The Mindful Corner

The Mindful Corner Licensed Psychologist based out of Miami, Fl who loves inspiring, and promoting spiritual and emotio

Licensed Psychologist based out of Miami, Fl who loves inspiring, and promoting spiritual and emotional growth. | �786-571-7117

Some truths are meant to wake you up. These are some I’ll continue to carry into 2026. ♥️🙂‍↔️
12/30/2025

Some truths are meant to wake you up. These are some I’ll continue to carry into 2026. ♥️🙂‍↔️

That time is coming when we’re endlessly encouraged to become someone new. A new routine, a new body, a new personality,...
12/29/2025

That time is coming when we’re endlessly encouraged to become someone new. A new routine, a new body, a new personality, a whole new version of ourselves.

But maybe we shouldn’t be chasing a “new me” at all. Maybe this year is about being more ourselves.

Because so much of what we call growth is actually unlearning. Unlearning the things we were conditioned to accept. The ways we learned to shrink, adapt, perform, or stay quiet to keep the peace or fit in.

Somewhere along the way, a lot of us drifted from ourselves without realizing it.

So this year isn’t about reinventing. It’s about returning. Getting closer to who we were before others told us who to be, before the expectations, and before we decided certain parts of us were “too much” or “not enough.”

Less performing. Less fixing. More honesty. More alignment. More room to be fully ourselves.

If that resonates, maybe the goal this year isn’t becoming someone different. Maybe it’s finally stopping the habit of leaving ourselves behind.

✨ New year, more myself.

When we talk about “being present,” we often assume it requires more time, more energy, or doing something special.It do...
12/22/2025

When we talk about “being present,” we often assume it requires more time, more energy, or doing something special.

It doesn’t.

Presence lives in small, ordinary moments like putting the phone down, pausing what you’re doing, offering a few minutes of full attention.

These moments matter more than we realize. They those we love feel seen and heard. And they regulate us, too.

And here’s the part we forget: You can’t outsource presence. No app, no algorithm, no productivity hack can give someone the kind of attention only you can offer them.

In an age where algorithms are competing aggressively for our focus, our FULL attention is a hot commodity.

Where and who we give it to matters.

Be intentional with your attention. Life is now. Be here.
Your presence is the best present. 🎁

We’ve been talking all month on how the Holidays can feel like the Emotional Olympics. And as we get closer to the final...
12/21/2025

We’ve been talking all month on how the Holidays can feel like the Emotional Olympics. And as we get closer to the final rounds, things get more intense. The pressure is higher, emotions are closer to the surface, and everything feels more intense.

This week often feels like the peak. And when the heat builds, something or someone may try to pull you back into an old version of you that you’ve been working hard to break away from.

This is the moment to notice it. Not override it and not react from it.

It’s easy in these moments to give our power away by saying things like, “You made me feel this way” or “They caused my reaction.” That language matters. Because your response still belongs to you. Those phrases hand your power away.

We stay anchored by choosing differently. By pausing. By taking one deep breath. By stepping away if needed. By reminding ourselves that we are not obligated to repeat old cycles just because the moment is charged. That you’re often one deep breath away from a steadier place.

Repeat: I can pause, step back, or remove myself if I need to.

In this final test of the Emotional Olympics, this is how cycles actually break. You notice what’s triggering you, and in real time, you choose differently. You choose your response instead of reacting.

This is the work and you have to believe you can do it! I believe in you!! ♥️♥️🙏

This time of year adds an extraordinary amount of cognitive and emotional load. There’s more planning, more coordination...
12/19/2025

This time of year adds an extraordinary amount of cognitive and emotional load. There’s more planning, more coordination, and so many mental tabs open at once.

When our capacity is stretched, it’s common for fatigue, irritability, or resentment to surface. What if we don’t see this as a personal failure, but instead as a predictable response to too much demand without enough rest?

What often makes this harder is the secondary layer when we start judging ourselves for having those feelings. I think that comes from the belief that good mothers should feel grateful, patient, and joyful all the time, especially now. That belief isn’t helpful, and it isn’t accurate.

If this season feels heavy for you, you’re not doing something wrong. You’re responding to a lot. You’re allowed to move through it imperfectly, take breaks where you can, and meet yourself with a little more patience than pressure. 🙏♥️ be gentle with yourSelf.

Notice more acting out behaviors in your child right now? December disrupts many of the structures that help children st...
12/18/2025

Notice more acting out behaviors in your child right now? December disrupts many of the structures that help children stay regulated. Routines change, sleep shifts, schedules become unpredictable, and there is more stimulation and social demand with less downtime. Even positive excitement places extra load on a developing nervous system.

