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Have you ever felt like you’re carrying around an invisible PowerPoint presentation about your own existence? You know the one. It’s got slides on why you use certain pronouns, a graph explaining your gender journey, a bulleted list of why you’re wearing that outfit,...

If I had a nickel for every time someone told a person with trauma or ADHD to "just take a deep breath," I’d probably be retired on a beach somewhere instead of writing this blog. Don't get me wrong, breathing is great. It’s actually essential for, you...

If you have spent any amount of time in the “productivity” corner of the internet, you’ve probably felt like a complete failure. You know the drill: the 5:00 AM cold plunges, the color-coded planners that cost $40 and end up as expensive coasters, and the grueling...

Let’s be real for a second: the last few months have felt like running a marathon while juggling flaming chainsaws. If you’ve been glued to your phone, refreshing your feed with a pit in your stomach, you are definitely not alone. Recently, we’ve been watching the...

If you’ve spent most of your adult life feeling like you’re running a marathon in flip-flops while everyone else has high-tech sneakers, you know the vibe. You’ve probably been called "scattered," "forgetful," or the ultimate heavy-hitter:...

We’ve made it to the end of our Body Liberation Week. If you’ve been following along, we’ve unpacked a lot, from the mental shift of body neutrality to the ways our gender identities and our physical forms intersect. It can be heavy stuff. Navigating a world that...

Welcome back to Day 4 of our Body Liberation Week! If you’ve been following along, you know we’ve been tearing down the walls of toxic diet culture and building up a foundation of neutrality, joy, and radical existence. Today, we’re getting practical. We’re talking...

Let’s be real for a second: most of us have been conditioned to view exercise as a form of penance. We’ve been told we need to "burn off" that pizza, "earn" our holiday meals, or punish our bodies into a smaller, more "acceptable" shape....

Welcome to Day 2 of our Body Liberation Week here at Byrnes Counseling Group! Yesterday, we talked about body neutrality, but today we’re diving into the deep end of the pool. We’re talking about the intersection of gender affirmation and fat liberation. If you’ve...