Reader, A quick update on what I've been up to: 💻 Community Liberation Sessions, (formerly Decolonized Consultation Sessions) start in two weeks! Learn more below or get in the waitlist here. One thing they don’t teach you in grad school (or in any certification program really) is policies. Do you charge for a late cancellation or no-show? Do you keep a card on file? How do you “make” people agree to your policies? Yes, yes, this is a piece of cake for some clinicians. But not all of us are...
about 24 hours ago • 3 min read
Hey Reader, It’s finally here! 🎉 Community Liberation Sessions (formerly Decolonized Consultation Sessions) are open for signup. Pick the group that fits you: BIPoC clinicians group white clinicians group Unsure which group to join?Learn more about affinity groups first Or read more about the sessions if it’s your first time joining Can’t wait to see you in the virtual room, ready to bring your questions, tensions, and real-life experiences. 💬 Have a question you want answered in the...
5 days ago • 1 min read
Reader, A quick update on what I've been up to: 💻 Community Liberation Sessions, (formerly Decolonized Consultation Sessions) a live, collective space for therapists, healers, and space-holders interrupting colonial patterns in their work and practicing liberation in real time — not just talking about it.We bring our tensions, contradictions, and lived realities into the room and work through them together.If you’ve been craving practice, not performance, this space is for you.Learn more...
8 days ago • 3 min read
February 2026 Reader, I belong to the subgroup of clinicians who became therapists because they went to therapy and… it worked! Therapy helped me so i wanted to help others though therapy… does that sound familiar? I joined an undergraduate program in psychology in 2004. I completed my clinical psychology internship at the local Air Force hospital in 2009. Of course I didn’t love the specialty classes. Of course I was lit up by philosophy and psychology, literature and psychology, sociology...
17 days ago • 4 min read
Reader, I’ve been reflecting on the fact that my prescheduled emails told you I was in deep rest mode, and now I’m questioning that. I think the news — and the pace and volume of it — really took a toll on me, and I’m still recovering from it. I don’t think I achieved deep rest.That is okay in the sense that this is useful information: more is happening ⇒ systems are escalating ⇒ it’s harder to return to any kind of baseline ⇒ this informs me about what may also be happening for the...
22 days ago • 1 min read
[from the archives] Reader, This is something that keeps coming up in conversations with other clinicians: and it's even more relevant now in 2026... even though i wrote this a while back How do we keep showing up for our clients when we’re moving through so much ourselves? When the world feels like it’s on fire, and we’re holding stories that mirror our own pain? Let’s be real: Being a therapist or healer in a chaotic world (to say the least) often means holding other people’s grief while...
29 days ago • 2 min read
You’re receiving this pre-scheduled message while I’m deep in rest-mode (yes, actual rest; yes, again).So if something major is happening in the world right this minute, this email won’t reflect it — but I’m still holding you with care across whatever landscape you’re in. Reader, Some of the people I started following this year — and learning from... They’re not your conventional therapy resources. Far from it. None of them are “therapists” in the Western sense, but they are community...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
January 2026 Reader, Let’s talk about licensure. The dark side of it...The felt version. This one is for any helper, healer, or space-holder who, after college or grad school, had to sit through a multi-hour, multi-question exam that measured (let’s be honest) your ability to memorize things. Not your presence.Not your ability to connect.Not your humanity.Not your capacity to feel, empathize, hold space, or stay with someone when things get messy. Just memory.And endurance. What does studying...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
You’re receiving this pre-scheduled message while I’m deep in rest-mode (yes, actual rest; yes, again).So if something major is happening in the world right this minute, this email won’t reflect it — but I’m still holding you with care across whatever landscape you’re in. Reader, This year I'm sharing books a little differently. Instead of forcing myself into the usual end-of-year productivity rituals, I’m honoring what my body and brain actually want: 📕 I’m honoring my neurodivergence —...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
You’re receiving this pre-scheduled message while I’m deep in rest-mode (yes, actual rest; yes, again).So if something major is happening in the world right this minute, this email won’t reflect it — but I’m still holding you with care across whatever landscape you’re in. Reader, Every December, the world speeds up for one last sprint just as our bodies are asking us to slow down. The emails roll in: Get your end-of-year discount.Set your intentions.Take one more training, on sale.Map your...
2 months ago • 3 min read