Gaining and Sustaining

Anxiety

Getting in Shape With Silence

Leah Marone LCSW on June 28, 2026

Most of us are not bad at silence, we are out of shape with it. Why being alone with your own thoughts feels like a threat, and how to train your way back into tolerating it.

Most of us are not bad at silence, we are out of shape with it. Why being alone with your own thoughts feels like a threat, and how to train your way back into tolerating it.

Anxiety

Create Your Own Discomfort So It Is Not Created for You

Leah Marone LCSW on May 19, 2026

Anxiety is future-based and feeds on avoidance. Embracing small, deliberate discomforts can help build the self-trust that breaks the loop.

Anxiety is future-based and feeds on avoidance. Embracing small, deliberate discomforts can help build the self-trust that breaks the loop.

Self-Help

When Self-Care Becomes Another Thing to Be Good At

Leah Marone LCSW on February 27, 2026

Real self-care is invisible, uncomfortable, and consistent. If it photographs well, it might not be working.

Real self-care is invisible, uncomfortable, and consistent. If it photographs well, it might not be working.

Boundaries

The New Boundary Crisis

Leah Marone LCSW on January 23, 2026

Our attention and peace is under attack 24/7. Discover why anxiety spikes and how setting boundaries can give your mind back its space.

Our attention and peace is under attack 24/7. Discover why anxiety spikes and how setting boundaries can give your mind back its space.

Boundaries

Caring Without Fixing

Leah Marone LCSW on December 19, 2025

When you’re worried about someone in your life, how do you support them without overstepping or losing yourself?

When you’re worried about someone in your life, how do you support them without overstepping or losing yourself?

Boundaries

Finding the Holiday Gray

Leah Marone LCSW on November 21, 2025

Find the gray this holiday season: Stay connected, protect your peace, and show up without overextending or checking out.

Find the gray this holiday season: Stay connected, protect your peace, and show up without overextending or checking out.

Resilience

Strategies for Staying in the Zone

Leah Marone LCSW on October 25, 2025

Stay in the zone, honor your feelings, and protect your focus during life’s most demanding and exciting chapters.

Stay in the zone, honor your feelings, and protect your focus during life’s most demanding and exciting chapters.

Boundaries

Why Saying "No" Is So Hard

Leah Marone LCSW on September 5, 2025

Why is saying no so hard? Explore the layers of your InnerPleaser and learn small steps to set boundaries without guilt.

Why is saying no so hard? Explore the layers of your InnerPleaser and learn small steps to set boundaries without guilt.

Boundaries

The Critical Role of Boundaries for Family Caregivers

Leah Marone LCSW on August 29, 2025

Caregiving is rewarding but exhausting. Learn how setting internal and external boundaries can protect your well-being and sustain your care.

Caregiving is rewarding but exhausting. Learn how setting internal and external boundaries can protect your well-being and sustain your care.

Relationships

The Emotional Weight You Weren’t Meant to Carry

Leah Marone LCSW on July 21, 2025

Discover the hidden pattern of Serial fixing and why caring too much can cost your well-being and how to reclaim your balance.

Discover the hidden pattern of Serial fixing and why caring too much can cost your well-being and how to reclaim your balance.

Boundaries

Are You Serial Fixing the Emotional Baggage of Others?

Leah Marone LCSW on July 20, 2025

If you feel drained from fixing others, you can support them with empathy, set healthy boundaries, and reclaim your energy without losing yourself.

If you feel drained from fixing others, you can support them with empathy, set healthy boundaries, and reclaim your energy without losing yourself.

Self-Sabotage

Why We Resist Micro-Resets

Leah Marone LCSW on June 10, 2025

Micro-resets can rewire your brain, but perfectionism and internal bodyguards resist them. Learn to pause, build trust within, and embrace the power of the in-between.

Micro-resets can rewire your brain, but perfectionism and internal bodyguards resist them. Learn to pause, build trust within, and embrace the power of the in-between.

Self-Help

What Does It Really Mean to "Work on Yourself?"

Leah Marone LCSW on May 9, 2025

Ever wonder why change feels so hard? Maybe it’s not the goal—it’s the way you’re showing up for yourself. Learn how to reconnect and realign.

Ever wonder why change feels so hard? Maybe it’s not the goal—it’s the way you’re showing up for yourself. Learn how to reconnect and realign.

Relationships

When Helping Becomes Over-Helping

Leah Marone LCSW on April 7, 2025

Are you aware of how you show up in relationships? Over-helping can lead to burnout, resentment, and emotional exhaustion, affecting both your energy and your connections.

Are you aware of how you show up in relationships? Over-helping can lead to burnout, resentment, and emotional exhaustion, affecting both your energy and your connections.

Relationships

Diagnose and Ditch: How Misused Labels Are Hurting Our Relationships

Leah Marone LCSW on March 18, 2025

Misusing labels like “toxic” or “narcissist” lets us avoid hard conversations and accountability, but true connection requires ownership, resilience, and relationship “reps.”

Misusing labels like “toxic” or “narcissist” lets us avoid hard conversations and accountability, but true connection requires ownership, resilience, and relationship “reps.”

Relationships

Stop Taking the Bait When Others Express Discomfort

Leah Marone LCSW on February 8, 2025

Support, don't solve. Validating emotions without rushing to solve empowers others to problem-solve, build confidence, and keep ownership.

Support, don't solve. Validating emotions without rushing to solve empowers others to problem-solve, build confidence, and keep ownership.

Boundaries

A Year of Giving Ourselves Permission

Leah Marone LCSW on January 14, 2025

This year, redefine success by granting yourself permission to prioritize your well-being and live on your own terms.

This year, redefine success by granting yourself permission to prioritize your well-being and live on your own terms.

Relationships

Kindness: A Gift That Costs Nothing

Leah Marone LCSW on December 16, 2024

Kindness is free yet invaluable. This season, embrace its power to connect, uplift, and inspire—small acts can create ripples of impact far beyond the moment.

Kindness is free yet invaluable. This season, embrace its power to connect, uplift, and inspire—small acts can create ripples of impact far beyond the moment.

Gratitude

Gratitude Fatigue

Leah Marone LCSW on November 21, 2024

When thankfulness feels forced, is it really gratitude?

When thankfulness feels forced, is it really gratitude?

Self-Help

Why Gratitude Journals and Other Wellness Trends Aren't Enough

Leah Marone LCSW on October 21, 2024

In a world flooded with wellness trends, it’s easy to get swept up in surface-level fixes that promise quick relief. But are these approaches enough for lasting mental clarity?

In a world flooded with wellness trends, it’s easy to get swept up in surface-level fixes that promise quick relief. But are these approaches enough for lasting mental clarity?