Are You Ready to Tell the Truth?

by hello@crisroskelley.com | Sep 21, 2023 | High-Achieving Black Women, Safe Haven for Perfectionists, Therapy for Depression, Anxiety, and SoulCare, Trauma Recovery for High-Achievers

The practice of telling the truth is one that deepens throughout our lifespan.  And yet, along the relational trauma recovery road, it’s very common for recovering people-pleasers and perfectionists to wonder, “How do I tell the truth?” Sometimes, there’s visible...

How to Cope with the Social Anxiety of Having to Return to In-Person Routines

by hello@crisroskelley.com | Apr 18, 2021 | Therapy for Depression, Anxiety, and SoulCare

As more people are getting vaccinated, many states and businesses are looking to return to in-person routines by summer. For most, this signifies two complex realities – (1) there’s finally the sight of a light at the end of the tunnel...

The Transition We’ve All Been Waiting For

by hello@crisroskelley.com | Dec 30, 2020 | Safe Haven for Perfectionists, Therapy for Depression, Anxiety, and SoulCare, Trauma Recovery for High-Achievers

It’s the last day of 2020, and perhaps you haven’t allowed yourself to fully recognize how much good your body has done this year. You survival this year has truly been enough. You showed up for yourself the best you knew how, even when access to usual sources of...

Self-Care and Restorative Practices for Election Day

by hello@crisroskelley.com | Nov 3, 2020 | High-Achieving Black Women, Therapy for Depression, Anxiety, and SoulCare, Trauma Recovery for High-Achievers

Today is a day unlike any other for 2020. This remaining week will likely feel like a year unto itself. Yet, today is Election Day, and the uncertainties, anxieties, and stress of an unknown outcome that will greatly effect and shape how we move forward can generate a...

Unmasking Impostor Syndrome Costumes

by hello@crisroskelley.com | Oct 26, 2020 | Safe Haven for Perfectionists

There are countless of studies that have shown that many high-achieving women of color not only face systemic challenges, but also internal challenges from ongoing efforts to prove worth of acceptance, respect, and acknowledge. Underneath impostor syndrome, there is...