Mental Health

“Leaky feelings” are emotions that spill out indirectly—through sarcasm, snapping, zoning out, or shutting down—especially when you’re overwhelmed. You may not even realize you’re sad, angry, or anxious until it shows up as irritation, withdrawal, or tension in your body. In high-stress moments, these unprocessed emotions “leak” because the system is overloaded. What Leaky Feelings […]

Traditional therapy—built on Western, white, individualist frameworks—has often excluded, pathologized, or ignored the cultural identities, spiritual beliefs, and lived realities of people from marginalized communities. Decolonizing therapy means intentionally creating space for culture, ancestry, and identity within the healing process. It’s about restoring what colonization tried to erase: that mental health is not separate from

Polyvagal Theory, developed by Dr. Stephen Porges, offers a new way to understand how your nervous system responds to safety, threat, and connection. It explains why sometimes you feel calm and connected, while other times you shut down, lash out, or freeze—and how those reactions are biological, not personal failings. If you’ve ever wondered why