Posts by Fern

Couples of Color Communicating with ❤️Heart Workshops coming

Would you like some tools to improve your relationship? I am excited to share that as we come to the end of this year, I am refining the focus of my therapy practice, to work more with couples. Currently I consider myself a “Wisdom-Haired, Warm-Hearted Woman of Color Therapist who Works with Individuals and Couples…

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It’s Hard Out There

So I’m sending some Care and Calm We already know this pandemic time has wreaked havoc on many (like the whole world); and has lasted for far too long, and has required us to dig deep inside to find our superpowers in order to be able to deal. We already know the fierce and devastating…

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July is BIPOC mental health awareness month…How’s yours?

For an easy mental health boost, download this beautiful design, and color it in, letting yourself put all of your attention on it. See if it helps you to release some tension. Image courtesy of counseling.org.   Systemic barriers, historical adversity and a lack of equitable mental health care for diverse communities are contributing factors…

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“Step outside of the mud, Daniel-san”

Change is Constant I haven’t been able to write a blog in over three months. And now it’s the end of Mental Health Awareness Month (well, that was back in May, and I never acknowledged it), and over a month past the year’s anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, and over a year of pandemic shut…

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Tips for Self-Soothing in Testy Times

Detour

How to help yourself to not make things worse. I know stress levels are high right now for everyone. As we are upon this year‘s anniversary of having our lives be turned upside down in ways we hadn’t known before, and having to manage new levels of complexity while we try to move through a…

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