In the final installment of Natalie Seibel, LPC’s, transformative series Unmasking Shame, “Doubt” takes center stage as the hidden force fueling shame-driven behaviors like procrastination, perfectionism, people-pleasing, and control. This in-depth guide explores how doubt, learned in childhood, disconnects you from your intuition and inner wisdom, keeping you trapped in fear and seeking external validation. She offers practical and reflective strategies to release self-aband

North Star Clinician, Cassie Liu, LPC, shares tips on distancing yourself from negative self-talk and building self-esteem.

Kristen explores self-love: where we learn (or don’t learn) to love ourselves, why it’s hard to do, how it looks in practice, and why it matters.

Our Clinician Sarah Craycraft shares with us how your core values can shape a more meaningful self-care practice. This blog will guide you in identifying what truly matters to you and offer ideas for connecting those values to how you care for yourself.

In this fourth installment on unmasking shame, Natalie explores the way control functions and how to navigate the emotions that arise with it in order to identify what you do have control over and be able to put down shame’s tricks that otherwise keep you stuck.