Comfy Chair Counselling

08/08/2026

Another exciting offering I get to be a part of - mentoring developing therapists in the transition from newly registered to sustainable private practice!

👉🏼 Reach out with questions!

08/01/2026

This is the space our Stuck in the Middle With You group will be held ~

Beautiful, calm, healing space!

And it’s available to rent for other group healing events! Reach out to RWC with questions.

07/23/2026

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Hard truth. If you wait until you feel better to start living, you might be waiting a very long time. 🌤️

Nobody warns you that healing doesn't always show up first. Sometimes it shows up in the middle of the mess, while you're already out there doing the thing scared, sad, unsure if you're ready.

Go to the party sad. Take the trip anxious. Start the new job uncertain. Your mind was never going to hand you a fully healed version of yourself before life let you back in. Most of the time it works the other way around.

The experience itself does something the waiting never could. It gives your mind something real to work with, actual moments instead of more time spent bracing on the sidelines.

So today, do the thing. Do it exactly as you are right now, feelings and all.

Send this to someone who's been putting life on hold until they feel ready. 🌅

07/22/2026

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07/15/2026

It’s never about the dishes…
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07/14/2026

True recovery takes consistency.
New habits and patterns that challenge an outdated way of engaging with the world.
A way that no longer serves you - or at least no longer serves the YOU you are becoming! 💛

What is one small habit you can let go of, change, or start that will support the journey of burn-out recovery?

Burnout doesn't heal on the same timeline it took to build. That mismatch is why so many people feel confused when a vacation doesn't fix what took years to create. 🧠

Your mind and body built patterns of chronic stress over months or years of running on empty. Undoing that takes real time, often one to three years of consistent repair, not a weekend of rest.

That's just an honest timeline. Rest still matters. A bubble bath still matters. They just aren't the whole recovery. They're one piece of a much longer process your mind needs to fully reset.

Take the long road here. Real repair was always going to take longer than a long weekend.

Send this to someone who thinks they should be over their burnout by now.

06/30/2026

✨ What can you do this week that will feed your soul? ✨

People don't burn out because they're weak..
They burn out because they've been surviving on empty for so long that exhaustion starts to feel normal.
Psychology calls this emotional depletion.
The more energy you spend caring for everyone else while ignoring yourself, the harder it becomes to show up as the person you want to be.
You can't keep pouring from a well you've never allowed to refill.

Taking care of yourself isn't selfish..
It's maintenance.
And everything in life breaks when maintenance gets ignored.
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06/24/2026

Check out RWC Launch on Instagram - and these reasons why summer ☀️ can be a great time to start therapy!

*RWC Launch offers low/sliding scale rate therapy to Peterborough and surrounding communities; with highly skilled and supervised Intern Therapists. I’m grateful to be one of the supervisors of this group of Interns!

06/22/2026

Did anyone else spend time outside on the beautiful weekend we just had? ☀️🌻🌳

Have you ever been on a camping or hiking trip and felt much happier and more relaxed than when you're at home? A new study reveals exactly what goes on in the brain to produce that effect.