by Tristan Byrnes | Jun 4, 2026 | Family/friend/ally of LGBTQ
Normalizing the Cancel: Setting Boundaries Without the Shame One of the hardest parts of having a "Ghost in 5 Seconds" battery is the guilt. You said you’d go to the birthday dinner. You want to go. But as 6:00 PM rolls around, you realize that if you force...
by Tristan Byrnes | Jun 3, 2026 | Family/friend/ally of LGBTQ
It is currently 2:14 AM on a Tuesday. While most of the world is doing things like "sleeping" or "having a consistent circadian rhythm," I am sitting on my living room floor under the interrogation-level brightness of a floor lamp. Why? Because I...
by Tristan Byrnes | Jun 2, 2026 | Family/friend/ally of LGBTQ
It’s 4:12 PM on a Tuesday. You’ve been reasonably productive today, or at least, you’ve been busy. You’ve sent the emails, you’ve checked the Slack messages, and you’ve managed to not lose your keys (so far). Then, it happens. The Wall. The 4 PM Wall is a specific...
by Tristan Byrnes | Jun 1, 2026 | Family/friend/ally of LGBTQ
Welcome back to The Neurospicy Survival Guide! If you’re here, there’s a 74% chance you currently have at least three beverages on your desk and exactly zero idea where your sunglasses are (check the top of your head). At Byrnes Counseling Group, we don’t just...
by Tristan Byrnes | May 29, 2026 | Family/friend/ally of LGBTQ
Have you ever walked into a room, maybe a party, a meeting, or even a friend's kitchen, and felt like you immediately had to start "working"? Not actual labor, but emotional management. You’re scanning the room for tension. You’re checking the host’s...
