If you’ve been searching Pinterest for anxiety relief, stress management tips, self-care routine, positive affirmations, healing mindset, self growth habits, overcoming self sabotage, and relationship goals, you’re not alone. Every January, thousands of people save boards filled with calming routines, mental health checklists, and motivational quotes — but inspiration without action fades fast. This is why starting an online mental health e-course at the beginning of the new year is one of the most powerful investments you can make in yourself.

But what if self-love isn’t selfish? What if it’s the foundation for everything else?

True self-love isn’t loud or flashy. It’s not about surface-level affirmations or a flawless morning routine.

You’re not just stuck in a bad relationship, you might be trapped in the psychological maze of a malignant narcissist, a person who takes narcissism to its darkest extreme. Here’s why it’s so frightening and why you’re definitely not alone.

Halloween is all about dressing up, wearing masks, pretending to be someone (or something) else. Unfortunately, many of us do this year-round. We mask our pain with busyness, alcohol, food, work, or perfectionism. We dress up our trauma with humor or toughness.

But real strength isn’t in hiding your mental health struggles. It’s in taking the terrifying step of facing them.

If you can say my job is stressful and I need self care routines then believe me when I say that I have been there and there is a solution for your mental health goals without years and years of therapy.

Though I’m a therapist now, I didn’t always have the therapy tools I needed and I see others who have the same problem. There was a time when I was working a full time job on top of a part time job on the weekend and going to grad school in the evening. To say I was stressed would be an understatement. 

I want to help you recognize the signs of narcissistic behaviors so you can protect yourself and live the ultimate relationship goals you dream of because it’s possible.

Self sabotage is the #1 problem that I see so many of my clients coming to therapy for yet there is a solution so simple that once you get it…

It is not what we are communicating on the surface but below the surface. I call these communication keys…

I was diagnosed with a pretty serious mental health issue of my own in my late teens and early 20s. I was struggling so badly that I was desperate for help! There were days where no joke - I couldn’t get out of bed.