Reflections
When “Good Girl” Becomes a Cage: The Cost of Staying Small
Explore how “good girl” conditioning leads women to stay small, disconnected, and overwhelmed—despite doing everything right. Learn the emotional and physical costs of people-pleasing, why midlife often triggers a quiet rebellion, and how EMDR therapy helps you reclaim authenticity, boundaries, and a deeper sense of safety within yourself.
How to Take Care of Yourself During the Holidays
A compassionate guide to caring for your mind, body, and boundaries during the holiday season—so you can show up with presence, not pressure.
Learning to Feel Safe in Your Own Body Again
Discover how trauma disconnects women from their bodies—and how safety, trust, and reconnection can be rebuilt through gentle therapeutic approaches like EMDR. Learn why numbness, hypervigilance, and emotional detachment are survival responses, and how healing helps you reclaim ease, grounding, and a sense of home within yourself.
The Quiet Realization
Discover “the quiet realization”—the moment you stop running from your truth and begin reconnecting with your authentic self. Dr. Vicky Huangfu, PsyD, explores how subtle emotional cues and somatic signals reveal where your voice has dimmed and how awareness becomes the first step toward healing, clarity, and reclaiming your inner truth.
Big “T” vs. Little “t” Trauma
Trauma is not defined by the size of the event, but by the impact it leaves.