The Good Judy Blog

The Monetization of Creativity Productivity culture has done remarkable damage to the human psyche. It has transformed creativity into performance, branding, monetization, content. There are an almost innumerable number of

Some people think therapy means sitting in a dimly lit room, crying into a feelings wheel throw pillow while the therapist sits in the corner nodding saying, “tell me more

Nervous System Safety at Work There’s a five-sense vibe to a high-conflict office. The smell of burnt coffee, the aggressive percussion of someone who types like their keyboard owes them

The general orthodoxy in mental health culture that says healing is solitary work. That the real transformation happens between you and your therapist, in a room with a white noise

Someone, somewhere along the way, told you to close your eyes and breathe deep into your belly. To notice where you feel tension and try to soften around it. Instead

You’re not anxious because your nervous system is broken. You’re adapted. Your system learned that the world requires vigilance. The tightness in your chest when you walk into a room,

The therapy room is sacred. Jung used the word “temenos”, sacred precinct, to describe both the therapeutic relationship and the space within us where the work of therapy can be

The concept of coming out mystifies me. No one comes out as straight. They just are. They talk about their straightness in a million little ways every day. It’s demonstrated

Most advice about intimacy starts with the assumption that you already feel entitled to your own desire. For most LGBTQIA+ people, that assumption is a fantasy. You learned, long before