Justin K Dodson, PhD, LPC

Mental Health Therapist, Speaker, & Author. Owner of Navigating Courage Counseling & Consultation, LLC

[Justin K Dodson, PhD, LPC @itsdrjkeith]

Rejection can be clarifying.

[Justin K Dodson, PhD, LPC @itsdrjkeith]

May our breathing
anchor us
and gratitude be
our compass.

[Justin K Dodson, PhD, LPC @itsdrjkeith]

We don’t have
to believe everything
we think.

[Justin K Dodson, PhD, LPC @itsdrjkeith]

“Please be happy for me because I’m happy for me”

-Dean Kandi Hill Clarke

[Justin K Dodson, PhD, LPC @itsdrjkeith]

I wonder would our self esteem be higher if we loved ourselves the way folks love Pastor and First Lady.

[Justin K Dodson, PhD, LPC @itsdrjkeith]

Stop playing with folks feelings because you haven’t come to grips with your own. It’s giving irresponsible.

[Justin K Dodson, PhD, LPC @itsdrjkeith]

@heatherhedera @KensBestLyfe Agreed

[Justin K Dodson, PhD, LPC @itsdrjkeith]

Grief and Gratitude can co-exist.

In fact, what we often grieve, we are also grateful for.

[Justin K Dodson, PhD, LPC @itsdrjkeith]

Men, when was your last good cry?

[Justin K Dodson, PhD, LPC @itsdrjkeith]

Let’s unlearn together…

Men can,
Leave if they are unhappy
Have boundaries
Say no
Be wanted for more than money and sex
Love themselves
Go to therapy
Be healthy

[Justin K Dodson, PhD, LPC @itsdrjkeith]

Dream without validation from others.

[Justin K Dodson, PhD, LPC @itsdrjkeith]

Men, having a college degree or the feeling of accomplishment is a flex but so is Self love, yea that’s lit.

[Justin K Dodson, PhD, LPC @itsdrjkeith]

Today I am grateful for shelter, heat, clothing, food, laughter, mobility, self love, purpose, and achievement.

[Justin K Dodson, PhD, LPC @itsdrjkeith]

Life is challenging, we don’t have to yell at people through social media to encourage them. Inform, support, & trust that we will all get where we are going in our own time.

[Justin K Dodson, PhD, LPC @itsdrjkeith]

Rest your body

[Justin K Dodson, PhD, LPC @itsdrjkeith]

Apply for a new job, write the vision, set an exit date from that job that feels like a mental illness, prepare that letter of resignation and have it sitting on ready.

[Justin K Dodson, PhD, LPC @itsdrjkeith]

The real flex is having gratitude!

[Justin K Dodson, PhD, LPC @itsdrjkeith]

Give yourself permission to Watch or Do something you enjoy that would not bring you shame.

[Justin K Dodson, PhD, LPC @itsdrjkeith]

Communicate a need you have to yourself, a boss, partner, therapist, parent, or friend. Don’t assume people know what you’re needing and get angry when they don’t meet an expectation they didn’t know you had.

[Justin K Dodson, PhD, LPC @itsdrjkeith]

Think of a boundary you’d like to put in motion, then try it on for size. It may be uncomfortable at first but then again so was that size medium and look at us now, in a large. We can adjust