Gift of Grit Counseling, LLC

02/18/2026

You can have love and honesty. You can have passion and stability. You just have to learn how to Love without Losing Yourself. Check out my blog post below and let me know your thoughts!

Hi friends,Since it’s the month of love, let’s talk about something that doesn’t usually make the Valentine’s Day highlight reel: how hard it is to stay fully yourself in a relationship without wrecking the connection, or yourself.I work with a lot of folks (and couples) who come into therap...

02/14/2026

I’m often just amazed at the grandiosity and defensiveness therapists display all the time. Healers should be able to be active in their healing. Clients are watching us. You can be human and a healer and healing all at the same time!

02/11/2026

New blog post about dating and wounded attachment: https://www.giftofgritcounseling.com/post/love-and-longing-dating-in-this-big-ole-world-out-there

Let me know your thoughts!

Hi friends,If dating has ever made you want to scream into a throw pillow or question your entire worth as a human, you’re not alone. I hear this stuff all the time in therapy: people wondering, Why does dating suck so much? or Why does one unanswered text send me into an emotional spiral? Let’s...

02/08/2026

If any of my followers are interested in a retreat for women with birth and perinatal trauma of all types, please DM for the waitlist link. Know that I’m thinking of you and your babies. ❤️

02/08/2026

I’m giving my attention to things and people that matter. And you should, too.

02/04/2026

🌟 What if the path to closeness wasn’t more romance, but more democracy? Explore how shared voice and power transform relationships. 
New blog post here:

Many couples want deeper intimacy but find themselves stuck in power struggles, fights or loneliness. Whether it shows up as one partner always deciding or the other walking on eggshells, inequality can quietly erode connection. In this post, we’ll explore why equality in relationships is essentia...

02/02/2026

Is your relationship built on shared power?

Here’s how to tell: slide through for some subtle signs of day-to-day equality.

Which one resonates with you?

02/01/2026

When you walk into my therapy office and say, “I have no idea what we’re going to talk about,” those sessions are often my favorite. Agendas sometimes can cramp the deeper, more sustaining work we can do in the therapy room. While you may feel like you’re not understanding the point of what you’re talking about, your therapist does. And they’re pulling together the threads of other sessions and themes in your life to help you create insight and radical change. If they’re good at what they do!

02/01/2026

Taking a break is easier said than done, especially when you’re in the middle of a really unproductive fight with your significant other. However it is the first and only skill I recommend initially to help you stay committed to full respect living, which is the idea that no matter the provocation you treat the other person with respect all humans deserve.