Metis Counseling

03/02/2026

To be fair, adults struggle with these things as well.

02/28/2026

Yes it is!

02/17/2026

Even if it feels hard at first, doing one or more small things can make a difference.

02/11/2026

I wish more people understood that unhealed childhood trauma doesn't just disappear.

It shows up decades later as autoimmune disease, heart issues, chronic pain, fatigue and mental health struggles.

People separate mental health from physical health like they're two completely different things.

But your body keeps every record of what your mind couldn't process.

Every moment of fear, neglect, invalidation, and abuse you experienced as a child didn't just disappear when you turned eighteen. It got stored somewhere in your body.

Now you're an adult visiting doctors for mysterious illnesses nobody can fully explain.

Constant fatigue that sleep doesn't fix.

Pain that comes and goes with no clear cause.

A body that's attacking itself because it learned to operate in survival mode so early it never learned how to stop.

What happened to you at 4, 10 or 15 may still be influencing your health today as an adult.

That thing you brushed off as "just how you are"? That chronic condition doctors can't quite explain?

It might be your unprocessed childhood trauma living in your nervous system, manifesting physically because it was never given the space to heal emotionally.

This isn't conspiracy.

This is science.

The body and mind are connected.

Heal the trauma, and watch how your body starts responding differently.

You weren't born broken.

You were made sick by what happened to you.

02/09/2026

It’s important to try and take a moment before responding, especially to avoid assumptions and negative reactions when possible .

02/05/2026

Some of you may have heard of the HALT acronym, which stands for Hungry, Angry, Lonely and Tired.
I would also add Sick (illness or injury) and Temperature (too hold/too cold).

It makes it more difficult to be our best self with the added weight of one or more of these reasons.

This can apply to adults as well and I’m guessing you might know the top ones that apply.

01/30/2026

It’s almost over for real.

We’ve got this 😮‍💨

01/28/2026

The power of 🎶 and a feel good video.

01/24/2026

We all have feelings (I think 🤔?)

01/22/2026