by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Dec 11, 2023
Confront your shame head-on. It does not matter how it got there or who put it there. It is yours now. And the only way out runs straight through it, not around it. A lot of people have a hard time with that framing because it sounds like victim-blaming. It is not....
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Nov 22, 2023
There are moments when a person feels like they are the only one who cannot get it right. Like something is fundamentally broken in them. Like the love and connection that seem to come naturally to other people will always be just out of reach. I have been there. I...
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Oct 2, 2023
I used to despise how I looked. I avoided photos at all costs and hated every single one I was in. And here is the thing that still gets me: I felt that way even when I was 200 pounds, 20 years old, and in peak physical condition. I hated myself when I had every...
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | May 21, 2023
I spent a long time being the person who showed up everywhere he did not really want to be. Said yes when I meant no. Smiled through situations that were quietly costing me something. Told myself that was strength or selflessness or just what you do. I am done with...
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Mar 17, 2023
One of my clients told me a story recently that I have not been able to shake. He has a teenage son with autism. Severe case. His boy is a big kid, six feet tall, 200 pounds, and he has no ability to read social cues. What he does have is an enormous heart. And his...
