A little advice and wisdom from us!
by Melanie Gibbons, LAC Why conflict avoidance can feel like love, but quietly create distance, and how couples can build safety without blowing up. Let’s start with a confession. When couples
by Autumn Colon When we talk about love, we almost always mean romance. Partnership. Marriage. Desire. Being chosen. But not all love is romantic. And motherhood will teach you that quickly. Motherhood shifts the way
by Tiffanie Brown, LCSW-R Hey girl, Hey! February is here and the stores are filled with heart shaped balloons, teddy bears, and chocolates. And while you are thinking about what to get your special person, I want you to
By: Melissa “Dr. Mel” Robinson-Brown, Ph.D. Senior Psychologist, Renewed Focus Psychology Services I love my high-achieving baddies. Truly. Deeply. With my whole chest. But sometimes… y’all got me screaming when it
by Melanie Gibbons Taylor, LAC Let’s get one thing out of the way: I don’t hate love languages. Not entirely. I just don’t think they’re doing what people think they’re doing. We could get into how the research is flawed and
by Autumn Colón, Associate Therapist Somewhere along the way, motherhood got paired with the idea that we’re always supposed to be becoming something new. A new version of ourselves. A better version. A calmer, more patient, more
by Tiffanie Brown, LCSW-R Every January, we’re handed the same script: New year, new you. We are flooded with social media images of what we are leaving behind in 2025 and the
By Melissa “Dr. Mel” Robinson-Brown, Ph.D. Most people-pleasers don’t even realize they’re people-pleasing. They think they are being kind. Or flexible. Or “just trying to keep the peace.” What they’re actually doing is constantly editing themselves – tracking reactions,
by Melanie Gibbons Taylor, LAC January has a very specific energy. It’s hopeful. It’s motivating. And . . . . It’s also quietly panic-inducing. You have just survived the chaos of the holidays and now suddenly everyone is
by Autumn Colón, Associate Therapist Winter has a way of turning the volume up on everything we already carry. I see it every year, in my clients, in quiet check-ins that
by Tiffanie Brown, LMSW The holidays can carry a magical feeling with lights strung across windows, themed colored Christmas trees; Mariah Carey on repeat in every department store, and the smell of cinnamon in the air. There is this intense societal pressure to be “merry and
by Dr. Melissa Robinson-Brown, PhD (Dr. Mel) I watched him dance around the kitchen island… and I can’t stop replaying it. Four years ago, we were at my sister’s house
