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Cultivate Wellness Counseling invites you to embark on a therapeutic journey with us.

01/09/2026

Healing doesn’t mean fixing yourself. Itmeans understanding yourself with more compassion and context. 🤍

Books to Put on Your 2026 TBR (From a Therapist):

• What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo — A powerful look at trauma, memory, and healing without bypassing culture or context.
• Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab — Practical, validating guidance for boundaries without guilt or self-abandonment.
• My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem — A necessary read on racialized trauma and embodied healing.
• The Body Is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor — Body liberation, self-worth, and healing within systems that shaped us.
• Burnout by Emily Nagoski — Understanding stress, completion cycles, and why rest is not a reward.

Save this for your 2026 reading list. 📚✨

01/07/2026

There is nothing better than the moment a client realizes, “Wait… I don’t have to accept the bare minimum anymore.” 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

✨ Here’s your reminder: crumbs aren’t a love language.

01/05/2026

If you’re a first-gen Latina with anxiety, it’s easy to label yourself as “controlling,” “too much,” or “overreacting.”

But what often looks like anxiety is actually a nervous system shaped by responsibility.

Many first-gen Latinas grew up:
• reading the room early
• managing other people’s emotions
• learning that harmony = safety
• being the bridge between worlds
• holding pressure without support

So of course you overexplain.
Of course disappointment feels threatening.
Of course rest feels uncomfortable instead of relaxing.

That’s not a personality flaw.
That’s hypervigilance learned through love, survival, and expectation.

Healing isn’t about becoming less caring.
It’s about teaching your nervous system that you don’t have to earn safety anymore.

You’re not broken.
Your anxiety makes sense.

If this resonated, you’re not alone — and therapy can help you untangle this gently.

Save this for the days you start blaming yourself.
And share it with a first-gen Latina who needs to hear it.

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01/02/2026

Life is *truly* better with therapy 😉

Because:
• your thoughts stop running the group chat
• “i’m fine” gets replaced with actual words
• boundaries stop feeling like crimes
• you realize not every feeling needs a full spiral
• growth happens without the emotional hangover

Link in bio. 🫶🏼✨

12/31/2025

A gentle reminder as we step into 2025… 🫶🏼

You’re allowed to put some things down.
You don’t have to carry it all with you.

Here’s to a year that feels lighter, softer, and more yours 🤍

12/29/2025

As this year winds down, we’re reminded of something we see so often in the therapy room:

When you let go of what no longer serves you (the resentment, the pressure, the patterns you’ve outgrown) you create space for something softer, steadier, and more you.

Releasing isn’t giving up.

It’s choosing peace over proving.
It’s choosing alignment over obligation.
It’s choosing the version of you that’s been waiting to breathe.

As you close out December, we hope you give yourself permission to set down what’s heavy… so you can step into the new year with more room for what’s beautiful, nurturing, and grounding.

If you’re ready to start that work with support, our therapists at Cultivate Wellness are here to walk alongside you 🤍

12/25/2025

Wishing you an easy, feel-good holiday season and a bright start to the new year. ✨

12/17/2025

Some of us aren’t asking for much this year… just a tiny break from being the family “golden child / interpreter / fixer / emotional support human.”
 Totally reasonable, right? 🙂

If the holidays feel heavy because you’re carrying the weight of everyone’s expectations, you’re not alone.
 And you don’t have to earn your rest this season.

12/15/2025

Ummmm it’s called growth, sweetie. Look it up 😆✨😘

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4302 Wrightsville Avenue
Wilmington, NC
28403

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http://www.cultivatewellnessilm.com/

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