about it every day. Today, on Bell Let's Talk Day, we want to honor the power of open conversations and raise awareness about the importance of mental well-being.

Did you know? 1 in 5 Canadians will experience mental health issues at some point in their lives. But we can change that by breaking the stigma and seeking support. Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or simply need a safe space to talk, we're here for you. 🧠💬

We are incredibly lucky and privileged to stand alongside our clients in their mental health journeys. Every step, no matter how big or small, is worth celebrating. 💜 Our FIVE3 family is proud to be part of the change, offering support, understanding, and holistic care to help individuals thrive.

If you’re ready to take the next step in your journey, reach out to us! We're here to support you and help you thrive.

01/20/2026

✨️Therapy Thoughts Tuesday ✨️

You can understand someone’s trauma and still refuse to tolerate their behaviour.
Yes, unpopular opinion. We know.
And also… it’s one many clients quietly nod along to in session.

Compassion explains behaviour.
It does not excuse harm, disrespect, or boundary-crossing.

Quick tip:
Try this reframe → “I can care about your pain without making it my responsibility.”
Understanding is empathy. Tolerance is a choice.

If this is something you’re struggling with, you are absolutely not alone AND you’re not “cold” for feeling this way.

Healing sometimes means choosing yourself. 💛

*Disclaimer: The content shared here is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional clinical expertise or medical advice. Always consult a registered therapist or healthcare provider for personalized care.*

01/15/2026

Depression is rarely just sadness.
It’s guilt that lingers, anxiety that hums in the background, loneliness that feels isolating, self-criticism that won’t quiet, and apathy that makes even small tasks feel heavy.

When we reduce depression to one feeling, we miss the full picture—and the people living inside it.

If this resonates, you’re not broken and you’re not alone. There is space to talk about all of it, not just the parts that are easy to name. 🤍

01/13/2026

✨️Therapy Thoughts Tuesday ✨

Ever notice your brain immediately jumps to the worst-case scenario?

You’re not being dramatic.
You’re not “too negative.”
You’re not broken.

Your nervous system is doing what it was trained to do: survive.

When you’ve lived through unpredictability, loss, or emotional whiplash, your body learns a clever (but exhausting) strategy:
👉 If I expect the worst, I won’t be blindsided.

Preparing for loss becomes a way to feel in control.
Catastrophizing becomes a form of self-protection.
Your mind says, “Let me go there first so it hurts less later.”

The catch?
Your body doesn’t know the difference between imagined danger and real danger...so it reacts as if the worst is already happening. Over. And over. And over again.

This isn’t just a thought pattern.
It’s a nervous system habit.

And habits can be unlearned with safety, support, and practice.

*Disclaimer: The content shared here is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional clinical expertise or medical advice. Always consult a registered therapist or healthcare provider for personalized care.*

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