Michelle Martinez, LCSW Michelle Martinez, LCSW

🌿Simple Strategies to move on from a Relationship

Moving on from a relationship — whether it lasted months or years — can feel like learning how to walk again. There’s grief, confusion, and sometimes even relief, all tangled together. Healing isn’t about “getting over it” quickly; it’s about gently finding your way back to yourself.

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Michelle Martinez, LCSW Michelle Martinez, LCSW

🌿Balancing Mom Life: Finding Calm in the Chaos

Let’s be honest — “balance” can feel like a myth some days. Between feedings, school drop-offs, work, laundry piles, and trying to remember what day it is, it’s easy to feel like you’re constantly juggling a dozen things while running on fumes.

So many moms tell me they feel like they’re failing at something no matter how hard they try. And I get it — because motherhood doesn’t come with a pause button. It’s beautiful and exhausting, fulfilling and overwhelming, all at the same time.

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Michelle Martinez, LCSW Michelle Martinez, LCSW

🌿Finding Yourself Again: Navigating Identity After Baby

You’re not the same person you were before you gave birth… and that’s okay. You’re not supposed to be.
You’ve gone through a massive physical and emotional transformation. You’re learning to care for someone who depends on you completely, while also trying to reconnect with the person you’ve always been.

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Michelle Martinez, LCSW Michelle Martinez, LCSW

🌿Finding Calm: Practical Ways to Cope with Anxiety

Anxiety is something most of us experience at some point—it’s part of being human. Whether it shows up as racing thoughts, a restless body, or constant worry, anxiety can feel overwhelming and exhausting.

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Monica Kovach Monica Kovach

🌿Moving Through the Fog: Understanding and Coping with Depression

Depression can feel like a heavy fog that settles over everything—your thoughts, energy, motivation, and even your sense of self. It’s more than just “feeling sad” or having a bad day. Depression can make it hard to get out of bed, to enjoy the things you used to love, or to believe that things can get better. If you’re feeling this way, you’re not alone—and there is hope.

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