Anchor Point Counseling PLLC

12/20/2025

The version of you shaped by 2025 deserves some grace and clarity.

Not because you pushed harder or “earned” it, but because carrying that much, for that long, leaves a mark. I know you've felt it.

You notice it when you try to find peace inside a quiet moment, but your mind grows louder instead.

You notice it when rest feels anything but restful.

When even silence comes with a kind of internal tension you can’t always name.

Or when your body feels on edge, even when nothing is technically wrong.

And when the body stays tense, notice how easily it spills outward—how that’s when it becomes easiest to snap at someone who was never responsible for your stress in the first place.

And here’s the part most people miss amidst the noise:

Peace doesn’t come from quieting the mind. It comes when the body finally feels safe enough to stop holding everything together.

That elusive state we call “being present” begins with surrender. Not of the mind but of the body.

It's a doorway into grace and clarity.

"How To Make Peace With Your Mind" is a 120-minute live experience designed to help the body soften first, so the mind no longer has to stay on guard.

We work with a nervous-system-safe approach to presence that doesn’t rely on "controlling” the mind or on forcing calm and calling it "regulation." Instead, we're creating the internal, somatic conditions where peace can actually settle.

A calm body breeds a clear mind.

If this spoke to you, consider this your invitation 🤍

The recording is now available here: https://bit.ly/4qDSLh9

From love,
Jovanny Ferreyra

Artwork by instagram.com/iuliastration

12/11/2025

Well that helps doesn’t it?

12/09/2025

The holiday season can intensify feelings of pressure—especially for those navigating substance use challenges. These feelings are more common than many realize. Visit samhsa.gov/find-help to learn how to support yourself or a loved one who may be struggling.

12/05/2025

11/30/2025

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11/30/2025

The younger the child, the more attentive we need to be and observe their behaviors - especially when behaviors become challenging. Young children aren’t able to tell us what’s troubling them and so they act out or it shows up in a variety of behaviors.
It’s up to us as parents to discover the solution. Don’t put it on your young child by asking them to help find a solution - it’s not fair to them and it could lead to more anxiety. Instead, be the safe harbor your child can come to.

It’s always helpful to keep in mind that it is through behavior that young children communicate. When we are attentive it becomes easier for us to not quickly react and look past the behaviors to help them. Connection and understanding is really what they are crying out for.

Anxious children can also be highly sensitive to our actions and words, to environments and sounds and they need extra care when it comes to sensory stimulation. Actually, all children need this same level of care! Hugging and embracing is a great way to help soothe your child. They engage the sense of touch which is calming to the nervous system. Whereas yelling does the opposite-it arouses flight, fight, or freeze.

Young children are easily overwhelmed when life moves to fast, when we ask too much of them, when we yell at them and when we talk too much and ask too many questions.

Slowing life down is the first step to reducing anxiety. It has a dramatic effect on a child’s ability to be centered and grounded.
And remaining calm helps your child return to a calm state. So the bottom line here is that you’ll need to check in on your level of anxiety and if it’s transferring to your child.
Perhaps you can think of slowing life down like an elimination diet. Ask yourself - What is essential? What is extra and what is just too much? Take away what is not needed and all the unnecessary extras and see if this eliminates some or all of the behaviors. Once your child is older and more stable emotionally slowly add what’s possible. When you do this you’ll also notice what should be completely eliminated.

An anxious child needs a slower pace to life so for their sake, slow down.
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11/28/2025

🦃🍂 Thanksgiving is a time of gratitude, but it can also bring mixed emotions—and that's okay.

If today is difficult for you, please remember you’re not alone—confidential support is always available. Reach out today. samhsa.gov/find-help

11/27/2025

This Thanksgiving, we’re serving up confidence — one slice at a time. Because confidence is something you practice in everyday moments.

Which slice do you need most this season? Claim it in the comments. 👇

You can help the young girls in your life boost their confidence with our free Lean In Girls curriculum. It offers ready-to-use activities and discussions that help girls discover their strengths and challenge stereotypes that hold them back. Download it here: https://bit.ly/3VWiQua

11/26/2025

When people say, “Just ask for help,”
They often don't see the whole story behind the silence.

They don’t see the child who learned that they were too "weak" or too "sensitive".

They don’t see the teenager who stopped sharing because it was always “the wrong time.”

They don’t see the young adult who kept everything together just to avoid being a burden.

All they see is the silence.

But you and I?
We know what lives underneath that silence.

Fear.
Shame.
The inadequate feeling of being a burden.

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Because for many of us, especially those shaped by trauma, asking for help was never safe.

We learned early on that needing something meant
being a burden.
being “too much.”
And being met with silence, anger, or disappointment.

So we carried everything ourselves.

We became the strong one.
The one who doesn’t “need” anything.

But here’s the thing nobody tells you:

That wasn’t strength.
That was merely survival.

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But here’s the lesson I’ve had to learn — slowly, painfully, gently:

Asking for help doesn't make us a burden.

Asking for help can also be an invitation.

It says:
“I trust you enough to let you see me.”
“I'm scared by I'm still going to let you in."
“And I’m letting you into my world — not to fix it, but to walk with me.”

Help is not a debt someone pays.

Help is a bridge.

A moment of connection we were never taught to believe we deserved.

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So these days?

I honour the part of me that still hesitates.
That still fears being “too much.”
That still prepares for disappointment.

But with the right people - I've learnt to ask for help anyway.

And little by little, asking for help becomes less about being a burden—
and more about letting myself be human.

Take care,
Hernping

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P. S. I'm feeling sick today and actually felt bad about having to cancel some of my meetings and reschedule my sessions. But that's just me - a part of me that doesn't want to trouble people.

How nice it is to be met with care when I told them this truth instead.

And now I have the time and space to rest.

And the knowledge that I'm loved and okay.

11/26/2025

Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, an acknowledgement that violence against women and girls is a global human rights issue. Today also marks the beginning of "16 Days of Activism" from now through International Human Rights Day on December 10.

Violence against women and girls is deeply connected to climate, land, reproductive justice, and other human rights issues. Over the next 16 days and beyond, we envision a world where people of all people can exercise the fullness of their human rights freely, without threat of violence and oppression.