Summer has always been my favorite season, but over the years I've realized how easy it is to put pressure on myself to make it "perfect."

In this episode, I'm sharing a reminder that summer doesn't have to be packed with expensive vacations, nonstop plans, or picture-perfect moments to be meaningful.

Instead, I'm inviting you to define what this season looks like for you. We talk about creating a summer that aligns with your current season of life, scheduling things that genuinely bring you joy, reconnecting with the simple things you loved as a child, and learning how to be present instead of performative.

If you've been feeling the pressure to do more, this episode will encourage you to slow down, focus on what matters most, and create a summer that feels good on your terms.

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In this episode of Raising Serotonin, I’m diving into a mindset that I keep seeing all over social media lately: “it’s not that deep.” And honestly? I don’t agree.

I talk about why I think this mindset can sometimes become a way for people to emotionally check out of their own lives, avoid vulnerability, avoid failure, or stay small when things feel hard. Because the truth is… your life is that deep. Your healing is that deep. Your goals, relationships, growth, purpose, and the way you spend your time all matter.

I open up about discomfort, anxiety, grad school, growth, and what it actually means to put yourself out there even when you’re scared.

We talk about why meaningful change requires effort, why staying comfortable can keep us stuck, and why becoming the person you want to be is supposed to ask something of you.

If you’ve been feeling afraid to take the next step, questioning your path, or minimizing your own dreams because someone else told you it “wasn’t that serious,” this episode is your reminder that your one life matters, and you deserve to fully show up for it.

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This episode feels incredibly personal to me because I’m reflecting on the end of my first practicum experience inside a college counseling center, four months that challenged me, stretched me, humbled me, and changed me in ways I didn’t expect.

I went into this experience wanting to be great immediately. I set impossibly high expectations for myself, thinking I needed to know everything, help everyone, and somehow “prove” that I belonged in this field. But what I learned instead was something much deeper: growth doesn’t happen all at once. Healing doesn’t happen overnight. And neither does becoming the person you’re meant to be.

In this episode, I open up about the mindset shifts that completely changed the way I view growth, pressure, expectations, and even my own healing journey. I talk about the phrase my supervisor repeated to me constantly, “slow is fast”, and how I finally understand what that actually means.

I also share why learning to reassess the bar we set for ourselves matters so much, especially when we’re navigating new seasons of life, change, uncertainty, or personal growth. This conversation isn’t just about counseling or becoming a therapist, it’s about being human. It’s about learning how to give yourself grace while still striving to grow.

If you’ve been feeling behind, overwhelmed, frustrated with your progress, or questioning whether you’re doing enough… this episode is for you.

Because maybe growth isn’t about becoming perfect faster.
Maybe it’s about learning how to trust the process while you become.

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