by Michelle Grasso, LMHC / Owner of Synergy | Mar 5, 2021 | Emotional Wellness
Unbeknownst to us, the first week of March 2020 would become the last week that life was, you know, normal. Synergy held our day long Spring Retreat on March 1st at Tower Hill Botanic Garden. The news at the time was increasingly focused on this new virus. Never could...
by Michelle Grasso, LMHC / Owner of Synergy | Dec 15, 2020 | Synergy Book Club
With the most recent events in the United States surrounding race and social justice issues, it has become apparent to many that we have a lot to learn about each other and from each other. There is an American history that exists outside and beyond the textbooks that...
by Michelle Grasso, LMHC / Owner of Synergy | Apr 20, 2020 | Emotional Wellness
It is hard to believe that it has been just six weeks since life changed in unimaginable ways. As Americans nationwide have been sheltering at home, face masks have become the new norm when venturing out. This week’s foray to the grocery store was now an act of...
by Michelle Grasso, LMHC / Owner of Synergy | Mar 4, 2020 | Emotional Wellness
At 21 years old, I experienced my first panic attack. I still vividly remember that August day — how fast my heart was beating, the way my breath shortened, how the world seemed to close in around me. It felt like I was having a heart attack. My step-mom drove me...