Truly Connected Counseling

04/19/2026

While this is very true, while these things were never truly ours to carry, we do. Some of the things on this list become the hard work we do in therapy to unlearn the harmful patterns of behaviors that are damaging our relationships or to become a better parent.

Deep, intergenerational healing is hard. There is strong epigenetic evidence that our DNA is literally altered when we experience violence [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-89818-z] and that those changes are passed down 3 generations. We are very much carrying the trauma of our ancestors.

But I think we also need studies that look at the DNA of those who choose to heal as well. If negative survival based markers can be turned on by trauma, can’t we also turn them off or create new markers rooted in resilience when we heal our own trauma or change the patterns rooted in it even if it is intergenerational?

I believe it can. I see it happen.

Even if our ancestors were not able to experience safety, security, abundance, and prosperity the fact that we are here means they survived. They did not survive for you to suffer. They survived so you could continue the healing work. They survived so you could have what they did not.

They survived so you could have the opportunity to heal and have more choices and to feel deeply resourced in all areas of life.

They survived because you were the hope that kept them going.

They want you to have peace, safety, happiness, and love.

04/10/2026

Love this and P!nK too…thank you Amber Stiles-Bodnar Consulting for sharing!

03/31/2026

All the things are coming in this week apparently! It’s official! I’m now able to supervise LPC and ATR-P level clinicians! I’m so excited to support the next generation of therapists not only in having sound clinical judgment and skills but in how to create balance and financial wellbeing through entrepreneurship!

Over the past 15 years, I have gained specialty areas that include:

✨ Inpatient Adult Psychiatric Assessment and Group Therapy

✨Pediatric Medical Art Therapy Inpatient Individual, Group, In-Home, and Staff Support

✨ Almost a decade of Private Practice and entrepreneurship experience

✨ Specialty working with Teens (5 years) individual and groups

✨ EMDRIA Certified Therapist and soon to be Consultant in Training over 8 years of experience

✨ Level One IFS

✨ CAMS Su***de Prevention, Assessment, and Management

✨ MARI Assessment

I’m opening group and individual supervision starting mid April. I would be happy to support any organization as a cobyractor who may need a dually licensed supervisor to support the growth and development of your early professionals!

I hope to be adding CEU provider to this as well this year! Really love mentoring and supporting fellow clinicians !

Feel free to pass my information along!

~ Jody Pittner, LPCC-S, LPAT, ATR-BC

03/31/2026

I’m ready if you are!

If you’re done. Done with old patterns. Done with automatic reactions. Done with self-limiting beliefs. Done with trauma loops.

Just done.

Then reach out and let’s do this!

It’s time to create life on your terms. It’s your turn.

Your Midlife Transformation Partner,

Jody Pittner, LPCC, LPAT

https://www.trulyconnectedcounseling.com/

03/30/2026

Dear body,

I know we’ve been through a lot.
I know I’ve judged you, pushed you, ignored your wisdom.

But I’m listening now.

Thank you for holding me through every version of myself.

✍🏽 If you wrote a love letter to your body today, what would it say?

03/27/2026

I'm so very proud to announce that I'm officially an EMDRIA Certified Therapist (soon to be a Consultant in Training)!!! Thank you to Amber Stiles-Bodnar Consulting for the years of training and consultation. I can't imagine a better trainer or continuing onward with anyone else! Thank you to my original partner in training and fellow, amazing therapist Kortanek of CoCreate Counseling! You have also been a huge support and learning partner along the way.

I'm so grateful for EMDR and the miracles I get to facilitate and witness with my brave, courageous, and amazing clients!

Here is the proof

An EMDRIA Certified Therapist™ has engaged in at least 20 hours of consultation with an EMDRIA Approved Consultant™ for EMDR and has practiced their skills with at least 25 different clients in at least 50 EMDR sessions. An EMDRIA Certified Therapist™ has voluntarily met standards of consultat...

03/27/2026

The Midlife Transition, from perimenopause to post menopause is an intense period of physical, emotional, and spiritual change.

During this time we lose patience for noise, clutter, and roles that no longer fit.

We begin to crave more truth, depth, and soul-aligned living.

It can be hard to remember that you are not falling apart, but that you are being reformed.

🌱What have you outgrown that you’re finally ready to leave behind?

03/25/2026

Midlife often reshapes our relationships. Children grow, parents age, and our partnerships are tested. As we transition towards our post menopause years, we are invited to be honest about what we need and who we are becoming. This season isn’t about losing connection but finding a new depth.

✨ How have your relationships shifted in this stage of life?

03/24/2026

I’ll be honest with you…

I’m a grown-ass therapist who is done playing small. I’m done with limits and old stories from the past. I’m done with therapy modalities that have clients talking in circles and never getting anywhere.

I’m not a quiet, passive therapist. I will ask hard questions. I will challenge your self-limiting beliefs and automatic, trauma-rooted reactions. There will be compassion, creativity, and plenty of room for raw, unbridled energy to begin flowing through your life again. But it will not come at the cost of just learning how to handle more stress.

It’s going to take you showing up to yourself, being consistent, and doing the work. It’s going to take some courage and a whole lot of kindness and patience towards yourself.

Yes, healing can be hard. But in midlife, we are being asked to consider the harder question.

What is the cost of waiting?

If you…

✨ are ready, even if that scares you

✨ know deep down you are meant for more, despite the current voices and narratives running through your head

✨ are done playing small, staying hidden, being quiet, remaining subservient, using self-lessness as a shield, feeling dry, and prioritizing safety

✨ no longer willing to just go through the motions of life?

Then schedule today! Click “I’m a new client” and jump on my schedule. https://trulyconnected.sessionshealth.com/

Need more information visit https://www.trulyconnectedcounseling.com

03/23/2026

In midlife, many women begin asking, “Is this work still aligned with my soul?”

Perimenopause and menopause stirs the truth beneath the surface of everyday life. What once may have been a whisper becomes impossible to ignore.

Some will change direction, some will evolve, but all of us are invited to live with greater authenticity.

💭 What whispers have you been hearing about your next chapter?