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08/06/2026

Bloom is 7 today 🌸💐

7 years ago I took a leap into the solo entrepreneurship world, deciding I’d “give it a year” and if it didn’t work then I’d go work for a company or private practice again.

Lucky me, it “worked”.
It’s been a slow build and I absolutely have ebbs and flows with client load and what not. I work 2-3 days a week and have plenty of margin for my littles, and time to maintain my own wellness so I can remain in the mental health field for a long time. (And to also be a person who likes their life, lol)

It’s really true that the more I know the less I know.

BUT what I do know is that I’m really glad to be here. I really, really like my job. I know that is a total privilege- and my work in general feels like a privilege.
I joke and say idk what other job I’d do if I didn’t do this, and I mean that 🤣 (I was a very bad retail employee you guys)

So let’s keep this ball rolling.

I’ve also slowly morphed into the self-compassion police, so that’s likely going to continue to be my role for the foreseeable future. 😅🩷

Happy 7 years!

07/14/2026

I’ve been lucky enough to be one of the facilitators of 4th and Market Yoga Teacher Training the past couple of years. Truly I enjoy it so much it feels absurd that I get paid to lead some things.

A few of my favorites include: a workshop on self-worth— giving people a framework on how they might cultivate a relationship with themselves through exploring the systems in their life, the inner critic, and then how to take valued actions moving forward. (Based in IFS, systems & ACT, and mindfulness based self-compassion for you therapy nerds)

And then a workshop on self-care being rooted in agency. Less about the bubble baths and what not— more about the actions we choose to support the different domains of our lives. Inspired by Dr. Pooja Lakshmin. We also planted herbs and decorated pots with stickers… because, OBVIOUSLY.

The YTT group blew me away with their openness, curiosity, and engagement.

Feeling grateful today! 🫶🏻

04/16/2026

In times of stress, it may actually be more helpful to zoom in, not out. (But usually it’s a combo of both)

Hear me out.
In motherhood, I hear; “it’s temporary”, about every hard phase. Logically I know that to be true, but tbh it really doesn’t make a difference in my felt experience at the time. It’s rooted in some imagined future with an absence of whatever difficulty I’m having. In stress- it’s really hard to access an imagined future, or to have that imagined future make an in-the-moment difference. For me, it doesn’t help me feel resilient or comforted.
I’I think to myself, “yeah, but not temporary enough”.
I found a conceptualization that works better for me at times, and maybe it’ll help you, too.
It’s to actually zoom IN, not out.
Zooming out, an incredibly helpful therapeutic tool, helps us see a whole picture: consider context, look forward or back, or allow for nuance.
Zooming in asks us (me) the question: is this single moment survivable? Able to be lived through? Not optimized for heavens sakes, but allowed.
Usually, the answer is yes.
I like to envision a horse with blinders on. Blinders keep me focused on one singular survivable moment at a time, and not on others having an ‘easier’ time than I am.

I don’t know how to tell you to survive the unimaginable or day to day parenting ins and outs, but I know you do survive a single moment by breathing and continuing on.
Survive and advance, friends.

P.S.

To be honest, it’s usually a combo of the two that’s most helpful.
Zoom out when you need perspective, zoom in when you need to survive.

Also P.S— these people we are comparing ourselves too who are having an easy time are in fact not having an easy time either 🫶🏻

03/21/2026

Still time to sign up!!

Starting next THURSDAY at 1pm, virtual!

Link to sign up is in my bio 💜

03/19/2026

When life gives you lemons—— you pivot?? Is that how that goes?

Group will now be starting next THURSDAY at 1 pm for 5 weeks instead of Wednesday! I heard your feedback, and I hope some sweet faces sign up.

Sign up is in my bio!

03/11/2026

It’s about time 💜

Join me!

Every Wednesday for 5 weeks starting 3/26 at 11:30 am.

$100 for all 5 groups or $25 per session.

As a mom of young kids— I’m in the trenches with you.
We talk about a needing a village, but so many of us don’t have them- or don’t have them nearby.

Let’s cultivate one together where we can share and receive support (not advice and not “just waits”)

The link to sign up is in the comments!

Limited spots available, so fill out the form to reserve your spot.

If you have any questions, message me! Happy to help 💛

03/05/2026

Why does this feel so obvious and so revelatory at the same time?

If you’re anything like me— you approach emotion with your mind. Nothing wrong with that- but if you have a busy mind, it might keep you stuck there.

