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The Economy Of Distrust
Why modern culture profits from our fear and how our nervous systems pay the price
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Savannah Kizzie-Rai | LPC
🌅Soft Hours Vol 2: When The Connection Isn't Clean (+ an announcement🥳)
On People Pleasing, Therapeutic Alliance, and the Felt Sense of Safety
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Savannah Kizzie-Rai | LPC
🌅Soft Hours: vol.1 — Try a Different Story
Where I meet myself in the soft, unseen hours and keep a soft space for you to meet yourself too.
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Savannah Kizzie-Rai | LPC
The Prey of the World: When Awareness Feels Like Betrayal
(Continuation from Part 1: “Scapegoat Fatigue — The Cost of Being the Mirror”)
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Savannah Kizzie-Rai | LPC
Scapegoat Fatigue: The Awareness Tax
The emotional cost of seeing what others deny and being punished for naming it. Part I
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Savannah Kizzie-Rai | LPC

October 2025

The Art of Perception: Seeing with a Clean Window
Why Your Brain Protects You From Truth and How to See Clearly Again
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Savannah Kizzie-Rai | LPC
Is It Really Anxiety? Or The Fear Of Feeling Good?
A reflection on how our bodies mistake peace for danger and why joy can feel like a threat when we’ve been conditioned to survive chaos.
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Savannah Kizzie-Rai | LPC
Let Them Think It...
I used to over-explain everything—just to prove I wasn’t faking it. Especially online. Especially as a therapist. But lately I’ve been asking myself…
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Savannah Kizzie-Rai | LPC
The Weaponization of Mental Health: Why Self-Awareness Isn’t the Same as Accountability
"We were taught that mental health awareness would free us. But for many, it has become another mask, another performance, another shield from growth.”
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Savannah Kizzie-Rai | LPC
This Corner of the Internet Is Exposure Therapy
(aka The Portal Monologue)
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Savannah Kizzie-Rai | LPC
The Trauma Olympics: How Victimhood Became a Currency (and Why Healing Disqualifies You)
You want others to prove they've been hurt, not because you want to understand them, but so you can feel safe with the judgment that's within you.
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Savannah Kizzie-Rai | LPC

September 2025

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