The Empowered Therapist

10/22/2026

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and here are some things that survivors want people in their lives to know.

It is important that we amplify the voices of those who have experienced domestic violence. They contain the wisdom we need to create meaningful change both within ourselves and at a systemic level.

To those of you who have ever been abused by someone who said they loved you, I see you.

10/21/2026

Isn’t it weird how time can feel both short and long, all at once? It’s been six months (and a day) since my dad died and it both feels like it just happened and also like he’s been gone for a really long time.

And maybe both things are real and true inside of me. Six months is a short period of time in the grand scheme of our lives, so it makes sense that his death, which was drawn out, distressing, and took place over the course of nearly two months, feels fresh in my mind and body.

And also, it makes sense that it feels like he has been gone forever, because I’m not sure I ever really felt like he was here.

We were very low contact for at least a decade, maybe more, but the distance isn’t what made him feel absent. In fact, the space between us is what made knowing him feel manageable to me- low contact was the only way I knew how to turn the intensity down on the connection we had formed.

It’s interesting how we assume grief only comes when someone dies, and not when someone is here and unavailable. The grief I feel today is less about his death and far more about the life he lived when he was on this earth.

Grief has no pretty bow, no happy ending, and no final resting place, so this share won’t either. One thing this grief continues to teach me is that we can continue to evolve, reflect, and grow, if we choose to.

And dear ones, I hope you will choose to let yourself be, right alongside me.

To those of you grieving the complex and complicated details of your own life, I see you.

10/20/2026

To those of you learning to show up in this moment, discomfort and all, I see you.

10/19/2026

Dear ones, you are the answer you’ve been looking for.

To those of you yearning to heal from things you never should have had to live through, I see you.

For more on this topic, check out Healing Differently (link in bio).

10/15/2026

Because we need to talk way more about friendships and the impact those relationships have on us.

To those of you learning how to build safe connections with peers, I see you.

10/14/2026

Something about me, I am going to have an opinion.

Something else about me, I'm a big fan of you doing what makes the most sense for you in your business.

For these questions, it will really depend on what you’re actually trying to build, what your goals are, and what your current capacity looks and feels like.

More money is not always the same thing as taking on more clients. More offers is not always the same thing as a stronger business. And sometimes the thing that looks like the obvious next move is not actually the one that makes the most sense for your life.

Therapists, I love helping you figure out what works best for you!

Let me know how you weigh in on these questions in the comments.

10/12/2026

If you and your partner keep having the same fight in slightly different forms, learn more about Couples Intensives here: https://loom.ly/w6nK2cE or click the link in my bio.

Conflict is not necessarily the problem.

The pattern you both get pulled into when conflict happens is often where the real work is.

Who pursues. Who shuts down. Who gets defensive. Who feels abandoned. Who tries to fix everything before the other person is even ready.

The goal is not to become a couple that never disagrees. It is to learn how to move through hard moments without losing each other in the process.

If you want dedicated space to slow those patterns down and work through what is underneath them, learn more about Couples Intensives here:

https://loom.ly/w6nK2cE

Or click the link in my bio.

Are you and your partner looking for a couples intensive to heal your relationship? Book a therapy intensive with a somatic and EFT therapist who specializes in couples therapy in Dallas, Texas.

10/09/2026

If something here feels like it was written for you, take what you need.

This page holds a lot of different pieces of the healing process, from understanding trauma responses and relationship patterns to working more directly with the body.

And if you’re looking for support beyond the posts, head to the link in bio and choose whatever fits what you need right now.

EMDR Intensives
Couples Intensives
Somatic coaching
Continuing education for therapists

No pressure to figure everything out at once. Start where it feels most relevant, and stay for whatever helps you understand yourself a little more clearly.

10/08/2026

10/07/2026

Some of us learned to wait until things are really bad before we let ourselves ask for help. Some of us learned to wait until we are suffering to notice we have a need. Some of us were taught to keep enduring, even when things already feel impossible.

Some of us wait until we are completely overwhelmed, can’t keep up anymore, and our body essentially forces us to stop before we decide it's time to make a change.

Dear one, if you were taught that your needs were secondary to everything else that was going on, it makes sense that this would be a pattern that developed in your system. And from this point forward, support does not have to be something you earn by reaching a breaking point.

And to my fellow therapists and business owners, all of this applies to you too.

You do not have to wait until you are completely burnt out to change a system, delegate something, ask for help, or admit that the way you are working is no longer sustainable.

To those of you learning to seek out and receive support before your body shifts into crisis mode, I see you.