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

If you’ve been here for a while, you know I talk about connection a lot. That’s not by accident. Connection is my jam. I...
01/08/2026

If you’ve been here for a while, you know I talk about connection a lot. That’s not by accident. Connection is my jam. It’s the lens I come back to over and over again, because in my work and in real life, all roads lead there. When things feel stuck, strained, or off the rails, connection is usually the place to start.

It’s where I start with my clients in therapy. It’s how I connect with teenagers in my office. It’s how I help high-performing leaders lead better teams, and it’s what we work on in couples when things feel disconnected or tense.

Different relationships, different roles, same foundation. When people feel seen, safe, and emotionally anchored, everything works better.

You can’t force motivation, cooperation, or growth in the absence of it. When people feel seen and emotionally anchored, they show up differently. Connection isn’t a “nice to have.” It’s the starting point for everything that actually lasts.

We are wired to connect, and that’s a part of our humanity we can’t bypass. 🤍

Somewhere along the way, I think we swung the pendulum too far. We’ve gained access to more psychological language than ...
01/07/2026

Somewhere along the way, I think we swung the pendulum too far. We’ve gained access to more psychological language than ever before, which in many ways is a good thing, but a lot of these concepts were meant to help us stay engaged in our lives, not step away from them. Ideas like boundaries, nervous system regulation, and self-protection weren’t designed to eliminate discomfort or hard moments. They were meant to help us tolerate them without losing ourselves in the process.

The problem is that when we start using these tools primarily to avoid hard conversations, repair, or emotional stretch, the collateral damage is isolation. And humans aren’t wired for that. We’re wired for connection, for learning how to stay present with ourselves while also staying in relationship with others. The goal isn’t to always feel calm or unbothered. The goal is to build capacity and to be able to manage discomfort without disappearing from our relationships and situations that actually matter.

It’s important to mention that this takes practice!! It takes fine-tuning and it’s effortful. But it’s also where our real growth lives.

🔽Save this post and take notice when you feel the pull to avoid discomfort in the name of temporary peace and remember this post!🙏♥️

January tends to ask a lot of us, all at once.We expect kids to slide right back into cooperation and regulation as if t...
01/05/2026

January tends to ask a lot of us, all at once.
We expect kids to slide right back into cooperation and regulation as if the last few weeks didn’t happen. And we expect ourselves to feel motivated, focused, and ready to execute, even when our own nervous systems are still catching up.

But the same rule applies to both.

After disrupted routines, increased stimulation, and emotional load, regulation comes before we can perform. For kids, that looks like them having bigger feelings and less flexibility before they readjust. For adults, it often looks like scattered focus, low motivation, or feeling behind before our clarity returns.

It’s important to remember that more pressure doesn’t speed that process up. Connection does. Calming does.

Whether you’re supporting your child’s readjustment or trying to move toward your own goals, the best starting point isn’t pushing harder. It’s helping the nervous system feel safe enough to engage again.

That’s the foundation everything else is built on.

A small place to start this week: Before reacting or planning, take 30 seconds to orient yourself. Put your feet on the ground, name three things you can see, and take one slow breath with a longer exhale. It sounds simple, but it signals safety to our nervous system and creates just enough space for better responses to follow.

Wishing you a safe smooth start to the week!♥️

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. ♥️

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