You’ve managed to hold everything together for so long, but something feels different now. Perhaps you're the one others lean on. For you, an act of love may look like tending to everyone else’s needs. Maybe you appear confident outside, but inside you carry anxiety, self-doubt, or a harsh inner critic. Or perhaps you’ve entered a season you thought would be fulfilling—a career promotion, marriage, pregnancy, postpartum, or another major moment—but you feel unexpectedly overwhelmed and disconnected. If you’re used to being strong and “pushing through,” it can feel unsettling when a part of you begins to long for something else. As the eldest daughter of immigrants, I understand the weight of responsibility, high expectations, and the urge to keep everything together. Therapy can be a place to release some of that pressure. A place to breathe, soften the reflex to "push through," and turn inward instead. Here, I invite you to tend to yourself with the compassion you offer others. Through an attachment, psychodynamic & IFS lens, supported by mindfulness practices, we'll explore the patterns and protective strategies that kept you safe once, but no longer serve the life you're creating now. If you feel called to make a shift, consider it an act of love for yourself—one that heals from within and transforms the world around you. Gabriela Manriquez, AMFT #151764 Supervised by Jacqueline Robertson, LMFT #125830