Living with Long-Term Chronic Illness and Disability
Living with long term chronic illness and disability isn’t just about surviving the day to day symptoms and flare ups. It often looks like grieving the life and body you once had, and thought you would have in your future.
A Gift for You: Free Tools to Support Your Mental Health
At Hello Calm, we believe therapy doesn’t end when you leave the session — it continues in the everyday moments of your life. That’s why we created three free gifts to help support your mental health journey.
Designed for Calm: How Our Space Promotes Healing
When most people picture therapy, they imagine the work of it — the talking, reflecting, growing, maybe crying a little (or a lot, no judgment).
But at Hello Calm, we believe that healing starts before the first word is ever spoken.
Caring For Our Community
At Hello Calm, we like to say we have three Cs — our north stars that guide everything we do: Caring for our Clinicians’ mental health, Caring for our Clients’ mental health and Caring for our Community’s mental health.
These three priorities remind us that well-being isn’t just an individual pursuit — it’s something we build together, one act of care at a time.
How to Tell if You are a “Good Parent”
Parenting is one of the most challenging, rewarding, and ever-evolving roles we take on in life. While there’s no such thing as the “perfect parent,” there are key practices that foster a healthy, loving, and supportive family dynamic.
Who am I now? Self-Identity Post Trauma
Have you ever had the feeling that after some sort of loss or trauma you didn't really know who exactly you were–or felt profoundly different and began to worry you had lost who you were, then tried desperately to get back there?
Obstacles to Effective Communication: What’s Getting in the Way?
We’ve all been there: a simple conversation spirals into frustration, misunderstanding, or even an argument. Communication is essential to every relationship, yet it’s one of the trickiest skills to master.
How To Suggest Someone Try Therapy…Without Sounding Like a Jerk.
Imagine watching someone you care about struggle and not knowing how to help.
Here’s the good news: you can bring up therapy in a way that feels kind, grounded, and respectful.
Navigating 3 Major Challenges Through The Holidays
The holiday season, with its twinkling lights and festive cheer, often carries a quieter companion: stress. While the holidays promise connection and celebration, they can also present unique emotional hurdles
How and Why does EMDR Work
Trauma can leave a deep imprint on the mind, reshaping how we perceive the world and respond to life’s challenges. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy has emerged as a groundbreaking approach to help individuals process and heal from trauma.
Understanding EMDR: How It Helps Heal Trauma
EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a powerful therapy designed to help people recover from trauma. Primarily used for individuals dealing with PTSD, EMDR aims to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories and the symptoms associated with them.
Info on Trauma Responses
When you hear “trauma response,” your mind might immediately go to the fight-or-flight response. It’s the one we’ve all heard about—the body’s automatic reaction to danger. But did you know there are actually four trauma responses?
How to Properly Care for Other's Mental Health
It’s one of the hardest things to watch: someone you care about struggling with their mental health but refusing to seek help. You see the pain, the confusion, the frustration, and you want nothing more than for them to find relief
What Is Depression?
Depression is far more than just feeling sad or down—it’s a persistent condition that can significantly impact the way a person thinks, feels, and functions in daily life.
What Is Anxiety?
We’ve all experienced it—that sudden rush of worry, the tightness in your chest, the feeling that something is just not right. Anxiety has a way of sneaking up on us, sometimes when we least expect it.
5 Things to Say to Avoid Saying to Someone with Anxiety
Supporting someone with anxiety can be tricky. Even with the best intentions, the wrong words can unintentionally invalidate their feelings or make them feel misunderstood.
How to Address Codependency in Relationships
Codependency in relationships can feel like being stuck on an emotional rollercoaster controlled by someone else. It often stems from blurred boundaries, emotional entanglement, and a misplaced sense of responsibility for someone else’s well-being.
Dealing with Grief
Grief is one of life’s most complex and challenging experiences. It doesn’t follow a neat timeline, and the so-called “stages of grief” rarely reflect the unpredictable ebb and flow of an actual person’s emotions.
Understanding Problematic Anger
Anger is a natural human emotion—one that we’ve all experienced when things don’t go as planned. But when anger becomes chronic, intense, or uncontrollable, it shifts from being a normal reaction to a potential problem.
The Relational Bank Account: Are You Making Deposits or Withdrawals?
Every relationship—whether with your partner, friends, family, or coworkers—operates like a bank account. Instead of dollars and cents, though, you’re dealing with trust, intimacy, and connection.