From Bottling It Up to Booking Therapy: The Mental Health Glow-Up

Jun 8

June 8, 2025

If you’d told our teenage selves that one day we’d be openly talking about therapy on the internet and sharing our feelings with strangers. We would’ve laughed, cried (privately, of course), and changed the subject immediately.

But here we are. A little older, a little wiser, and deeply committed to emotional health, not just for ourselves, but for you, too. And we have to say it: therapy isn’t taboo anymore. It’s trending. (Finally.)

And weirdly enough, we have TikTok and a whole lot of emotional burnout to thank.

Rewind: Mental Health Was Once a Dirty Word

Many of us grew up in a time when emotions were to be swallowed, not spoken. “You’re fine.” “Don’t be so sensitive.” “Keep it to yourself.” Sound familiar?

Therapy, if it was mentioned at all, was reserved for people in serious crisis, not for everyday stress, relationship struggles, or figuring out how to stop overthinking everything at 3 a.m. And definitely not for exploring who we are, what we need, or how to set boundaries without guilt.

But now, more of us are realizing something important: you don’t have to wait until you’re falling apart to get help. You can go to therapy just because you want to grow.

Enter: Therapy (aka the Best Money We've Ever Spent)

We’ve seen firsthand (in ourselves and in our clients) how transformative therapy can be. It’s not about fixing what’s “broken”. It’s about understanding yourself, building healthier relationships, and making room for real healing.

Therapy teaches you things like:

That boundaries are a form of self-respect, not rejection.
That your emotions even the intense, inconvenient, or confusing ones are valid.
That vulnerability isn’t weakness. It’s courage in motion.
And that crying over a commercial doesn’t mean you’re unwell. It means you’re human.

TikTok: The Surprisingly Valid Therapist on Your For You Page

We’ll admit it… we’ve seen those TikToks, too. The ones where someone explains anxious attachment or shares a grounding exercise that hits just right. And honestly? We’re here for it.

Is there misinformation out there? Sure. But there’s also a growing wave of creators including real therapists and advocates making emotional insight more accessible than ever.

Sometimes a 60-second video is the first nudge someone needs to say, “Maybe I could talk to someone.”

We’re Talking About Feelings — Finally

Let’s be honest. Millennials are done pretending to be okay.

We’re talking about anxiety on first dates.
We’re asking our friends how their hearts are, not just their jobs.
We’re learning to cry without apologizing. (Still working on that one.)

And we’re realizing that vulnerability isn’t cringe… it’s connection.

We see it every day in our work: people showing up, being brave, and doing the inner work even when it’s hard. Especially when it’s hard.

The Mental Health Glow-Up

Our generation is rewriting the script. We’re choosing:

Therapy over toxic positivity.
Rest over hustle.
Healing over hiding.

We’re becoming the emotionally intelligent adults we wish we had growing up.

Therapy isn’t just for crisis moments. It’s for building a life that feels aligned, present, and more peaceful. It’s for processing, healing, laughing, crying, untangling, and growing. And you don’t have to do it alone.

Whether you’re curious, nervous, or unsure where to start, that’s okay. Therapy meets you exactly where you are.

And if you’re already on this journey: we’re proud of you. Keep going.

Now if you’ll excuse us, we have a therapy session to hold… and probably a TikTok to tear up at later. (It’s always the soft piano music that gets us.)