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The curb cut! So many benefits and more!

When we design our world with justice, access, and inclusion at the center, we don't just lift up the few—we lift up everyone.

Please sign up for some early spring connection and women centered wellness!! This coming weekend!!

Welcome to the fourth Women’s Wellness Summit! Our theme is: “The Resistance Is Personal”: How Women Heal, Create & Build in the Face of Hate. women-centered summit for leaders, healers, creatives, entrepreneurs, and women who love women who understand that the resistance is personal. In a time marked by division, uncertainty, and rising hostility, we gather women who refuse to disengage, dilute themselves, or disconnect from their values. This summit exists at the intersection of personal wellness and public responsibility — because how we care for ourselves shapes how we lead, build, advocate, and create. The Resistance Is Personal is not a slogan. It is a recognition that the pressures facing our communities impact our bodies, our businesses, our art, our relationships, and our sense of safety. And yet, we continue to heal. We continue to create. We continue to build. Consider joining us April 4th from 11-4 pm @irishbistro for an afternoon together. Tickets live in our Bio!. #abolishice #chicago #wellnesssummit #healing #women https://www.exploretock.com/irishbistro/event/594085/womens-wellness-summit-4

Dr. Santos dives into the helpfulness of self talk that can be applied to self regulation in challenging moments. Recently, Olympics athletes have also shared using this technique.

Ever caught yourself mid-conversation... with yourself?

Maybe you were replaying something someone said. Rehearsing your next meeting opener. Giving yourself a quiet "Come on, you've got this" before walking into something hard.

That inner voice isn't a quirk. Psychologists call it inner speech, and it's one of the most studied features of human cognition that most people know almost nothing about.

Ethan Kross at the University of Michigan has spent years studying these silent conversations. What he's found: they're not background noise. The way you talk to yourself shapes how you handle stress, how you make decisions, and how you show up when it counts.

One finding I keep thinking about: people who refer to themselves by name — "Come on, Laurie, you've got this" instead of "I've got this" — tend to create more distance from whatever's stressing them out. Same situation, different language, different experience.

Kross also found we don't just talk to ourselves — we rehearse conversations with other people, test out ideas before saying them, and use self-talk to work through tricky social moments.

So the next time you notice yourself mid-monologue: your brain is doing what it was built to do. The question is whether you're paying attention to what it's saying.

Kross, E., Bruehlman-Senecal, E., Park, J., Burson, A., Dougherty, A., Shablack, H., ... & Ayduk, O. (2014). Self-talk as a regulatory mechanism: how you do it matters. Journal of personality and social psychology, 106(2), 304.

It's Social Work Month! Exciting news: the social work profession is projected to grow by 7% between 2022 and 2032, highlighting the increasing demand and importance of social workers in our communities. This growth underscores the vital role social workers play in supporting individuals, families, and communities.

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Getting ready for social work month in March with some important information from the north.

If outfits were social workers, part three. Thanks to @smittenguelph for letting me do this, and a reminder that when/where possible, buy used and support local stores! #socialwork #socialworkstudent #socialworkers #socialworker

The science speaks in creating your dating profile! Thank you !

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This feels like a good year to sit with the history of MLK a little big longer.

6 Little-Known Facts About Martin Luther King Jr. We rounded up lesser-known facts about Martin Luther King Jr. (like him being a "Star Trek" fan) to shed more light on the activist’s life.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/best-of-the-7-essential-anxiety-disruptors-for/id1506503059?i=1000743497533 Thinking about how anxiety often shows up can be very helpful in identifying, understanding and addressing it. Thanks Lynn Lyons, Psychotherapist, Anxiety and Children

Best of: The 7 Essential Anxiety Disruptors For Families: #2 Talk to Worry Podcast Episode · Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry · 01/02/2026 · 29m

I'm highlighting -"Keeping high-need careers within reach". There are so many crucial ways to support therapists to keep them in business and available to everyone.

New LEAP Act Would End Unfair Loan Limits for & Other Grad Programs
The Loan Equity for Advanced Professionals Act (LEAP ACT H.R. 6574), introduced by Rep. Tim Kennedy (NY-26-D) on Dec 10th ensures graduate students can access the same federal student loan limits as “professional” students. This fixes a Department of Education policy that unfairly restricts borrowing for graduate programs like social work, nursing, and occupational therapy.

Watch the press conference we attended alongside members of Congress and other endorsing organizations: https://bit.ly/3MFvo88

Speakers highlighted social workers as essential professionals. The LEAP Act is cosponsored by 19 members of Congress.