The Maple Mindset Journal  Therapy, Life & Real Talk

I keep noticing how often motivation comes up in conversations about consistency. As if the problem is that we are not motivated enough, or that we need to find the right trick to stay inspired all the time. Some days motivation is there and things feel easy. Other days it is not, and I am left wondering whether I should push through, rest, or do nothing at all. I do not have this fully figured out yet, but I am starting to see that motivation was never meant to do all the he

A month ago I went to Costa Rica with one simple intention, to reconnect with my body and give my nervous system a chance to soften. I did not go with a checklist or a plan to fix myself. I went because I could feel how much I had been holding, and how far away I had drifted from being fully present in my own life. I had been telling myself for a long time that I would rest, travel, reconnect with myself and be in my body more when things were calmer, when work was lighter, w

Emails, bills, and to-do lists aren’t tigers but your body doesn’t know that. Some mornings you wake up already running. Before coffee,...

When people think about therapy, they often imagine it as a place where a therapist has all the answers, waves a magic wand, and fixes...