When children show more irritability, emotional reactivity, or impulsivity during this time, it’s rarely about defiance or “bad behavior.” It’s more often a sign that their capacity is stretched. Regulation comes before behavior, especially in a season that asks a lot of developing brains.

This isn’t a signal to clamp down harder. It’s a cue to simplify where possible, protect sleep, lower unnecessary demands, and prioritize connection and predictability.

Context matters, and December is a lot. 🙃♥️

What’s showing up differently for your child right now?

This isn’t the happiest time of the year for a lot of people. For many, it’s a season of tension, grief, financial strai...
12/17/2025

This isn’t the happiest time of the year for a lot of people. For many, it’s a season of tension, grief, financial strain, family conflict, disrupted routines, and old wounds resurfacing. Even when things look “fine” on the outside, there’s often a lot happening underneath.

That reality shows up in their tone, patience, availability, and behavior. This is your reminder to widen your tolerance before you personalize it. Not everything you encounter is about you. Creating a little space between yourself and other people’s stress can change how you experience an interaction entirely.

This doesn’t mean excusing behavior or ignoring patterns. It means responding with perspective instead of reflex.

December already carries enough weight. You don’t need to carry what isn’t yours, too. ♥️

12/16/2025

Reposting this oldie again bc this season will test us!

When one parent loses their cool, they don’t need backup. This isn’t a gang situation. 😆

What they need is someone to land the plane, not add turbulence. Two escalated adults don’t create control - they create chaos. And in those moments, no one is learning anything. Not the child. Not the adults.

The second parent’s role isn’t to pile on or referee. It’s to slow the moment down, lower the emotional volume, and help everyone get back on the ground safely.

This isn’t about undermining your partner or “letting the kid win.” It’s about protecting nervous systems - including the adult who’s already overwhelmed.

Regulate first.
Align later.
Repair always.

One calm adult can completely change the trajectory of a hard moment. 🙏♥️

This is a useful unlearn for this time of year. Many people expect others to show up differently during the holidays. Mo...
12/16/2025

This is a useful unlearn for this time of year. Many people expect others to show up differently during the holidays. More emotionally available, more considerate, more responsive. When that doesn’t happen, it often leads to unnecessary frustration and resentment.

Lowering expectations doesn’t mean tolerating behavior that isn’t aligned with your values. It means adjusting to reality rather than reacting to an idealized version of how people “should” be during this season. Most people operate from the same patterns they’ve shown all year. The holidays don’t change that, they just make it more visible.

Keeping your standards while recalibrating expectations is a way to stay grounded and conserve emotional energy in a month that already carries more demands than usual. ♥️

There are lessons many of us didn’t fully grasp until adulthood, and they’re the ones worth teaching our children sooner...
12/13/2025

There are lessons many of us didn’t fully grasp until adulthood, and they’re the ones worth teaching our children sooner.

One lesson I learned later than I wish I had is that other people’s behavior is rarely about you. Most of the time, it reflects what they’re dealing with, not your worth. I want my kids to learn this early, not so they ignore accountability, but so they don’t internalize everything. You can be thoughtful and self-aware without absorbing what isn’t yours.

What’s one lesson you learned later in life that you want your child to learn earlier?⬇️

This time of year makes it so easy to disconnect from yourself. The expectations, the family dynamics, and the pressure ...
12/12/2025

This time of year makes it so easy to disconnect from yourself. The expectations, the family dynamics, and the pressure to hold everything together can pull you back into habits you’ve worked hard to move past.

These reminders help bring you back to center.

They help you respond from the version of yourself you’ve been building, not the one old patterns try to activate.

Staying connected isn’t about controlling the environment. It’s about noticing what’s happening inside you and choosing the response that aligns with your growth. You’ve worked too hard this year to abandon yourself now. 🙏♥️

It’s easy to assume our kids don’t need us as much when their attention shifts toward screens, games, or friends. But de...
12/11/2025

It’s easy to assume our kids don’t need us as much when their attention shifts toward screens, games, or friends. But developmentally, that’s not the full picture. Children still depend on our presence for regulation, security, and connection, even when they look more independent from the outside.

Your time (even small pockets of it) has a calming effect on their nervous system that nothing else offers. Screens can distract them. Friends can engage them. But neither replaces the grounding that happens when they feel seen by you.

You don’t need elaborate plans or perfectly curated moments. What matters most is the feeling of being connected, even in the simplest interactions. That’s the part that becomes memory and the part they return to. And it’s the one gift only we can give.

Presence > Presents

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