While Austin, TX, likes to keep it weird, we also like to keep growing. I understand why Austin, TX, earned its reputation as one of the top cities to live in! I remember when my friends and I would travel from Bryan, TX, to go swimming and hit the local bars in college. Everyone I […]
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Separation, Breakup, and Divorce Support Group
Going through a separation, divorce, or the ending of a long-term partnership can be one of the most challenging and confusing life transitions. You might move through the changes’ rhythm while navigating overwhelming emotions and decision-making. You don’t have to go through this on your own. We can connect in our shared experience to address […]
Trans Kids Matter (and their parents, too!)
I am not going to lie: Trans Kids Matter. On February 18th, in the middle of early voting for the Texas primary elections, Attorney General Ken Paxton released a non-binding opinion grossly mischaracterizing medically necessary, best-practice healthcare for transgender children as child abuse. Shortly after, Governor Abbott sent a letter to the Department of Family […]
No Surprises Act—New Year, New Legislation
STANDARD NOTICE: No Surprises Act What is the No Surprises Act? With the No Surprises Act, you have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical care will cost. Under the law, healthcare providers must give patients who don’t have insurance or are not using insurance an estimate of the bill […]
Kindness Eases Change
Visiting my local tea shop, Epoch Coffee, I found some inspiration this week. There was a quote from the novel, Earthseed, by Pamela Sargent gently nested on a shelf: “Kindness eases change.” I just stood there for a minute, soaking this thought in. Does it really? Does kindness really ease change, that enormous thing that […]
Sex and Anxiety- An interview ( on video!)
Hey, hey, hey, I got a chance to talk about sex and anxiety, or sexual anxiety, with Christy Powell & Puck with Secular Sexuality. Check out the video below!