Laura Galinis, LPC

What are your feelings trying to tell you? Are you listening? #emotions #needs

When our feelings differ from our expectations of an experience it can be easy to misread this as something being wrong or off. Feelings are important but they’re also just one factor in making up our perspective. #change #feelings #expectations

Positivity in the midst of someone’s hurt can feel dismissive and rejecting. Often times we offer these unhelpful statements in attempts for the other to feel better, or because we ourselves are uncomfortable with someone else’s emotional state. Challenge yourself to take a moment and think, am I saying this for me or for them? What is a helpful response to me when I’m upset? We work through challenging emotions when we feel heard and validated, not because someone wis...hed us to feel differently. #empathy #support #kindness

It’s important we recognize our emotions as temporary experiences - this provides not only perspective, but a reminder that you’re more than one feeling. #emotionalhealth #expression

Your role is not to make others more comfortable, but to learn to be your own advocate. #selfcare #assertyourself

Have the courage to face where you are...it’s the only way to truly get where you’re wanting to go. #courage #healing

It’s easy to keep going when we see the changes we’re seeking. But, when progress slows, or feels like it’s not happening at all, it can be tempting to just give up. Alter your pace rather than stopping the journey. #journey #dontgiveup

What if you accepted your own timeframe more? #journey #yourtime

Certainly there are times that may be more ideal than others, but we can also put so much on hold waiting for the illusion of the right time. What is truly stopping you? #timing #goforit

There’s no schedule or deadline to healing, growing and changing. #patience #journey

If you would not tolerate it from a stranger, you also should not allow it from yourself. What if today you tried being kinder to yourself? #selfcompasssion #embraceyourbody

We find empowerment in how we chose to use our time. In fact, we relinquish some of our power by creating a narrative that limits our ability to influence the idea of being ready. #empowerment #ownership

When you feel confident and secure in yourself, dealing with the stressors around you becomes far more manageable. #internalspace #selfcare