06: Taking care
Taking care of ourselves and each other in the midst of the unknown & heavy feelings
I hope everyone is taking care right now. The world feels heavier than usual post election, wildfires, and everything else going on.
People often preach the important of rest. I realized how much I needed to take this advice and actually prioritize rest. Rest is key to making sure we are replenished and that we’re able to take care of ourselves and others. I hope you can find ways to find rest right now too. Below are some resources for therapy options & creative ways to find peace right now.
Therapy resources
Intuitive Healing Psychotherapy’s “Navigating a divided family” group — a post-election, 8 week LGBTQ+ psychotherapy group.
Open Path Collective — Offers affordable counseling with practitioners or clinical interns offering a sliding scale rate as low as $30/session. I am seeing a therapist on Open Path right now, as I navigate finding a new health insurance. I also have found most of my clients through Open Path too :)
Other ways to rest and recover:
RecCreate Collective's classes— Brooklyn space to make art, crafts and friends. I love the space owner, Liz, creates to facilitate conversation and connection while having fun tapping into a childlike sense of curiosity and creativity.
Con Cariño event— Austin-based event sponsored by Colors of Austin Counseling and Las Ofrendas. A BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ post election gathering to make art and with on-site wellness support.
Recess Grove— Brooklyn-based studio offering classes & workshops to create and slow down. Over the weekend, I stumbled upon this spot and grabbed a NA beverage at the counter and colored in a coloring book. It was truly so peaceful and just what I needed.
Many of us are figuring out ways to cope, but also I hope we can allow ourselves to just feel it. Letting ourselves feel it, sit with it, and let it slowly pass. Don’t feel the pressure to put a timeline for yourself to grieve or find peace. One of my professors recently posted: “We have every right to sit in our numbness, rage, grief, despair. We won’t stay in this space forever, but I also don’t put a clock on it. Let me be in my figurative fetal position as long as I please. Take the time to feel the heard feelings, while knowing the flame of hope is still flickering inside.” Thanks Professor Anne <3
Take care,
Erica