by Tristan Byrnes | Jun 6, 2026 | Family/friend/ally of LGBTQ
If you’ve ever sat on a therapist’s couch (or in front of a Zoom screen) and felt like you had to spend the first three sessions just explaining the basics of your life, you know how exhausting that is. Maybe you had to explain what “poly” actually means. Maybe you...
by Tristan Byrnes | Jun 5, 2026 | Family/friend/ally of LGBTQ
If you’ve been hanging out with us all week for The Neurospicy Survival Guide, we’ve covered a lot of ground. We’ve laughed about the 47 open tabs in our brains, we’ve commiserated over the "ADHD tax" (RIP to that forgotten bag of spinach in the crisper...
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...
