Sankofa Counseling - Amanda M Wyatt, LLC

06/17/2026

06/17/2026

Kimberley Quinlan, CBT School has a great graphic for us today!!!

Sometimes we spend so much energy trying not to feel something that we end up carrying two burdens instead of one:

The feeling itself...
and the fight against it.

Anxiety often tells us that discomfort must be eliminated before we can move forward. But recovery teaches a different lesson: feelings become much less powerful when we stop treating them like enemies.

You don't have to like the feeling.
You don't have to want it.
You don't even have to understand it.

You can simply let it be there and continue living your life anyway.

Comment 165, and I will send you my podcast titled Your Feelings Are Meant For Feeling.
❤️

06/16/2026

There isn’t a day that goes by that Im not grateful for the people, places and things in my life.

Today, I want to focus on the gratitude I have for my beloved clients.

Many know that this is my 17 yo son Aidan’s last summer playing travel baseball. His season started last weekend and is comprised of 6 tournaments. Tournaments are Thursday-Sunday, which makes it difficult for working parents.

As this is my boy’s last hurrah, I want to be present to see him do what he loves: pitch.

Here’s the thing though.

The schedule & times for each week aren’t released until 5-7 days before, which makes scheduling clients on Thursdays & Friday’s quite challenging to say the least. What makes it even more complicated is not knowing when he will be on the mound.

Today, I reached out to his amazing coach and I was told Aidan will pitch at the first and only game this Thursday at 9am in Lisle, IL.

I am grateful to know this, because I had a packed day Thursday. Because of the advance notice, I was able to Tetris all clients around and be creative with my schedule.

When being transparent and letting people know what is going on, every single person gave me grace; to the point that message after message brought me to tears.

I cannot express how grateful I am to have clients who understand - even if they aren’t parents, the importance of me being there to see my boy do what he loves these 6 weeks this summer.

The messages ranged from:

“You’re a great mom & a fantastic human” to
“Not a problem, at all! Thank you for trying to squeeze me in to your busy sports season and doing your best not to cancel!” And on and on and on.

As someone who has always been a planner, and needs to be due to the nature of my work, the flexibility & grace given is just something I appreciate SO much.

I have profound gratitude & thanks to all who understand this season of life I am currently in.

06/16/2026

An excellent post by Nurtured First

06/14/2026

Excellent post by Synergetic Play Therapy Institute

06/14/2026

Therapy with Abby has great reminders on this Sunday!

06/13/2026

Here’s a great post by The Feeling Expert for this Saturday morning.

A regulated nervous system doesn't mean you never get triggered. It means the trigger doesn't make the decision for you.

Most of us were never taught how to regulate. We were taught to perform ... to be polite, to keep the peace, to hold it together on the outside while falling apart on the inside.

And then one day something small happens, a tone of voice, a door closing too hard, a text that goes unanswered, and we're completely hijacked.

A dysregulated nervous system lives in the past. Every conflict triggers old wounds or memories. Every uncomfortable conversation carries the weight of every uncomfortable conversation that came before it. Every relationship challenge activates a childhood wound that never fully healed.

So you explode over something small. Or you disappear. Or you agree to keep the peace and seethe quietly for weeks. Or you replay the conversation at 2am and finally find the words that never came.

A regulated nervous system doesn't mean you're never hurt, never angry, never scared. It means you have enough capacity to feel those things without being taken over by them.

You can stay in the hard conversation. You can hear criticism without it dismantling you. You can let someone have a bad day without making it mean something about your worth.

06/11/2026

Love this post by Primal Trust Academy & Community with Dr. Cathleen King

Your nervous system has one job: keep you alive. And when it’s been through enough, it starts reading everything as a threat – the email, the plans, the conversation… even the rest you actually needed!

So it says no for you. Cancels for you. Braces before you’ve decided anything at all. Interprets that look as a threat, or that tone as off. And it calls every bit of it protection.

A body stuck in defense is running on old information, guarding you from a danger that already passed. It’s a survival response doing exactly what it was wired to do – just long after it’s needed. It even hijacks our most precious gift of intuition.

But your power can come back: your nervous system can learn. Slowly, safely, on repeat, you can show it the threat is over – until safety becomes the default again, and the choices start belonging to YOU.

That’s regulation. That’s how you get your life back. 🫶🏻

06/11/2026

Here’s a great post by What's Your Grief