Wisdom = knowledge applied. Trauma = pain applied. Unintegrated trauma keeps us reacting from yesterday instead of choosing from today. Healing turns those reactions into present-day wisdom. #TraumaInformed #MentalHealth

No promises tbh 🫣

Therapists, if you could guarantee each client you ever worked with left therapy with one common skill, insight, or ability, what would it be?

I’m excited to share that I have been selected to participate in the upcoming Upstate class of the Riley Fellows DLI Program!

A student who doesn’t feel safe is a student who isn’t learning. Y'all already know: *You can’t pour knowledge into a dysregulated brain. *You can’t expect engagement from a nervous system stuck in survival. *You can’t demand compliance when connection is what’s missing.

The brain learns through repetition. 🧠 Not once. Not twice. Over and over. That’s why old patterns feel automatic — and why healing takes practice. Patience + repetition = real change. #TraumaInformed #MentalHealth

Explain Causation vs. Correlation to a 4th grader. Go.

Telling a child what not to do isn’t teaching. We can’t correct what we haven’t taught. Model it. Coach it. Practice it. 💜

Every step of my journey—from homelessness to the State House—has been guided by fearless faith. Faith that rises to meet every challenge with purpose. Today, I’m announcing my campaign for Governor of South Carolina. Our best days are ahead. #JohnsonForSC #ANewSC #SCGov

Self-care isn’t “only me." It can be "me, too." It’s balance — between selfishness and handling your business. Therapy culture has made us more self-aware, but sometimes less accountable. Healing isn’t blaming — it’s balancing.

New research found that among 24,675 adolescents, 15.5% reported trauma exposure and 7.5% had moderate/high traumatic stress—those youth were 10× more likely to be at high suicide risk. Trauma screening in primary care saves lives.

I rarely care about partisan politics when it comes to local elections in #yeahTHATgreenville I voted for Tina Belge over Matt Alexander not because she’s a Democrat and he’s a Republican. Not because I’ve known her for a decade. I voted for Tina Belge for primarily one reason:

Would really be awesome to be able to watch GameDay this morning. YouTube TV ESPN Disney