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The Discharge I Kept Delaying (And What the Coffee Date Finally Taught Me)

I evaluated this child in the fall of 2023 when she had just turned four. By fall 2025, she was s...

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The Discharge I Kept Delaying (And What the Coffee Date Finally Taught Me)

I See You: Why Being Witnessed Matters More Than Being Praised

My friend Jennifer has flown across the country five times in three months to care for her aging ...

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I See You: Why Being Witnessed Matters More Than Being Praised

What to Do When You Are Between SLP Roles and Do Not Know What Comes Next

I closed my private practice in October and found myself in a season of professional uncertainty ...

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What to Do When You Are Between SLP Roles and Do Not Know What Comes Next

How I Earned an Honorary Oscar at Work While Going Through a Divorce at Home

During late 2011 into early 2012, I completed a clinical rotation under the supervision of my the...

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How I Earned an Honorary Oscar at Work While Going Through a Divorce at Home

The Mother's Day Robe I Have Worn for 17 Years and What It Taught Me About Self-Care

My son was 10 and my daughter was 3 when they gave me a robe for Mother's Day. My son wrapped it ...

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The Mother's Day Robe I Have Worn for 17 Years and What It Taught Me About Self-Care

SLP Work-Life Balance: The IEP Meeting Scheduling Problem No One Talks About

In 2012, as a brand-new CCC-SLP, I was scheduling IEP meetings that ended in a sprint to pick up ...

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SLP Work-Life Balance: The IEP Meeting Scheduling Problem No One Talks About

The Emotional Weight SLPs Carry Home After Every Session

In 2012, a first-grade client told me something in a school hallway that stopped time. Fourteen y...

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The Emotional Weight SLPs Carry Home After Every Session

I Failed My SLP Exit Exam: Here Is What Happened Next

In April 2012, I received notice that I had not passed my department exit exam and would not walk...

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I Failed My SLP Exit Exam: Here Is What Happened Next

Why I Ended a 41-Year Friendship (And What It Taught Me About Boundaries)

 I ended a 41-year friendship in 2020 because my needs were not being met. This is the story of t...

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Why I Ended a 41-Year Friendship (And What It Taught Me About Boundaries)

Self-Care for SLP Burnout: 7 Tiny Rituals You Can Do in Minutes

Speech-language pathologists give endlessly, but who pours back into you? In our latest post, SLP...

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Self-Care for SLP Burnout: 7 Tiny Rituals You Can Do in Minutes

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