Culturally Sensitive Trauma Therapy for Your Healing Journey.
Once I drop the kids off in the morning and begin my commute into the office, I queue up my “Slay the Day” playlist. It is a short list of 6 songs that motivate me to make the day my best day yet. It is a little bit hood with the explicit version of one of my favorite trap songs. It is a little bit Godly with one of my favorite...
Hello. My name is Shannon, and I am an over planner. Actually, more like a reformed over planner these days. Up until a few months ago I needed to have a plan for EVERYTHING. When I could not form a thorough plan due to lack of time or information, or things did not go according to the plan, I would become overwhelmed and anxious. I tended to have a flawless plan...
I am starting a series here that I am tentatively calling “Unboxing My Mental Health Wellness Tools”. I hope to come up with a ‘sexier’ name for it, but for now that name tells you exactly what this series is. I want to carve out and hold safe space for people to heal from mental distress. I want to help individuals, groups, families, and communities explore what being mentally healthy looks...
I have a love/hate relationship with emotions. I am an empath so I spend a lot of time with my emotions and those of others. At times this is a gift, and at times it feels like a curse. It can be amazing and energizing to sit with intense emotions. After all, it sometimes means that I get to experience favorable emotions like joy and pleasure with an intensity that some...
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