Lanala LMSW

04/25/2026

Life is good if we can follow these ABC's of Life! 😀👍

04/23/2026

04/21/2026

Life is a gift from God so let us stop taking it for granted and live each new day well! Have a wonderful day! 😀

04/21/2026

No matter what mental illness you live with, you are still worthy of love, understanding, and peace. Your struggles don’t define your value; they’re simply part of your story, not the whole of who you are. Healing takes time, and you deserve kindness every step of the way.💚



Self-Love Rainbow

04/21/2026

Some days feel heavier than others.
If today is one of those days, take a breath and remind yourself: you don’t have to do it all, your feelings matter, and you deserve kindness.

04/21/2026

If you’ve ever thought, “Is it really abuse if it’s not physical?” this might change everything. 🧩

Many survivors say the first time they saw the Power and Control Wheel, what they were living through finally made sense. It lays out the common tactics abusers use to gain and keep dominance—like isolating someone, minimizing harm, twisting reality, or making big promises that “it’ll never happen again.”

What felt confusing or deeply personal starts to look like a pattern—and that realization can be both heartbreaking and empowering. It’s not a misunderstanding. It’s a system built around control.

Have you ever seen a resource that put words to something you couldn’t explain before? Share in the comments—or pass this along to someone who might need it. 💜

🔗 https://zpr.io/4yPAKQMmbsz5

04/19/2026

If your emotions could talk

Kinza Saleem
Clinical Psychologist

04/16/2026

This is not just tiredness. It is brain adaptation after birth. In the first two years postpartum, research suggests gray matter can shift in regions linked to emotion, attention, and social processing.

These changes are sometimes compared to decades of aging, but they are not damage. They are restructuring. The brain is reorganizing for a new life role.

The brain stays on alert. It tracks danger, needs, and emotional cues constantly. It switches between care, tasks, and interruptions all day. This creates extreme mental load.

That is why memory feels weaker and focus feels scattered. The brain is not failing. It is prioritizing survival and caregiving at full capacity. And what is called “baby brain” is often just a brain doing too much at once.

04/16/2026

In the first months of life, a baby’s brain does not clearly separate “self” from caregiver. The mother’s voice, scent, heartbeat, and warmth are processed as part of one shared safety system.

This is not emotional dependency in an adult sense. It is neurological development. The infant brain is still learning where the body ends and the outside world begins.

Because of this, separation can trigger strong stress responses. Even short absences may feel like a loss of safety, not just distance. The nervous system reacts quickly.

Over time, responsive caregiving helps build secure attachment. This becomes the foundation for emotional regulation and healthy independence later in life.