At Firefly Therapy Austin, we believe in the power of inner light, much like the fireflies that illuminate the night. Dive into our blog as we explore topics from anxiety to trauma, relationships to self-care, and more. Let’s journey together toward emotional well-being and rediscover the glow within.
How to Spot & Reduce Vicarious Trauma in Helping Roles
You’re a social worker, and you just closed your laptop after documenting your second child abuse case this week. You drive home, but you can’t stop seeing that little girl’s…
How to Support a Neurodivergent Child Without Losing Yourself
Parenting a neurodivergent child, someone whose brain processes and experiences the world differently, such as with ADHD or autism, can be both significant and incredibly challenging. It often requires learning…
Emotional Safety in Relationships: Why It Matters & How to Build It
At the heart of every strong connection, whether it’s with a romantic partner, family member, or best friend, is a sense of emotional safety. It’s what makes us feel like…
Burnout and Your Nervous System: Practical Steps to Heal
Feeling drained, foggy, or like your spark at work has fizzled? You’re not alone. Many high achievers hit this wall and assume they’ve lost their work ethic. Burnout is really…
Hypervigilance in the Workplace: How It Shows Up & What Helps
Hypervigilance is often associated with trauma responses. It shows up in those moments when the nervous system kicks into high alert, scanning your surroundings for danger, even when none is…
How Hypervigilance Affects Parenting & Attachment
In the journey of parenting, we bring our whole selves—our hopes, values, and sometimes, our wounds. One of the less visible but deeply influential patterns that can shape our parenting…
Friendships & Hypervigilance: Navigating Trust & Safety
Friendship is often felt as a safe harbor, a place where we can rest, be seen, and feel understood. But for many of us who carry histories of trauma, abuse,…
Finding Purpose in Mortality
Most of us brush past thoughts of our own mortality while we’re busy living life. I know I have—and still do. But I’ve also found a sense of empowerment in…
Somatic Approaches to Calming a Hypervigilant Body
In a world that often demands more than we can comfortably give, the body can shift into a state of hypervigilance—a constant sense of alertness and readiness to react. This…
Understanding Hypervigilance: Living on High Alert
Have you ever felt stuck in high alert mode, like your mind won’t stop scanning for what might go wrong? Maybe you feel the tension in your shoulders, your jaw,…