Kati LeBeau, PLPC, NCC

Rest is essential.

If you’d love to rest but life is still demanding things from you, try reducing the mental load instead:

1. Minimize input. Less social media, less doomscrolling, less noise. Delete the apps for the day if you need to.

2. Minimize decisions. Let the kids have extra screen time. Order takeout. Wear the comfortable clothes.

3. Minimize interactions. You do not have to be fully available to everyone all the time. Silence notifications or put your phone on “Do Not Disturb.”

4. Lower the standard temporarily. Focus on what’s necessary, not perfect. This may be a bare minimum kind of day.

5. Protect your nervous system. Quiet, breaks, stillness, and boundaries matter more than you think when you’re exhausted.

Sometimes rest looks less like a spa day and more like removing as many demands from yourself as possible.

Reasons a private pay therapist may be worth the investment:

1. I take your financial investment seriously. My goal is progress and growth — not endless sessions with no direction.

2. I don’t always have to diagnose you. Not every struggle is a mental disorder. Sometimes people need support, skills, perspective, and healing.

3. You get more privacy. Insurance companies often require diagnoses and treatment information to be documented and shared for reimbursement.

4. Treatment is more flexible and individualized. We focus on your needs — not insurance limitations.

5. You can choose the therapist who fits you best, not just the one on your insurance panel.

Private pay therapy isn’t for everyone, but for some clients the flexibility, privacy, and personalized care are worth the investment.

Shoutout to CASA of the 18th JDC for allowing me to speak to volunteers about protecting their mental health! 💙❤️

May is . Tonight, several CASA volunteers gathered for a training session titled Sustainable Advocacy: Protecting Your Mental Health as a CASA Volunteer.

We learned about boundaries, compartmentalization, time & energy management, and emotional regulation.

Special thanks to Kati LeBeau for conducting tonight‘s training.

And this is what it’s all about… 🥹♥️

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It’s Mental Health Awareness Month! Here are 5 things I do to protect my mental health that make a real difference:

1. I tithe my time.
Most days, I strive for early morning workouts to give God the first fruits of my day. He fills my cup first so there’s love, patience, and peace to pour out throughout the day.

2. Vitamins and supplements.
Multivitamins, glutathione, and omega 3s have made a real difference in my mental clarity and overall well-being.

3. Release breaks.
I intentionally build 2 breaks into my day — one at lunch and one before mama time at home. During those moments, I release what I cannot control, pray, reset my nervous system, and breathe before pouring back into others.

4. Nonnegotiable rest.
There has to be a rest day every week. And when life doesn’t allow that, I become intentional about lowering my cognitive load instead of pushing myself past my limits. Less pressure. Less overstimulation. More grace. If y’all see me sitting alone at a ball park, this is why. 😂

5. Protecting my sleep.
I know how much sleep I need to function well emotionally, mentally, and physically, so I do my best to protect it.

How are you protecting your mental health? If you try any of these, I’d love to hear if they help! 🤍

This came to me in a handwritten note today. I asked if I could share because these words reflect the heart behind my work. I am so grateful for the feedback. 🥹♥️

Therapy Sundays remind me why I love this work.

There is nothing like being a safe place for someone as they face what hurts.

Week after week, my clients show up with courage and vulnerability—and over time, it pays off.

They begin to respond differently. They reach goals. They grow into versions of themselves they weren’t sure they could become.

And you can see it—in the way they carry themselves, in the way they show up for their lives. They’re smiling more. They shine a little brighter.

Watching people learn to truly love themselves is one of the most rewarding parts of what I do.♥️

Most parents of a difficult teenager ask:

“What happened to my kid?”

Nothing happened, they just stopped performing. The easy-going 8-year-old wasn’t always the real version of your child. That was the version still willing to perform for your approval. By 14 or 15, that willingness can be gone - and you may be meeting who they became based on what they learned at home.

A lot of insecure attachment can get built by age 5, but you might be seeing it at full volume now.

But, good news for you, neural pathways can form in around 58 days. I’ve seen angry, shut-down teenagers change in 3 weeks from one small change by the parent. All it takes is 10 minutes a day with your kid. Ask them questions, don’t lecture them, don’t teach them… be curious about them.

You can’t rewrite what your teenager learned at home until you know what you’re passing down. Take the attachment quiz and find out what style you’re working with. DM “QUIZ” for the link.

Is your teenager pulling away from you right now?