A Better You Wellness

12/18/2025

The holiday season often brings a mix of reflection, connection, and emotional intensity. For many, this time of year highlights both the progress made and the habits or patterns still being worked through—especially when navigating anxiety, stress, or relationship challenges.

As the year comes to a close, may you find moments to pause and acknowledge your growth. Small steps toward self-awareness, healthier boundaries, and self-compassion matter more than perfection. This season can be an opportunity to rest, reset, and move forward with intention. ✨🌿

Wishing you a peaceful and restorative holiday season and a hopeful, grounded start to the new year.

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12/18/2025

As a couples therapist, I hear this often:

“We love each other… we just don’t feel connected anymore.”

Emotional disconnection in a marriage or long-term relationship can feel confusing, lonely, and overwhelming—especially when there’s no big fight, no betrayal, and no clear breaking point.

What many couples don’t realize is this:
Connection doesn’t disappear overnight. It fades slowly when communication becomes transactional, stress takes over, and intentional connection falls to the bottom of the list.

The good news?
Emotional connection can be rebuilt.

That’s why I wrote A Couple’s Guide to Connection: From Roommates to Romance in Just 10 Minutes a Day.

This book offers:
✔ Practical communication tools for couples
✔ Short, guided exercises to rebuild emotional intimacy
✔ A gentle, structured approach to strengthening relationships
✔ Support for couples who feel more like roommates than romantic partners

If your relationship feels distant but you still care deeply, this book meets you where you are—and shows you how to reconnect without pressure or overwhelm.

💛 You don’t need a perfect relationship.
💛 You need intentional moments of connection.

📘 A Couple’s Guide to Connection is available now.
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12/17/2025

“We’re not fighting…we just don’t feel close anymore”
Emotional connection in marriage doesn’t disappear suddenly. It fades when communication becomes routine, stress takes over, and intentional connection gets pushed aside.

The good news?

You can rebuild emotional intimacy-without long conversations or overwhelm.

That’s why I wrote A Couple’s Guide to Connection: From Roommates to Romance in Just 10 Minutes A Day.

If your relationship feels distant and you still care deeply, this book is created to support you-right where you are.

12/15/2025

12/15/2025

“From roommates to romance—one small daily shift. 💬❤️ Link in bio.”

12/15/2025

Feeling like roommates instead of soulmates? 🌱 Unlock romance in just 10 minutes a day! Watch your love life bloom. Save this idea!
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12/04/2025

Top 3 Marriage & Relationship Counselor in Frisco (2025)

Honored to share that I’ve been recognized as one of the Top 3 Marriage & Relationship Counselors in Frisco for 2025! 💛✨

Supporting couples in the Frisco and DFW area through communication challenges, trust issues, intimacy rebuilding, and deeper emotional connection is truly my passion. Whether you’re working to heal after betrayal, feeling like roommates instead of partners, or simply wanting to strengthen your relationship, I’m here to help you reconnect in meaningful ways.

Being ranked in the Top 3 Marriage Counselors in Frisco is a reminder of how powerful guidance, compassion, and evidence-based relationship tools can be. Thank you to every couple who trusted me with their healing journey. Your courage inspires me daily.

If you’re in Frisco, Plano, McKinney, Dallas, or North Texas and are ready to grow, reconnect, or repair your relationship, I am currently accepting new couples.
🌿 Learn more or book a consultation:
https://abetteryouwellnessus.com/
https://telishia-johnson.clientsecure.me

Thank you for the support, Frisco! Here’s to creating more secure, connected, and fulfilling relationships in 2025. 💕

11/27/2025

On Thanksgiving we’re grateful for every person who has chosen to invest in their mental health—from anxious high achievers and busy parents to couples navigating conflict. Your bravery in exploring your emotions and building healthier habits inspires us. At A Better You Wellness, Telishia “TJ” Johnson, LMFT‑Associate, offers a warm, non‑judgmental space and relational perspective to help you overcome anxiety, depression and relationship challenges. By blending CBT, Emotionally Focused Therapy, somatic and trauma‑focused approaches, we help clients in Frisco and Haslet, TX, and online across Texas and Washington build self‑esteem, regulate emotions and create lasting change.

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11/03/2025

💬 What if one simple assessment could change your relationship for the better? Whether you're dating, engaged, or married—understanding each other deeper is the key to lasting love. 💑✨

In just 60 seconds, discover how tools like Prepare/Enrich can uncover hidden strengths and improve how you connect, communicate, and grow—together. ❤️

👇 Watch now and take the first step toward a stronger bond.

10/27/2025

💞 Secure Attachment in Relationships: What It Looks Like 💞

A secure attachment style is the foundation of healthy, lasting relationships. People with this style feel comfortable with both intimacy and independence. They can give love freely, receive love openly, and navigate conflict with respect.

👉 In relationships, secure attachment looks like:
✨ Open and honest communication
✨ Trusting your partner without fear of abandonment
✨ Balancing closeness and personal space
✨ Managing conflict without threats or withdrawal
✨ Offering and receiving support with ease

🌱 The beauty of secure attachment: It creates safety, stability, and a deep sense of “we’re in this together.” Even if you didn’t grow up secure, the good news is—you can earn secure attachment through awareness, healing, and safe relationships.

💡 Secure doesn’t mean perfect—it means resilient, connected, and able to repair when things go wrong.



✨ Remember: Secure love feels safe, steady, and connected—and it’s possible to cultivate it at any stage of life. 💕

10/20/2025

⚡ Controller Attachment in Relationships: What It Looks Like ⚡

People with a controller attachment style often learned early on that the world can feel unsafe. Control becomes their way of protecting themselves from vulnerability. While this can create a sense of order, it often puts strain on relationships.

👉 In relationships, controller attachment may look like:
✨ Needing to be “in charge” of decisions and dynamics
✨ Struggling to trust others fully
✨ Avoiding vulnerability by focusing on control
✨ Using criticism, withdrawal, or intensity to feel safe
✨ Feeling anxious when things feel uncertain or unpredictable

💔 The challenge: Controllers crave connection but fear the loss of power or safety that comes with letting go. This can create cycles of tension, disconnection, or conflict.

💡 The hopeful truth: Healing means learning to trust, soften control, and embrace vulnerability as a strength—not a weakness. With awareness and safe relational experiences, even controllers can experience the intimacy they long for.



✨ Remember: Control feels safe in the short term, but real love thrives in trust, flexibility, and openness. 🌱

10/13/2025

🌸 Pleaser Attachment in Relationships: What It Looks Like 🌸

Do you find yourself always putting your partner’s needs before your own—even when it leaves you feeling drained or unseen? That may be the pleaser attachment style at work.

👉 In relationships, pleaser attachment often shows up as:
✨ Difficulty saying “no” or setting boundaries
✨ Constantly seeking reassurance and approval
✨ Avoiding conflict at all costs
✨ Feeling anxious if your partner is upset
✨ Over-focusing on your partner’s needs while neglecting your own

💔 The challenge: Pleasers want connection so badly that they may lose themselves in the process, leading to resentment and burnout.

💡 The hopeful truth: With awareness and healing, pleasers can learn to honor their own needs, set healthy boundaries, and create relationships that feel balanced and fulfilling.

🌱 True intimacy grows when both partners feel safe to bring their whole selves.