Welcome to mindfulvalentine.com. I’m Cynthia Valentine and this was a good choice.

This platform will encourage, motivate and inspire you to put in the work to be your best self. Every week will be another posting about what it takes to truly invest in yourself to produce the results you’ve always wanted.

I have a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology and am working toward a Marriage and Family Therapist license. I am collecting counseling experience hours and treating this time period as “Second Grad School.” These next 2+ years is where my boots on the ground experience will inform my first years as a licensed clinician.

I had a difficult time finding time for pleasure reading during school, and have built up quite a reading list. I am excited to write about what I’m reading in “What My Therapist is Reading.” This section will provide you some insight about how I spend my time recharging. There will be both fiction and non-fiction books, though I tend to heavily lean on non-fiction. I think it it will encourage you to put time into your own pleasures as well.

As I am in the mental health field, I recognize there may be topics, or subject matter that bring up sensitive issues for you. I encourage you to explore professional help and seek appropriate guidance.

While comments on individual posts are welcome, I ask that you private message me. Dialogue helps me develop my own creativity and insight and I would enjoy an open dialogue with you.

Thank you for your joining me, and happy reading!