Solaire Therapy and Wellness PLLC

Solaire Therapy and Wellness PLLC Counseling for anxiety, depression, bariatric surgery, & life events. We want to help our clients feel confident and be able to look forward to the future.

Here to help empower you with personalized support on your journey toward emotional well-being. We work with clients of all ages and address a variety of issues including anxiety, depression, bariatrics/obesity, weight loss, major life changes/events, social anxiety, and more. Our modern approach to mental health allows us to help our clients in all areas of life. We address current issues while unraveling the experiences that led to them and setting realistic goals to more forward.

Lori’s son is a sophomore this year and has already brought home a nasty cold. Welcome back!
09/07/2026

Lori’s son is a sophomore this year and has already brought home a nasty cold. Welcome back!

There's a reason anticipation can feel almost identical to anxiety. And it's not what most people assume.Both show up in...
09/01/2026

There's a reason anticipation can feel almost identical to anxiety. And it's not what most people assume.
Both show up in your body the same way. Racing thoughts. Jittery energy. Trouble sitting still. The checking. The replaying of the same scenario over and over before it's even happened. Your nervous system reads "I hope this goes well" and "I hope this doesn't go badly" almost the same way. It doesn't have a great filter for that.
What actually changes is the story your brain attaches to it.
This time of year tends to stir this up for a lot of women, no matter what decade of life you're in. A season changing. A schedule shifting. Kids heading back to school, or a house getting quiet again once they do. Something new starting. Something familiar ending. Even good change can put your body on high alert, because uncertain still reads as uncertain, whether it's a good kind or a bad kind.
If you've felt a little on edge the last couple weeks and couldn't quite name why... this might be it.
Here's something small that actually helps: instead of letting your brain run the worst case scenario on repeat, try asking yourself what you actually know right now. Not what you're guessing. Not what you're afraid of. What you actually know.
It won't make the waiting disappear. But it gives your nervous system something steadier to hold onto than a story you made up.
What are you anticipating this month? I'd love to hear what's coming up for you.

There's a specific kind of tired that comes from grieving something you're not supposed to grieve out loud.Losing a pet....
08/31/2026

There's a specific kind of tired that comes from grieving something you're not supposed to grieve out loud.
Losing a pet. Losing a marriage. Losing the version of yourself you thought you'd become by now. Watching a chapter of your life close that you didn't choose to close.
Nobody sends flowers for those losses. There's no card in the store for "sorry your job ended" or "sorry that relationship didn't turn into what you hoped." But the loss is real, and so is the weight of carrying it quietly, especially when everyone around you assumes you're fine because nothing "official" happened.
I tell clients all the time: grief doesn't care if the loss fits the label people expect it to. If something mattered to you and it's gone now, that's grief. Full stop.
Today is National Grief Awareness Day. If you've been quietly carrying a loss that nobody else clocked as a loss... you don't have to keep minimizing it. Name it. It counts.
What are you grieving that you haven't said out loud yet? 🩶

People think they have a motivation problem. Most of the time, what they actually need is determination. Those are two d...
08/21/2026

People think they have a motivation problem. Most of the time, what they actually need is determination. Those are two different skills, and mixing them up is where a lot of people get stuck.
Motivation is the spark. It feels good, it's exciting, and it fades fast. It's great when it's around and completely unreliable when you actually need it.
That's why waiting to "feel motivated" keeps so many people stuck, on goals and in how they see themselves. It gets read as a lack of discipline or willpower, when really, motivation was never built to last in the first place. It was never supposed to be the thing carrying you the whole way.
Determination is what carries you after the spark is gone. Forward moving. Focused. Sometimes steady, sometimes tense in the body, but still moving even when it doesn't feel exciting anymore.
The women I work with usually think something is wrong with them the moment the motivation disappears. Nothing is wrong. That was always going to have to be determination's job to finish.
And here's the encouraging part. Determination is something you can actually build over time. Motivation just shows up whenever it feels like it.
What's carrying you through the parts that don't feel exciting right now? I'd genuinely love to know.

08/17/2026

Most therapists will tell their clients to protect their energy and then double book themselves straight through October. LOL, guilty. We’re all a little bit this person sometimes.

