Safe Space Therapy & Consulting

12/25/2025

From Safe Space. 🎄🎁🫶🏾

12/24/2025

Christmas hits different when you’re healing🥴🎄

The holidays tend to amplify:
• loneliness
• nostalgia
• longing
• attachment
• grief
• fantasy

For those navigating anxiety, the overstimulation can feel overwhelming.
For those living with depression, the pressure to feel joyful can feel exhausting.
For those in life transitions, the contrast between “what was” and “what is” can feel sharp.
For those carrying trauma, this season can activate memories, expectations, and emotional wounds that others may not see.

You may miss people who are no longer here.
You may crave connection that doesn’t quite exist.
You may replay old memories—or imagine versions of life that feel just out of reach.

And none of this means you’re ungrateful.
It means your nervous system remembers.
It means your heart is processing.

This season doesn’t require you to perform happiness.
It invites gentleness.
It invites grounding in what’s real and present.

If Christmas feels heavy this year, you are not broken.
You are responding to your experiences—and that deserves compassion.

🎄🤍

12/24/2025

No fancy post. No cute emojis.

Just stopping by to say:

I’m proud you’re still here with me. I’m really proud of how far you’ve come. I’m especially proud that you’ve found strength to endure the not so pretty thoughts in your mind.

Im proud of you.

12/09/2025

✨ Reminder you didn’t know you needed:

A lot of times when you go through something very distressing, you often beat yourself up and get stuck on trying to answer the “why”.

Have you ever thought about asking instead, “what did this particular situation teach/show me”?

There’s so many opportunities of growth missed because of your “stuck point”.

Acknowledge/Feel the emotion.
Process.
Then fix that crown. 👑

You got this! 🫶🏾

12/06/2025

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12/06/2025

Today was the annual Mental Health Professionals of North Alabama Christmas Party & Swag Swap! This year, I partnered with & we brought self care items for all our friends! Have fun unpacking all that swag from today LOL. 😆 Happy Holidays to all! 🤗🎄🧡💚

11/30/2025

✨ New Blog Post ✨

The holidays often come with a beautiful — and sometimes overwhelming — blend of emotions. Joy, stress, grief, hope, nostalgia… it can all show up at the same time.

On the Safe Space Therapy & Consulting blog, I’m sharing a deeper look at why this happens and how to honor what you’re feeling this season.

You can read it here:
www.safespacetherapyal.org/blog/the-holiday-season-a-mix-of-emotions

Feel free to share with someone who might need this reminder. 💙

11/27/2025

Lately I’ve been reminding myself to slow down and notice the small things that make life feel a little lighter—a slower morning, sending a kind message to a friend, a moment to breathe, or a laugh that slips in on a hard day.

Gratitude doesn’t have to be tied to a specific holiday or tradition. It can simply be a gentle practice of paying attention to what supports us, comforts us, and grounds us.

Today I’m giving thanks for the little things… and the way they add up. 🧡🌼
What’s one small thing you’re grateful for right now?

11/26/2025

Before you pull up to anyone’s house this week—turn your boundaries ON, not off. ✅

Thanksgiving Reminder:🦃

🤍You’re allowed to protect your peace this holiday.
🩶You don’t have to explain why you’re not traveling.
🤍You don’t have to force conversations that drain you.
🩶You don’t have to sit at tables where you feel small, judged, or uncomfortable.
🤍You don’t have to hug anyone you don’t want to.
🩶You don’t have to tolerate backhanded comments “because it’s family.”
🤍You don’t have to stay longer than you want to.

This year, choose peace.
Choose comfort.
Choose the version of you that’s healing and no longer shrinking to make other people comfortable.

Healthy boundaries are not disrespect. They are self-respect. 🧡

11/21/2025

*It’s Training Friday* Today myself & is attending the Caregiver College hosted by TARCOG. It’s an all day conference with speakers & presentations based around aspects of just that, CAREGIVING! Whether it’s elderly, kids, spouse etc., take the time to slow down & rest. You can’t stay in “go mode” forever! Professionals/Social Workers doing continuing education! 🧡

11/17/2025

🧡 Understanding Life Adjustments: What Does It Really Mean?

Many people hear the phrase “life adjustments” in therapy or on intake forms, but may not know what it truly includes. Life adjustments aren’t “small things” — they are the natural, often overwhelming transitions we move through as humans.

Here are some common examples of life adjustments people experience:

✨ Changes in relationships
Breakups, divorce, new relationships, blended families, becoming a caregiver, or navigating distance from loved ones.

✨ Work and school transitions
Starting a new job, leaving a job, burnout, career uncertainty, going back to school, or major role changes.

✨ Family changes
Becoming a parent, becoming an empty nester, supporting aging parents, welcoming new family members, or grieving a loss.

✨ Health-related changes
Receiving a new diagnosis, managing chronic conditions, recovering from illness/injury, or navigating disability.

✨ Environmental or lifestyle shifts
Moving homes, financial stress, retirement, deployments, or separation from familiar routines and community.

✨ Internal shifts
Identity changes, spiritual transitions, personal growth, or feeling “stuck” while trying to redefine yourself.

Life adjustments can impact your emotions, energy, focus, sleep, and overall sense of stability. None of this means something is “wrong with you.” It simply means you’re adapting — and your mind and body are responding to the change.

If you’re going through a transition right now, you deserve support, space, and compassion. You don’t have to navigate these shifts alone.

— Safe Space Therapy & Consulting
Helping you adjust, heal, and find your grounding again.

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