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When Loss Comes Too Early: Navigating Young Adulthood After Losing Someone Your Age
Losing someone your age shatters the quiet belief that we have more time, leaving you face-to-face with a kind of grief no one prepares you for. It forces you to confront how fragile young adulthood really is while navigating shock, heartbreak, and the sudden awareness of your own mortality. This piece explores the weight of losing a peer, the importance of advocating for your health, and the tender work of healing through a loss that came far too soon.

Brittney Austin, AMFT
Nov 143 min read


Stop Trying to Fix It: Learning to Sit With Your Feelings
This blog explores the importance of sitting with your feelings rather than avoiding or fixing them. It offers practical ways to stay present through discomfort, build emotional endurance, and strengthen self-trust. Readers will learn that healing begins not by rushing through emotions but by allowing themselves to feel them fully.

Brittney Austin, AMFT
Oct 233 min read


Getting to Know Your Inner Family: Exploring IFS and Parts Work
IFS is a therapy approach that helps you understand the “inner family” of parts in your mind. This blog explores how parts work can reveal patterns like the inner critic, self-sabotage, and behaviors shaped by past experiences. Learn how connecting with your inner family can foster self-compassion, emotional balance, and healthier relationships.

Brittney Austin, AMFT
Sep 242 min read


The Therapy Journey Isn’t Linear: Why Progress Sometimes Feels Messy
Healing is rarely a straight line—it’s a spiral full of setbacks and breakthroughs. Therapy helps you build tools, awareness, and self-compassion to navigate life’s challenges. Recognizing that progress looks different for everyone can reduce frustration and increase resilience.

Brittney Austin, AMFT
Sep 162 min read


Healing from the ‘Strong Friend’ Identity: You’re Allowed to Be Soft
Being the “strong friend” often means you're the one who holds everyone else together — but who holds you? This blog explores the emotional toll of constantly showing up for others while denying your own needs. You’ll learn how healing starts with giving yourself permission to rest, release, and be held.

Brittney Austin, AMFT
May 162 min read


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


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


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


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, AMFT, APCC
Mar 114 min read
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