by Cole Bankston | Aug 18, 2025 | Mental Health
Recently, I heard someone say their cat was a narcissist. This made me think about how the term narcissist might be losing some of its original meaning. Like when the word “literally” stopped meaning “literally” and started meaning “actually.” At its core,...
by Cole Bankston | Aug 14, 2025 | Mental Health
Some people avoid social situations because they’re terrified of rejection. Others avoid social situations because they think other people might be robots. These are different things. This is the world of personality disorders. Specifically, schizotypal and avoidant....
by Sallie Rochelle | Jul 17, 2025 | Mental Health
We’ve all heard that exercise is good for our physical health, but did you know it can be just as powerful for your mental health, too? Now if you’re like me and have a love/hate (but most of the time hate) relationship with exercise, let’s rephrase this to just...
by Christina Healey | Jun 19, 2025 | Mental Health
One of the most helpful concepts I introduce to my clients early in the trauma healing process is the Window of Tolerance. Understanding this concept often brings a sense of relief and validation to people who’ve spent years feeling overwhelmed, checked out, or...
by Siarra Jenkins | Jun 12, 2025 | Mental Health
Growing up Black in a world that often misunderstands us, mental health wasn’t something we talked about openly. Pain was something you “got through.” Depression was brushed off as a bad mood. Anxiety was “nerves.” Therapy? That was for other...
by Cole Bankston | Jun 2, 2025 | Mental Health
If you Google “Histrionic Personality Disorder,” you’ll get a paragraph that sounds like it was written by a therapist who was mad that someone wore leopard print to a session. Histrionic comes from the word histrio, which is Latin for “actor.” Which means if you’ve...
