Finding Resilience: My Journey to Empowering Teens and Trauma Survivors
Shauna’s work is centered on fostering a space where every client, especially teens and trauma survivors, can feel supported and empowered. By combining holistic strategies with a creative approach to emotional expression, she aims to help individuals recognize their inherent strengths, build resilience, and move toward a life defined by self-acceptance and purpose.
Meet Our Clinician: Cristine Jordan, LPC
Meet Cristine Jordan, LPC, a valued clinician dedicated to guiding clients through their healing journeys with a warm and authentic approach. Learn about her transition from a 14-year career in education to counseling, her specialized training in areas like couples, sexual and emotional intimacy, and affair recovery, and her passion for restoring hope. Discover the influential voices she aligns with and her simple but effective mental health tip for finding perspective.
What Are the Most Effective Ways to Talk to Children?
How we communicate with our children shapes their behavior, confidence, and relationships. Using positive, respectful, and clear communication—listening carefully, giving choices, showing acceptance, and modeling good manners—helps children feel valued and understood.
How to Start the New Year With Emotional Clarity
Whether you're an individual trying to understand yourself better or a couple seeking reconnection, these gentle practices can help.
The Snow Globe Brain: Understanding Stress, Anxiety, and Emotional Overload
When anxiety takes over, your thoughts swirl like snow in a shaken globe. Neuroscience shows why — and how to help it settle.
How to Cope with Grief
Grief doesn’t follow a straight line—it loops, surprises, and lingers in unexpected ways. In this compassionate reflection, Mercedes Burk, LPC, shares how to make space for loss, what it means to truly sit with sorrow, and how we can show up for others without trying to fix their pain. A gentle reminder that healing isn’t about moving on—it’s about learning to live with what’s been lost.
Why Boundaries Aren’t Walls
Boundaries aren’t walls. They’re bridges to healthier, more authentic relationships. And healthy boundaries are not rigid, cold, or mean. In fact, the healthiest relationships—personal, professional, and therapeutic—thrive because of clear, respectful boundaries.
Making the Magic Without Losing Your Mind
The holidays can be joyful — or overwhelming — depending on how we approach them. In this guide, counselor and mom Mercedes Burk shares practical strategies for planning ahead, setting boundaries, and honoring your family’s needs so you can make the magic without losing your mind. Learn how to slow down, stay present, and create a season full of peace and connection.
The Power of Routines for Kids
In a world full of uncertainty, routines are a lifeline for children, offering stability and fostering emotional strength. From the toddler begging to read the same book again to the teen thriving on a predictable schedule, routines shape mental health and resilience.