Angela Parrelli M.S. P-LPC

11/20/2025

11/20/2025

Any people pleasers in the house? Episode 19 is coming this Tuesday 🩵

11/20/2025

This is wisdom! Read it twice!

Pain doesn’t discriminate. Challenges don’t ask for character references. Life hits everyone, the disciplined, the careless, the kind, and the cruel.

But what separates people is response. Some let pain poison them. Others let it purify them. Some spend years asking “why me?” while others ask, “what now?”

The truth is, storms don’t reveal who’s blessed or cursed, they reveal who’s built. Good people aren’t defined by the absence of struggle; they’re defined by the presence of grace in how they handle it.

Next time life knocks you down, don’t rush to conclude it’s unfair. Ask yourself, “How can I come out wiser, not just wounded?” Because life will test you either way, but only growth turns pain into purpose.

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You can’t always choose what happens to you, but you can always choose what it turns you into.

11/20/2025

Ever wondered about the science behind self-soothing? It’s your body’s natural recipe for calm.

When emotions run high, techniques like deep breathing and visualization help lower your heart rate and clear your mind.

It’s how you move from emotional flooding to grounded connection. The more you practice this skill, the easier it becomes to handle stress, together.

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11/20/2025

Self-harm is an intense coping strategy. This diagram shows why it’s crucial to look beyond the behavior (“what we see”) and address the deeper “unbearable circumstances” and emotional needs underneath.

11/20/2025

11/20/2025

11/20/2025

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗜𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗡 𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗦 𝗬𝗢𝗨’𝗥𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗨𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬, 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬

Read the thread 🧵 in the comments below ⬇️ about the real signs you’re evolving, even if no one sees it yet

11/20/2025

Sometimes in the face of great pain, you might stay present for just thirty seconds, a minute, five minutes. All that matters is how you are relating to pain. Refuge is always waiting for you; it is here in the moments that you regard what is happening with a kind and gentle presence.

10/13/2025