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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...

Hey there! Tristan here. If you’ve been hanging around Byrnes Counseling Group for a while, you know we don’t really do "clinical and cold." We’re a trans-led, neuro-spicy, and unapologetically affirming crew. And today, I’m kicking off something I’ve been...

Let’s be real for a second: therapy can get heavy. When you’re navigating life as an LGBTQ+ person in Florida, a lot of our conversations revolve around "protecting our peace," "processing trauma," or "navigating the headlines." And while...

If I had a nickel for every time I heard someone describe polyamory as "dating on hard mode" or "advanced dating," I’d probably have enough to buy a very large, very inclusive pizza for a whole polycule. On the surface, it makes sense why people...

Hey friends. Let’s have some real talk about what happens after the fun is over. Whether you just finished a heavy impact session, a long night of rope, or even just a particularly intense emotional deep-dive with a partner, there’s that moment when the adrenaline...