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When Love Feels Like Whiplash: Navigating Relationships with Borderline or Bipolar Parents
This blog explores the emotional experience of growing up with a parent who may have lived with Borderline Personality Disorder or Bipolar Disorder. It breaks down the key differences between the two diagnoses while centering the impact on Black and Brown children who often had to grow up fast in emotionally unstable environments. Readers will learn how these dynamics show up in adulthood and get practical tools to begin healing.

Brittney Austin, AMFT
Apr 244 min read
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Grieving the Childhood You Never Had: Navigating Healing and Self-Compassion
Many Black and Brown millennials and older Gen Z adults are carrying the weight of a childhood they never got to fully experience. This blog explores what it means to grieve not having the parents you needed, being adultified too soon, or growing up in survival mode. It also offers gentle, affirming ways to begin healing and reclaiming the joy you deserved.

Brittney Austin, AMFT
Apr 233 min read
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Confronting Anxieties: Overcoming Fear of Abandonment & Navigating Tough Conversations in Romantic Relationships
A brief guide to confronting anxiety, healing abandonment wounds, and navigating difficult conversations in romantic relationships.

Brittney Austin, AMFT
Apr 174 min read
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The Invisible Scars: Uncovering the Hidden Effects of Trauma on the Brain
Understand the impact of trauma on the brain over time. Learn about the science of trauma and explore the healing process.
Natalie Herriott
Mar 114 min read
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