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Wellness
Our journey towards health and well-being is a proactive and intentional pursuit. Let this be a tool to guide you in discovering what would work best for you as you prioritize healing.


Community Resource Guide
A resource guide for self-identified LGBTQIA+ safe, affirming, and inclusive services in St. Louis, MO.
Jessica Nicole
8 min read


Reclaiming Body Image: Resources for Healing, Acceptance, and Embodied Living
Struggling with body image is often inherited from family and society. Explore books and podcasts that support healing your relationship with your body.
Rafaella Smith-Fiallo
2 min read


Soft Landing Podcast: Episode 19: Living a Deliberate Life w/ Parthasarathy Vaidya
We wrap up the season with an extra packed episode filled with extra good content as we discuss trauma and mindfulness.
Rafaella Smith-Fiallo
2 min read


Soft Landing Podcast: Episode 16: A Hero's Dose w/ Renee Burwell
We are taking quite the journey on this week's episode as we discuss trauma and psychedelics.
Rafaella Smith-Fiallo
1 min read


Soft Landing Podcast: Ep 5: Minimizing Stigma, Maximizing Pleasure
This week’s episode, Minimizing Stigma, Maximizing Pleasure, encouraged us to explore what safer sex means and looks like for all of us.
Rafaella Smith-Fiallo
2 min read


Is Forgiveness Required for Healing?
Healing is a unique and transformative journey. Therefore, we will feel challenged to explore what healing looks and feels like for us as we learn to release conditions set for us by society, family, or even ourselves. Beginning a healing journey is often met with discussions about forgiveness. Forgiveness has long been a condition for healing, but what happens when forgiveness is not an option or feels unsettling? Can we still experience healing without forgiveness? In this
Melony Crayton
4 min read


5 Artistic Ways to Build Body Confidence
Body confidence is feeling good about how you look. It can also impact your physical, emotional, and potentially sexual feelings of...
Mystkue Woods
6 min read


Sound Healing 101: The Future of Medicine
Recent research has shown sound’s ability to promote deep relaxation and pain relief including reducing arthritis...
Melony Crayton
4 min read


Meet Melony Crayton
I wanted to make therapy "cool,” meaning culturally infused, accessible, creative, and inviting. As I continued my journey...
Melony Crayton
5 min read


Feeling disconnected from your sexuality? Practice sexual self-care
If you’re not satisfied with how you’re showing up as a sexual being, sexual self-care is likely the solution. And no, we’re not just talking about masturbation or increasing frequency of partnered sex… While it may not be commonly discussed, falling into a rut with your sexuality or feeling as though your sex life is lackluster is a really common experience. Movies and media may have caused us to feel as though our sex lives should be active, exciting, steamy, and without o
Rafaella Smith-Fiallo
4 min read


Positive Body Image: What it is and How to Build it
You deserve a relationship with your body that centers acceptance and pleasure. Many people grow up hearing the saying, “It’s what’s on the inside that matters,” and “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” In reality, body image and outward appearance matters to many people. Companies are invested in having you second guess what looks good on you and even what you ‘should or should not’ wear because of your body type and size. The latest fashion style and trends are advertise
Rafaella Smith-Fiallo
5 min read


Touch in the Time of Corona
For many people, this period of mandated physical distance will bring on pangs of skin hunger. A common theme has been showing up in the...
Rafaella Smith-Fiallo
4 min read


2019 Will Bring Change
As the new year comes to an end, so begins the many articles about living your best life! You may have been thinking about saving more money, committing to a workout class, or cutting down on drinking alcohol. Those are great goals by the way. But what about centering your mental wellness. If you are thinking about different ways to prioritize yourself in the new year, beginning therapy is a great place to start! However, the saying, “It’s easier said than done” may hold true
Rafaella Smith-Fiallo
4 min read


Why Do I Feel Like A Burden When I Talk About My Feelings?
Your presence is not a burden. Your story is not a burden. You are not a burden -- you are a person who is deserving of care and attention.
Rafaella Smith-Fiallo
3 min read


Steps to Establishing a Boundary
Teach people how to treat you by following these steps to establish boundaries.
Rafaella Smith-Fiallo
4 min read


What Is Home-Based Therapy?
A therapist may offer home-based therapy because they recognize how tough it can be to get to an office. If you have ever faced obstacles with childcare, illness, disability, financial strain, or transportation then you may know how life was impacted from missing appointments, family events, and even work.
Rafaella Smith-Fiallo
5 min read
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