Fall is a lot. More referrals coming in. Calendars filling up faster than usual. And for a lot of us, our own kids are heading back to school on top of an already full caseload.

Here’s the part that tends to get skipped: what you have left to give your clients depends on what’s actually left in you. Not what should be left, not what you’d tell a client is possible if they just tried harder.

So consider this your permission slip to protect a little bit of your own time this week. Not eventually, not once things calm down.

Even a few protected minutes between sessions can go a long way, before your calendar fills them in without asking.

What’s one small thing you’re doing for yourself this season? Drop it in the comments, your fellow therapists could probably use the reminder too. ✨

The people you admire are quietly showing you a map of what you want for your own life.It's not an accident when someone...
08/16/2026

The people you admire are quietly showing you a map of what you want for your own life.
It's not an accident when someone makes you sit up a little straighter. Their confidence, their boundaries, the way they handle a hard day without falling apart... something about them is showing you a version of something you're reaching for yourself.
So the next time admiration shows up, don't just notice it and move on.
Ask what it's actually pointing to.
Next time it happens, get specific. Is it how calm they seem? How easily they say no? How sure they are of themselves?
That's usually where the real answer is 😉
Who's someone you admire, and what do you think it's showing you about yourself? I'd love to hear it below.

08/15/2026

It's exhausting trying to white-knuckle your way through the evenings.
Emotional & Binge Eating are learned coping mechanisms.

When you're uncomfortable, sad, overwhelmed, stressed, etc you figure out that food can be a fast way to get relief.

But without additional tools, food becomes the ONLY way to:
cope
soothe
numb-out
distract yourself
reward yourself

A lot of my clients who binge or emotionally eat (especially at night) are:
over-functioning
restricting
ignoring their own needs or emotions
over-stimulated

So the need for relief is real.
And it happened at night a lot because it's quiet or you're out of the capacity to make anymore decisions for the day.

If you're struggling with binge eating or emotional eating, it's usually a sign that there's something being ignored.

If you were to stop using food to cope and didnt have any other emotional tools, you'd still be left with the overwhelm, stress, sadness, loneliness, boredom, etc.

When you understand what's underneath, you can realize that there are ways to cope that won't leave you feeling worse.

My mini-course Stop Eating Your Feelings is available in the link in the bio to help you address this stuff!

08/11/2026

There’s a specific kind of ache that shows up this time of year. Doesn’t matter if it’s a kindergarten drop off or a college move in, the feeling is oddly similar. Half your heart is proud. The other half wants to cry in the car.

Love does that when something changes.

And if you’re the one heading back to school yourself, not just watching someone else do it… you know this feeling too. Excited for the new year, a little nervous about it, and a little sad for the one that just ended. All at once, which is a lot to hold before you’ve even had your coffee.

Grief and excitement can sit in the same body, in the same hour, sometimes in the same breath. You’re allowed to feel both. You don’t have to pick one to be “the” feeling of the day.

If you’re a college student having a hard time adjusting or a parent struggling with all the emotions as we start the school year, reach out for a free consultation! 🩶

Sometimes the most accurate description of my brain is a tweet from a stranger…lol (not us overthinking the lol now)Shar...
07/28/2026

Sometimes the most accurate description of my brain is a tweet from a stranger…lol (not us overthinking the lol now)
Share these with a friend who can relate!

Some days you just can't get anything to stick.Ten tabs open, ten tasks half started, and somehow none of them finished ...
07/26/2026

Some days you just can't get anything to stick.
Ten tabs open, ten tasks half started, and somehow none of them finished by the end of the day.
That scattered, “can't lock in” feeling gets blamed on a lot of things. Laziness. Bad time management. Not caring enough.
But most of the time it has nothing to do with how disciplined you are.
Your nervous system will deprioritize focus when it's maxed out or overstimulated, because in that moment it thinks there's a bigger problem to solve than your to do list. It's not glitching. It's doing exactly what it's designed to do under stress.
So before you download another productivity app or rewrite your list for the third time, try regulating first. A few slow breaths, a short walk, or just naming out loud what's actually stressing you out can help your brain feel safe enough to focus again.
What's usually underneath your unfocused days? I'd love to hear what it looks like for you.

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