This wasn’t the plan….until it was.
“Here’s the thing. There are moments in your life that make you. That sets the course of who you’re going to be… It’s what you do afterward that counts. That’s when you find out who you are.”
— Whistler, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Welcome to the first post of Dispatch, Tea, and Therapy—the written companion to my YouTube channel of the same name. This project has lived in my head and heart for months, and launching it is both exhilarating and nerve-wracking. It’s vulnerable. It’s uncertain. But I’m finally ready.
In my first episode, I opened with this quote from Buffy because it speaks to something real: the moments we don’t see coming that shake us, break us, and rebuild us. The loss of my mom was one of those moments. It cracked something open, and what followed was a slow, intentional redirection of my life.
A year later, I returned to school, earned my psychology degree, stepped into leadership at work, and began my master’s in clinical mental health counseling. Now, I’m sharing that journey here—one story, one reflection, and one cup of tea at a time.
What This Space Is About
This blog is where I’ll unpack what doesn’t always fit in a 20-minute video. Think of it as the softer, quieter counterpart to the YouTube channel—a place for longer-form storytelling, therapeutic tools, dispatch reflections, and real talk about change, burnout, healing, and what it means to start again.
It’s for the helpers. The fixers. The people who have held it together for so long they’ve forgotten how to ask for help themselves. If that resonates, you belong here.
It’s also where I’ll share links to resources that have helped me and to experts in their fields who have inspired me—I don’t believe in reinventing the wheel.
Episode 1 Recap: Why I’m Doing This
On YouTube, I opened up about:
- How grief and growth intertwined after my mom died
- What it means to actively change your life (instead of passively reacting to it)
- The emotional toll of 911 dispatch work—and why we need more conversations about it
- Why tools like CBT and DBT can be transformative for high-stress professionals
- And why vulnerability, as uncomfortable as it is, is the gateway to real connection
If you haven’t watched the episode yet, you can check it out here:
🎥 Watch Episode 1: “Wellness Wednesday” (insert link)
What’s Coming Next
Just like the channel, this blog will follow weekly themes:
- Wellness Wednesday: Therapy tools, mental health conversations, self-care reflections
- Poetry Thursday: Words that speak truth, bring comfort, or stir something deep
- No Filter Friday: The dark side, the funny side, the real side—we have cookies
- Merry Moonday: Rituals, joy, and setting the tone for the week ahead
- Storytime Tuesday: Mental health, media, 911 stories.
Some weeks will be light, and others will be deep. This space is flexible—just like healing has to be.
One Last Thing
If you’re here, whether as a friend, a dispatcher, a counselor-in-training, or someone navigating your own messy transformation, thank you. Truly, it means the world that you’re part of this.
So, let’s do this. Let’s spill some truth, sip some tea, and explore what it means to grow through what we go through.
💛
Lucinda