In The Media

I am the proud author of The Friendship Flowers, now available for online purchase at Astoria Bookshop, Barnes and Noble, and Amazon!

The Friendship Flowers is a gentle, heartfelt story about navigating the emotions of grief, loss, and the evolving nature of friendships. It encourages children to understand that even when friends move away or change, the memories and love they share can remain strong, like a flower that continues to bloom in their hearts.

I am proud to be a contributor to news and education outlets, sharing my expertise on a variety of topics. Check out my most recent contributions below. ​

How to Communicate Your Anxiety to Your Partner

Why Do People Ignore Me? (9 Potential Reasons According to the Experts)​

7 Stressful Holiday Situations Solved by Therapists

8 Ways to Make Decisions When You're Overwhelmed With Choices

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View fullsize Thank you to @blessthemessy for this wonderful reminder ❤️ Its ok (and totally normal!👈) to feel seemingly opposite feelings all at once. I invite you to take a minute (yep, gimme 60 seconds of your day!) to allow yourself to just feel where you are
View fullsize Today I want to chat with you about tips for working from home and ways to prioritize your self-care as we all cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Check out my blog (🔗 in bio!) as we deep-dive into transitioning to working from home and examining what
View fullsize "Good vibes only" gets under my skin 😵 I feel like it sets an expectation that anything other than good vibes all the time is bad or an automatic fail 😖😬 Where's space for the rest of the array of human emotion and experience?! 🤔 Take a
View fullsize Language plays a huge role in our relationships with others and with ourselves. Choose language that is empowering and encouraging, instead of language that perpetuates a cycle of self-loathing and shame. 🌻 👉On the blog today we’re talking ab
View fullsize Fact: You don’t have to be a zen master to incorporate moments of mindfulness into your daily life. This week we're diving into mindfulness-- what it is, why it matters, and how to incorporate it in your day today. Check out more on the blog! (
View fullsize Happy Friday, y'all! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Today on the blog we're clearing the air about assertiveness. Being assertive often gets a bad rap. Assertiveness can be confused with aggression; so it gets bypassed for fear of being viewed as “mean&r
View fullsize Mother’s Day can bring up a whole array of feelings about our relationships to our mothers; to being mothered; to mothering. Wherever you fall on the spectrum, I wish you comfort today. 💐 > > > > > > > Amazing image courte
View fullsize Take a sec to take stock of how you’ve been treating yourself thus far this week. 🤔Have you been setting impossible expectations for yourself? Have you been beating yourself up for something that didn’t go totally to plan earlier in the
View fullsize You get me, @iamwellandgood 🙌 😂It’s Friday, y’all! How can you incorporate things you love into your Friday? > > > > > > > > #friday #friyay #resilience #selfcare #selflove #selfcompassion #savasana #rest #nycth
View fullsize We’ve all been there, right? Going through the motions of our day just to get through it. Wake up, go to work, come home- Rinse, lather, and repeat. But is the point just to get through the day?🤔 Shouldn’t the “point” be to a
View fullsize Happy Friday, y’all! May we all love ourselves as much as Tormund loves SER Brienne 🥰 > > > > > > > > #friday #friyay #resilience #selfcare #selflove #selfcompassion #gameofthrones #nyctherapist #alexapenatherapy