This last week, I faced a fear. Well, it’s not like a big fear but it did involve two areas that trigger my anxiety and most importantly, my insecurity. I hosted a networking event for Latinx therapists in the Valley. Those two populations — Latinx and Therapists — elicit the same response from me, which…Read more
Category: Therapy Girl
Dealing with Shit While Helping Others Deal with Shit
If you’ve been following along my journey so far, then you would know that there have been some difficult periods of time in my personal life. Unfortunately, life isn’t considerate enough to dump on us when we have the time, space, and emotional availability to deal with solely its issues. Life doesn’t wait for when…Read more
Authenticity as a Therapist
This is the point in my story where I’m stuck. So far I’ve taken you through my most challenging and influential experiences. Getting divorced, my first Vienna trip, and my hiking/anxiety journey have been the most life-changing events of my life. As far as chronologically, this now brings you up to the last year. While…Read more
Hiking Through Anxiety
As I mentioned in my first blog post, The Birth of Therapy Girl, I started hiking to face my anxiety. There was a period of time when I felt constant, daily anxiety pulsing through my veins. It was uncomfortable, depressing, and completely draining. I was having difficulty wrapping my head around the reality I was living…Read more
Learning to Say Yes to Life
This post almost serves as a Part II to my last one, Doing All the Things You’re Not Supposed to Do After Divorce. While my divorce was a transformative experience, my time in Vienna, Austria opened my heart and eyes. It was as if it woke me from a deep slumber that I didn’t realize…Read more