Professionally Messy

Episode 1 | When Faking It Is the Only Thing I Know How to Do

As therapists, we spend our days talking people off the ledge, but what happens when we’re the ones standing on it? Where do we turn when the system keeps telling us to stay “professional” while everything inside us is falling apart?Today, I’m talking about the platforms we love to hate. If you’ve ever opened a social media group looking for community and instead found gatekeeping, toxic comments, or people tearing down your work, you already know this energy can wreck your confidence fast, especially if you’re neuro-spicy, sensitive, or already carrying too much.And let’s be honest… a lot of us are carrying too much.We’re trying to hold our clients’ trauma while navigating our own family chaos, burnout, grief, and the “can I please catch a break” moments that never seem to end.This episode is for the therapist who is:✨ navigating burnout while pretending they’re fine✨ feeling the pressure of a field that demands perfection✨ trying to trust their values when fear gets loud✨ rethinking old systems that no longer fit✨ exhausted from holding everyone else’s trauma and their own✨ tired of toxic online spaces that make everything feel worseThis isn’t a five-step plan or polished advice. It’s me, a therapist and business owner, hitting a moment of “this isn’t working” and choosing honesty over survival mode.If you’re trying to build a practice while managing real life and a real nervous system, you’re not alone. I’m walking through this in real time with you.