How to Help Transgender Youth with Anti-Trans Laws

  This year, the state of Georgia entered the list of the host of other states that have enacted anti-trans legislation. I was watching the hearings at the Capital this winter and was appalled when the committee not only voted in favor of passing SB140 legislation banning gender affirming care for our transgender youth under age 18, but at the...[ read more ]

My New Book – Gender Identity Journal

I always thought I would write a book.  I have been writing since I was 13 years old and performing spoken word since I was 21. But, it turns out my first book is even more exciting than that! My first book, the Gender Identity Journal: Prompts and Practices for Exploration and Self Discovery comes out this Tuesday, December 21st,...[ read more ]

Reconciling Faith and Your Gender Identity: Living Authentically

The topic of faith and acceptance from God is something I know many people in the transgender and LGBTQ community struggle with.  I have struggled with my own journey of belief.  If you were raised as a strict, or devout in yours or your parents’ beliefs, questions of love and acceptance may arise.  You may be afraid of being unwanted...[ read more ]

Creative Coping Skills for Gender Dysphoria

A bunch of ballons for deep breathing

I feel like what I hear a lot in therapy about coping skills is, " I have tried all of that before and it never works ". There are lists upon lists on the internet of coping skills.  How do you know which ones will work for you if you have tried the most taught? Deep Breathing with a Balloon...[ read more ]

Sacred Space, Sacred Time and Self Expression

  The concept of Sacred Space Today, I was thinking of the concept of Sacred Space.  I wasn’t thinking of the concept in religious terms, but more of a concept of holding space for yourself to be who you need to be. Isaac Newton wrote about this in his book, Philosophy of Sacred Space and Sacred Time, which I learned...[ read more ]



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