Ideas for normative culture misfits …and everyone else.

Month: March 2024

  • Internalized Oppression & Parts Work

    Internalized Oppression & Parts Work

    By Melisa De Seguirant, LPC, LMFT ~ March 2024 Combating Internalized Oppression Through Parts Work Parts therapy has picked up in popularity. More and more people are finding benefit in viewing themselves as a system of distinct internal parts, with each part designed to perform a specific function or help them in a certain way. … Read more

  • Queer Identity Uncertainty

    Queer Identity Uncertainty

    By Melisa De Seguirant, LPC, LMFT ~ March 2024 Queer Identity: Coping with uncertainty and confusion As a whole, the queer community does a phenomenal job embracing pride with gusto and publicly affirming ourselves with bold, confident fanfare. This vibrant energy, however, may not be the only thing newbies need to feel safe in exploring… Read more

  • Practicing Meaningful Self Care

    Practicing Meaningful Self Care

    By Melisa De Seguirant, LPC, LMFT ~ March 2024 Practicing Meaningful Self Care Do you practice self-care? What does your practice look like? How has it been most useful? How could it be better? HOT TAKE ~ Self-care is more than self-soothing and meeting your basic needs! A fresh way to look at self-care… Life… Read more

  • Supportive Metamour Relationships

    Supportive Metamour Relationships

    By Melisa De Seguirant, LPC, LMFT ~ March 2024 Ethical Non-Monogamy: Cultivating Supportive Metamour Relationships What have your metamour relationships been like? What successes and challenges have you experienced? Do you prefer meeting your metamours or not? If so, how far into dating? How do you deal with jealousy when it arises? How do you… Read more