Rise: Counseling • Consulting • Wellness

01/22/2026

“Whatever you fight, you strengthen, and what you resist, persists.” —Eckhart Tolle

10/16/2025

Tears are the body’s way of exhaling what words can’t yet say. But so often, when our children cry, we rush to stop it. We tell them it’s okay, to be brave, to calm down — not because they’re wrong to feel, but because WE are uncomfortable with their pain.

Yet every time we hush those emotions, we teach them to tuck their sadness somewhere it doesn’t belong. Over time, those uncried tears don’t disappear — they harden. They become tension, anxiety, outbursts, distance.

Crying is not weakness — it’s wisdom in motion. It’s the body clearing space for peace to return.

So let them cry. Sit beside them in the storm without needing to fix it. Because what heals isn’t our solution — it’s our presence.

And when the tears finally slow, what’s left is clarity, calm, and connection. They learn that emotions aren’t dangerous — they pass, and they can handle them.

That’s how resilience begins. ❤️

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09/24/2025

Reset, recharge, restore.

09/24/2025

I offer both of these as an additional way to support the nervous system and body in the healing process.

Sadie presented with PTSD and sensory sensitivity, which felt overwhelming in her day-to-day life. After concurrent rounds of SSP and RRP, she was able to feel more physically and emotionally relaxed.

03/15/2024

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01/24/2024

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01/02/2024

✨Glimmers✨

04/23/2023

Safety first.

03/19/2023

Showing vulnerability takes bravery, but the bravery needs to be balanced with discernment. If you can be certain a person won’t be able to hold your vulnerability, that person probably isn’t safe to open up to.
Much of the time we can’t know for sure who’s safe without first trying.
Put yourself out there in small doses. As a person can hold what you show them (meaning you feel accepted, seen, cared for, and not shamed), you can gradually show more. This is how people earn the real you. It takes work on your part and it takes work on their part. This is why the closest relationships take time to cultivate.

03/19/2023

A popular question I get asked is….

“Do I have trauma?”

I usually respond with, “I don’t know. Let’s talk”

Trauma is an emotional response to a stressful event or circumstance

Trauma is the way in which we experience things that happen to us. It is our emotional reaction to an event. This reaction is typically long-lasting. There are diagnoses for emotional reactions that are short-lived, but if they are long-lasting, it’s likely we can say that was a traumatic event in your life. Even still, a traumatic event may be something we reacted to, but have learned to cope with.

Otherwise, when you do not have the appropriate ways and healthy skills put in place to recognize and reprogram, what we repress is never addressed and we are in constant distress.

We can find distractions to avoid talking about it, but the body keeps the score.