Love this example. I teach this several times per week to patients.

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Please join us tomorrow. Help us support the children impacted by the recent ICE raids in our community.

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Mean what you say and say what you mean. No doormats here.

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In my experience as a clinician, the black sheep is generally the healthiest person in the family. What’s worse, the family punishes them for it.

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It all seems like a lot. Take a breath and just do the next right thing.

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Neuroscience geek s***. I freaking love my job.

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Do you want to be safe or be authentically you?

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My bestie sent me this bc sometimes even the therapist needs reminders. Who you surround yourself with matters.

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These cognitive biases are strong these days. The one I see most in therapy is Sunk Cost Fallacy, in life, the Dunning-Kruger Effect, and at the gym, the Spotlight Effect. 🤣

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It is no success to be liked by those you don’t respect nor share your values. In fact, what does that say about our behaviors if crappy people think we are great? 🤔

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Don’t let the bastards wear you down. Guard your heart and let it go.

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Do no harm. Take no shit.

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Ok…. Maybe not exactly like this, but hooray for boundaries! 🤣

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Mental health is political folx.

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Find your purpose and when you do, I promise it won’t be too please the haters. Don’t drop to their level. The best revenge is success.

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I know the world is on fire and we are supposed to just go grocery shopping and shit while people are killing each other. BUT! We must persist. You have the tools.

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Forgiving them doesn’t “let them off the hook”. It does not condone nor absolve them of what they did. Forgiveness is a gift to you, not them.

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Not all worry is unfounded. Sometimes we are anxious bc the F***ING world is on fire. Some anxiety is warranted, BUT we can still learn to manage it better.

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And so are you.

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Hot Take: You don’t attract toxic people. They will latch onto anyone who will let them. The key is being healthy enough to set a boundary and send them packing.

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Behavioral Activation to the rescue!

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Let it out.

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THIS.

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#socialactivism #mentalhealthactivist #activism #cognitivedissonance #holdontoyourtribe #stepaway #bigkidshit #stopgoingtothecircus #unlearnthatshit #dontaddtothenoise #dobetterbebetter #neverfingsettle

And you shouldn’t either.

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It’s never too late to learn them though!

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Not all “work” is internal. Check your environment for roadblocks.

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The healing process is all over the place. It’s not a straight line, the stages of grief don’t necessarily go in order, and it can be a difficult process. It’s still worth it though.

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Since I don’t have a time machine, I can’t go back and keep the trauma from happening. However, I can help you not have a physiologic response every time you are triggered.

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