Have you ever noticed that even in those moments when life finally slows down, your body doesn't? You finish the work project, your children are asleep, the house is quiet, and yet your shoulders remain tense. Your mind keeps racing. Sleep doesn't come easily. Your...
Summertime means less covering up, swimsuits, beach time…and for a lot of folks, this is hard. Because I’m guessing no one needs to tell you that our culture is obsessed with health, wellness, and fitness. “Fit” is often code for thin or skinny. Body size has been an...
Belonging, connecting, and interacting are intrinsic to humans. We find not only meaning, but survival in our ability to connect. We belong to families, both chosen and inherited, in our friend groups, through our workplaces, in clubs, civic organizations, sports...
By Galena Vaysberg Grief – after the death of a loved one or pet – comes in many forms. Non death losses, like divorce and estrangement, break ups, job loss, miscarriage or medical diagnosis, count too. These are often referred to as ambiguous losses. ...
You left a relationship that, at some level, you knew wasn’t healthy for you. Maybe there was emotional manipulation. Maybe it was the constant instability. Or maybe it was the pattern of being pulled close and then pushed away. You spent hours questioning your own...
You meet your responsibilities. You show up for others. You are productive, reliable, and capable. From the outside, your life may look stable or even successful. And yet, internally, something feels off. You may feel constantly on edge, emotionally disconnected, or...
Betrayal doesn’t just break rules. It disrupts attachment, safety, and the nervous system. If you’re trying to figure out how to rebuild trust after betrayal, you are likely living in the aftermath of something destabilizing like infidelity, an emotional affair,...
The dandelion that you see all over the Wolcott Counseling & Wellness website wasn’t, to be perfectly honest, an intentional choice by me, but rather the brilliant choice of our first website designer over a decade ago. In fact, I was doing a street art bike tour...
As we move into a new year, I'm watching clients and friends wrestle with the same tension: they genuinely want things to be different in 2026, yet something holds them back from making it happen. Maybe you're in that space too. You've made resolutions before. You've...