Alison Pugh, LCSW, LICSW

10/09/2026

09/14/2026

To the woman who's cried her eyes out in silence thinking "I can't do this anymore," then wiped her tears, took a deep breath, and went right back to carrying the weight she never should've had to carry alone — sis, you're going to win.

Nobody sees that moment. The bathroom floor at 1AM. The car parked in the driveway for ten extra minutes because you need one more second before you walk in and hold it together for everyone else. The silent breakdown nobody knows about because you never let it show past the front door.

You've been strong in rooms where nobody clapped for it. You've carried things alone that should've had two sets of hands on them. You've kept going on days you had every reason to stop, because somebody had to, and it ended up being you, again and again.

That's not weakness disguised as strength. That's real strength, the kind that doesn't need an audience to be valid. You don't win because it was easy. You win because you never stopped moving even when it wasn't.

So wipe your face one more time if you have to. You're not almost there because you're lucky. You're almost there because you never once let go, even when no one was watching.

(Read that again.)

09/14/2026

💜The Plaza at Edgemere is hosting a MEMORY CAFE on Friday, September 11th at 10:00am for individuals living with cognitive impairment and their care partners.

🦋The Edgemere Memory Cafe is a vibrant new program designed to spark joy, connection, and creativity for people living with cognitive impairment & their care partners!

▶️Learn more about this and other local Memory Cafes at DFDallas.org.

09/14/2026

Today is Positive Thinking Day, but being positive doesn’t mean pretending everything is okay.

Sometimes the most supportive thing we can do is listen, make room for the hard feelings, and remind someone, “I’m here. You don’t have to face this alone.”

We don’t always need the right words or a solution. Sometimes we just need to stay beside each other through the hard stuff.

If you or someone you know needs support, call or text 988.

08/18/2026

We’re hiring 👀

MK Wellness Collective is growing, and we’re looking for therapists who want the autonomy of private practice without doing all the private practice s**t alone.

✨ PT + FT W-2 positions
💻 100% virtual | Massachusetts
🧠 PT: 10–15 sessions/week
🧠 FT: 16–24 sessions/week
💰 Licensed LICSW/LMHC: starting at an avg. of $80/clinical hour
💰 Pre-independently licensed: starting at an avg. of $70/clinical hour
💻 $20/hr paid admin time
🤝 Clinical supervision + peer consultation
🙌 Billing, credentialing, referrals + backend admin handled

Extra excited about clinicians with PMH-C, Somatic, IFS or EMDR training/interest.

We want therapists who are warm, real, collaborative, good at what they do, and want to be part of an actual team without sacrificing their life outside of work.

Sound like your kind of place?

📩 [email protected]

08/11/2026

Professional online therapy in MA, NH, RI, TX. Support for high-functioning, anxiety, trauma, and life transitions through CBT, Mindfulness, strengths based and trauma-informed interventions. Start your healing journey today.

05/23/2026

The Head Plan