Sage Counseling and Wellness

Annual PSA 📣
Get your annual mammograms! It took maybe 10 minutes total. You can do it on a lunch break and you’re guided through the whole thing.

Group projects can test your patience REAL quick. 😅 Between unclear responsibilities, uneven workloads, impossible schedules, and clashing communication styles, working as a team can bring on some serious stress.

Our newest blog breaks down 5 common group project struggles and practical ways to navigate them—from setting boundaries and communicating assertively to managing stress and knowing when it’s time to ask for help.

Whether you’re heading back to school, starting college, or already dreading your next group assignment, these tips can help make working together feel a little more manageable. 💙

🔗 Read the full blog at the link in our bio!

What if your anxiety, perfectionism, or constant need to keep everything together is quietly affecting your intimacy, relationships, and ability to truly relax? ❤️

I’m so excited to share my recent conversation on The Balanced, Beautiful & Abundant Show with the wonderful Rebecca Whitman! 🎙️✨ We dive into the fascinating connection between your nervous system, emotional well-being, desire, and intimacy—and how understanding your body can completely change the way you experience relationships.

As a licensed therapist, AASECT-certified s*x therapist, and board-certified coach, I share practical tools to help you regulate stress, reconnect with your body, and let go of the shame and pressure that can interfere with connection and pleasure.

We also explore what it really means to be a Highly Sensitive Person, why perfectionism and people-pleasing can impact intimacy, and how couples can navigate differences in desire with more compassion, communication, and understanding.

If you’ve ever felt like your mind is constantly “on,” struggled to relax into intimacy, or wondered why anxiety seems to follow you into your relationships, this conversation will give you a whole new perspective.

🎧 Listen now and discover how regulating your nervous system can transform the way you connect, love, and experience intimacy,

Because deeper intimacy doesn’t begin with doing more…
It begins with feeling safe enough to truly be present. ✨

Listen Here:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2gh9pvMhlpImJZZ68odHcP
ApplePodcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/are-you-highly-sensitive-how-to-turn-anxiety-into-your/id1504525713?i=1000776785403
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC6BGk0Q4AE

Hump Day find. Thanks THE PLEASURE PODS® | Plant-based Lubricant & Skincare | Canada for the goodies. I’m loving the plant based lubricant and it smells delicious 😋 No parabens, chemicals, or glycerin.

Perfectionism doesn’t always look like having everything perfectly put together. Sometimes, it looks like procrastinating, overthinking the smallest details, avoiding something new, or constantly feeling like what you’ve done still isn’t “good enough.”

When the fear of getting it wrong starts keeping you from starting at all, it may be worth asking: Am I striving for growth, or am I expecting perfection?

You don’t have to do everything perfectly for it to be worth doing. 🌿

Great intimacy doesn’t have to look like the movies. 🤍

There’s a lot of pressure around what a “good” intimate relationship is supposed to look like — effortless chemistry, always being in the mood, perfect communication, and everything happening naturally.

But real relationships are human. Desire can change, connection can look different from day to day, and sometimes the expectations we carry into our relationships create more pressure than connection.

In our newest blog, we’re sharing 3 tips for creating more realistic expectations around intimacy so you can focus less on what you think should be happening and more on what actually feels meaningful for you and your relationship.

🔗 Read the full blog at the link in our bio!

Mama Monday find! Make your skincare tools work double duty 😉
This skin care wand is for your skin, on Amazon, the link is in our bio.
The second option, it can become an electric wand for electric stimulation play. Check out the 3rd slide. You can find specialty retailers that supply fun attachment options that plug right in to your wand.

Your Nest Is Never Empty 🪺

Join us for Your Nest Is Never Empty: A Mid-life Sister’s “When-It-Matters-Most” Guide to Self-Care, presented by Julie Landers, MS, NCC, MEd of Sage Counseling & Wellness.

This special evening is all about making space for yourself, prioritizing self-care, and connecting with other women navigating the seasons and transitions of midlife.

📍 Crooked Culture, Cu***ng City Center
📅 September 14 | 6:00–7:30 PM
🍴 Food & drinks included
📲 RSVP by text: 478-239-0413

Sponsored by OTR @214 Canton Rd.

We’d love to see you there! 💙

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Let me take you on the office tour!
This is the SCW Vickery Office located in Vickery Village .
We share the suite with Crescent Counseling & Consulting | Paige Head, LPC, PMH-C, RPT and Jessica Bassett
Spacious lobby, kitchen with drinks and snacks, a solid changing table for all the parents we work with (ask us if you can bring your kiddo with you!) , comfy couch and space to whip out a yoga mat mid session if needed, more books and s*xual wellness products to come!

Head to the link in our bio to schedule a free 15 minute consultation call with one of our therapists