By Amanda Clegg, Relationship Coach, CNEP, CLC, M.NLPReading Time: 4 minutes Understanding the difference between guilt and shame is crucial, not just for your own emotional wellness, but also for how you repair and reconnect with your partner after conflict. This pattern is common in couples counseling: when shame takes over, it creates disconnection and […]

By Amanda Clegg, CNEP, CLC, M.NLPReading Time: 6 minutes You want to feel close.They want to feel calm.You want to talk it through.They want to let it pass.You reach.They retreat.And just like that, you’re both left feeling disconnected—and neither of you got what you needed. Welcome to one of the most common (and painful) patterns […]

ADHD presents unique challenges in relationships, but there are helpful strategies you can use to improve how ADHD affects your relationships and combat Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria.

By Dylan Vanz, CLC, M.NLP Reading Time: 3 minutes Let’s clear something up right away: ADHD isn’t just about being “distracted” or having too much energy. It’s not just fidgeting during meetings or zoning out mid-convo (though yes, that can happen). ADHD is deeply tied to something called executive function – aka the brain’s command […]

by Rebecca Horch, BACYC, CPCReading Time: 5 Minutes It’s a strange thing to feel the weight of grief without having lost something specific. A heaviness in the chest. A low-grade tension in the body. A sense that something is off, but we can’t always name it. Many of us are living with a kind of […]

by Dr. Kendra O’Hora, Ph.D., LCMFTReading Time: 4 Minutes “Look at me, I’m UP HERE!”…I hear my middle child call out to me. He and his older brother have made it up this fish-like-structure at Marshy Point Nature Center in Baltimore (feel free to google said fish-structure to get a real visual in your head). […]

By Erin Newton, LCPC, PMH-CReading Time: 5 minutes Hello and Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! This post is especially for our new moms, those sleep deprived, unshowered, still in the same sour milk soaked shirt for the last two days goddesses just struggling for a tiny nap, a coffee in peace, […]

By Rebecca Horch, BACYC, CPCReading Time: 4 minutes So far, we’ve explored how our body’s natural rhythms influence sleep and how our relationship to rest shapes our ability to recharge. But there’s another layer to consider – hormones and underlying sleep disorders. These factors can quietly disrupt sleep, making it feel frustratingly out of reach, […]

By Rebecca Horch, BACYC, CPCReading Time: 3 minutes If you’ve ever felt like your sleep is out of sync, you’re not imagining it. Our bodies run on built-in rhythms that tell us when to wake, when to wind down, and when to sleep—but modern life doesn’t always cooperate. Understanding how these rhythms work can make […]

By Rebecca Horch, BACYC, CPCReading Time: 3 minutes Sleep deprivation, especially when it’s chronic, isn’t just about waking up tired. We’ve all had nights of bad sleep, the kind we can shake off with an extra cup of coffee and a promise to catch up later. But true sleep deprivation is different. It feeds off […]