Debora Fernandes, MA, LPC

• mental health therapist • • navigating mental health in today's society • • exploring feelings about life • • encouraging a healthy relationship with self • • your fav existential, culturally humble therapist specializing in: • • trauma, identity, attachment, and other severe and persistent mental illnesses • www.psychologytoday.com/profile/814846 *not all links are available on mobile, please use desktop site*

[0vercomingtrauma]

Hi all,

I’m running a virtual Trauma-Informed Yoga Therapy Group for adults 18+ living in Colorado in May. We’ll be meeting Wednesdays for 10 weeks at 6:15pm MT starting May 1st. I’m accepting insurances (Anthem, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Medicaid) and self-pay clients. Please share with any other folks you think would benefit from somatic interventions through Yoga Therapy to (re)connect with their bodies in an encouraging way, centering autonomy, agency, and choice. If you or others have any questions or interest, please email me at [email protected]

Thank you!

[faustique]

just a reminder in case your mind is playing tricks on you today, you matter. you're important. you're loved. and your presence on this earth makes a difference whether you see it or not.

[titsay]

[ur-daily-inspiration]

[akindplace]

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[onlinecounsellingcollege]

"Trauma didn’t make me stronger. I made myself stronger by working hard and by choosing, second by second, to keep going." - Unknown

[wetheurban]

Breathe. You don't have to have it all figured out right now. One step at a time.

[wetheurban]

Mood: Soft Clarity.

Be gentle with your self-judgments. Be gentle with your heart. Be gentle with other people’s hearts.  Be gentle with your words. Be gentle with your body. Be gentle with your grief. Be gentle with your progress. Be gentle with your expectations. Be gentle, and kind, to yourself.

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

"The biggest lesson I’ve learned is: “It’s OK.” It’s OK for me to be kind to myself; it’s OK to be wrong; it’s OK to get mad; it’s OK to be happy; it’s OK to move on." - Haley Williams

[alcrego]

Breathing Machine

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

"Healing takes courage. But we all have courage, even if have to dig a little to find it." - Unknown

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

"It took me a long time to realize we are not meant to be perfect. We are meant to be whole." - Jane Fonda

[wetheurban]

Forgive yourself every night before going to sleep.

[akindplace]

Who you are is enough. You are enough. You can be authentic and be loved at the same time. You don’t have to earn love by being whatever the other person needs you to be. You can be yourself and find happiness, joy and love. It is okay to walk away from those who demand you to adjust to who they want you to be instead of who you are right now. You deserve more than conditional love, you deserve more than having to earn love, than feeling like you have to beg for breadcrumbs of affection because you are never good enough for them. Find people who love you for your authenticity, who already think you are good enough just as you are right now.

[lustingupon]

[self-healing]

I think it’s really important to write down how you feel when you actually feel good. Write about the environment, what you’re thinking, hearing, seeing–It’s necessary to take notice and be aware of that. I feel good right now because the window is open and there’s a nice light breeze coming in, and because it’s silent in my room, and not an anxiety inducing silence but a comforting one. You don’t have to pull out a notepad every single time it happens but every single one of us experiences one moment, however small, as being comfortable and safe, and I think they’re worth remembering. I think if I do this more often it’ll help with my crashes in the future. It’s not much but it’s something. It feels like a meditative state that I didn’t plan or force myself into but that the universe brought to me and it’s a nice thought.

[strathshepard]