What if we first (and maybe only) try to feel it in our body?

Why? Glad you asked.

Without somatic (in your body) experiencing, the emotion can stagnate in your mind. It doesn’t allow the emotion to flow through us, but keeps it in a cognitive loop. Through noticing the body, it helps the nervous system complete a stress cycle. Our body is always trying to process and outlet the emotions we feel. Afterall, aren’t emotions sensations anyway? Of course we need to experience them physically to process them, when physically is how they show up, right?

Here’s how we might try this:

1. check for physical safety so you might be able to connect to the body.
2. Take some breaths and then notice…
3. Where does the emotion live in my body? What does it feel like? Warm? Cold? Tense? Moving or still?
4. Let it exist. No breathing it away, or telling stories. Maybe continue to come back to self-talk such as, “this tension in my belly is allowed to be here”
5. Sit with this for maybe a minute or two! Doesn’t have to be long.
6. If it’s too much, come out of it! Bring your awareness back to the room you’re in, and then maybe gently return to the sensation if you’re comfortable.
7. After a minute or two… you’re done!! You did it. You practiced somatic experiencing. Being in your body. With repetition you may become more comfortable with your emotions/sensations, and naturally allow them to come and go like weather systems. I’m in it with you! This is a newer concept for me that I’m practicing :)

02/20/2026

The quintessential Bloom sneaker photo 💘

You know what I’ve been chewing on lately??

💫 To be/ practice resilience doesn’t feel good. 💫
Why does that feel like such a revelation to me???

I think I had unconscious beliefs that when practicing resilience it would feel empowering. There would be some sort of awareness in the moment of— this is it. This is the hard moment. Let me be resilient here.

After welcoming my second child, I’m learning a lot of resilience is just sustaining through the hard. For me, it’s something I am aware of typically only in hindsight.
And it hasn’t felt good. It’s felt like survival mode, grief, anger, and muddling through as best as I can.

When I recognized THAT was resilience, there was a shift that happened that felt like freedom to allow resilience to not feel good, or empowering (though it can feel like that at times too!)

What beliefs do you hold around resilience? What does it mean to you?

02/11/2026

Why Bloom?

Well, you get to decide 😁
I’ll just tell you a little bit about us. Us = Mel and Maddie. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Here’s what I know to be true:
•we are both committed to this work. I (mel) often say that there’s no other job I would do. And truly, I mean it. Nothing piques my interest more than what makes us human. Both of us are lifers in therapy, and attend regularly to have someone come alongside to ‘life’ with us.
•we actually really do care. We think about people outside of session, research, listen to podcasts, read— you name it. We both WANT to help you find greater peace and ease. If we wanted to be rich, we wouldn’t be counselors 😆
•we do our best to live aligned with our own value systems. Both of us have conversations regularly about what we struggle with, what we might work on, and how to commit to growth and our own values over and over again. We will never give you feedback to ‘go to a place’ we haven’t gone or wouldn’t go ourselves.
•we are clowns. Both true enneagram 7’s *rolls eyes* who really like to laugh, bring levity, and it’s also just really hard to offend us.
•we will not always be right, but we will work to get it right. We recognize that we will make mistakes and do our jobs imperfectly, and both of us have committed to the practice of repair, learning & showing up in an authentic and open way.

If you want to know more— just ask us!

02/08/2026

Healing is not a destination, it’s an orientation.
Social media and wellness culture makes us believe we might arrive at a “healed” state one day, if we could only just try hard enough. If we could spend 8 billion dollars trying every healing modality out there, then just maybe— you could be healed too.

If only that worked. I wouldn’t have a job 🤷🏻‍♀️
To orient towards healing instead of arrive- it might look like this…

•the unsexy work of accepting pain and inconvenience, recognizing it as an inherent part of life (@ me 😒)
•continuing to pursue things where you notice a more calm nervous system and revisiting those things as much as your life allows (this could be some of those monetary activities- or maybe just going outside, drinking water, crying, talking to your friend, etc)
•noting when you feel most activated and triggered and then exploring that with love and compassion (maybe with a therapist 😁)

Mostly, just accepting that you likely will never arrive at a ‘healed’ state, and recognizing life isn’t neat and linear and that it is okay and there’s nothing wrong with you for not being ‘healed’???

What does healed even mean??

How do you orient towards healing over and over again??

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Tuesday	9am - 7pm
Wednesday	9am - 7pm
Thursday	9am - 7pm
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