“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.” – Abraham Maslow

What Does it Mean to be Masculine?

I ask myself this a lot, frankly. The tropes, archetypes, narratives, and socially informed values of what masculine is and isn't are, well, everywhere. Masculine identifying individuals face a...

You Can’t Think Yourself Out of Anxiety & Other Lessons Learned from the Body

Imagine a room. Inside this room there is everything you need. Only, it isn’t a room, because it has no walls, no floor, no ceiling. And it doesn’t exist only in your imagination- it is real and...

Mastering Vulnerability: The Antidote to Dysregulation

Life can feel like a rollercoaster—full of unexpected bumps, turns, and drops. We often wear masks of “everything’s fine” to keep it all together, while inside, we’re unraveling. But vulnerability,...

Why Your Child’s Self-Regulation Starts with You

We can only learn how to manage and soothe an emotion that we allow ourselves to feel. And kids can only learn how to regulate emotions we allow them to feel. And yet, this acceptance and allowance...

You Should Hire A Death Doula

A Death doula, also known as an end-of-life doula, death midwife, or (the incredibly rad sounding) death walker, is someone who accompanies and supports people who are preparing for and navigating...

LGBTQ+ AFFIRMING PRACTICE | ANTI-RACIST PRACTICE