Family Matters Counseling & Assessment Services

12/29/2025

DBT Skills. Distress Tolerance. STOP Skill + TIP Skill.

12/26/2025

Simple Habits for a Calmer New Year

Start the day without your phone
Avoid screens for the first 20–30 minutes to reduce cortisol spikes and mental overload.

Create one non-negotiable daily routine
A fixed habit walk provides stability on chaotic days.

Practice single-tasking
Focus on one task at a time to lower anxiety and improve cognitive efficiency.

Set a daily “stop time”
Decide when work ends to prevent burnout and improve sleep quality.

Declutter one small space daily
Physical order reduces mental noise and decision fatigue.

12/23/2025

These are not small things. They are not “soft goals” or passing phases. They are the quiet markers of a life coming back into alignment — the kind of progress that doesn’t always announce itself, but changes everything underneath the surface. 🖤

12/20/2025

2026 isn’t asking you to reinvent yourself overnight. It’s asking you to release what keeps you small. Let go of the pressure to be “further ahead.” Let go of the older version of you who did the best she could with what she had. Let go of waiting for apologies that may never come. Let go of forcing outcomes that are already shifting in ways you can’t see yet.

Your only job is to tend to what’s yours — your growth, your integrity, your healing, your faith. The rest unfolds the way it’s meant to. You’re not defined by your past, your timeline, or anyone’s perception of you. You are defined by the person you’re becoming, the choices you make now, and the courage it takes to release what no longer fits.

This year, detach from what holds you back so you can finally rise into what’s been waiting for you.

12/19/2025

12/11/2025

This festive season I hope the glimmers find you, I hope each day something magic happens for you. This time of year can sometimes feel like an uphill battle, for anyone that needs this today, please know you aren’t alone. For those that have lost, I hope the memories fill your heart with love, and anyone struggling in the dark finds the glimmers to pull you through.

I promise you aren’t alone, and one day soon the glimmers will turn into the brightest light and you’ll see you made it through ✨

12/08/2025

The circle of control holiday edition💚 //

12/05/2025

For so long, I thought peace would arrive when things finally calmed down.
When the to-do list shrunk.
When the house stayed clean.
When the routines felt airtight.
When everyone slept.
When life gave me a moment to breathe.

But the truth is quieter than that:
peace isn’t something that appears when the chaos ends —
it’s something we learn to feel inside it.

Parenthood asks us to find small pockets of ease
even when the day doesn’t go to plan.
To notice the softness in the middle of the noise.
To let a moment of joy coexist with fatigue.
To choose lightness even when we’re stretched thin.

Not because things are perfect,
but because joy doesn’t require perfect conditions —
just presence.

I’m learning that I can be tired and grateful,
overwhelmed and steady,
in the thick of it and still able to see what’s good.

The chaos comes and goes.
But the capacity to feel okay within it —
that’s the part I’m finding in me. ❤️

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12/03/2025

Interesting way to describe trauma responses.