Unpopular Opinion Therapist
@mandeecurrienfs.bsky.social
Licensed psychotherapist, activist, philosopher, writer, public speaker, healer, lover, fighter, and never fing settling.
Public unrest doesn’t just live on the news—it lives in bodies and nervous systems. Exposure to violence and instability affects mental health.
This isn’t about politics. It’s about people, safety, and the conditions required for mental health to exist.
Peace isn’t optional. It’s necessary.
This isn’t about politics. It’s about people, safety, and the conditions required for mental health to exist.
Peace isn’t optional. It’s necessary.
February 6, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Public unrest doesn’t just live on the news—it lives in bodies and nervous systems. Exposure to violence and instability affects mental health.
This isn’t about politics. It’s about people, safety, and the conditions required for mental health to exist.
Peace isn’t optional. It’s necessary.
This isn’t about politics. It’s about people, safety, and the conditions required for mental health to exist.
Peace isn’t optional. It’s necessary.
My cold blooded Sulcata Tortoise, Si says, “f*** this weather”. 🐢🥶
February 6, 2026 at 4:18 PM
My cold blooded Sulcata Tortoise, Si says, “f*** this weather”. 🐢🥶
Not everything you read is aimed at you.
But if something hits a nerve, that might be information worth sitting with—not a subpoena to argue in the comments.
Self-reflection > defensiveness.
Curiosity > projection.
Growth > taking everything personally.
But if something hits a nerve, that might be information worth sitting with—not a subpoena to argue in the comments.
Self-reflection > defensiveness.
Curiosity > projection.
Growth > taking everything personally.
February 5, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Not everything you read is aimed at you.
But if something hits a nerve, that might be information worth sitting with—not a subpoena to argue in the comments.
Self-reflection > defensiveness.
Curiosity > projection.
Growth > taking everything personally.
But if something hits a nerve, that might be information worth sitting with—not a subpoena to argue in the comments.
Self-reflection > defensiveness.
Curiosity > projection.
Growth > taking everything personally.
I don’t understand this OT exercise.
No one understands this OT exercise.
But my brain is rewiring, I showed up, and no one was injured—so we’re calling it a win.
Stroke recovery is just doing weird tasks while a professional calmly says, “Yes. Like that.”
#NeverFingSettle
No one understands this OT exercise.
But my brain is rewiring, I showed up, and no one was injured—so we’re calling it a win.
Stroke recovery is just doing weird tasks while a professional calmly says, “Yes. Like that.”
#NeverFingSettle
February 5, 2026 at 2:47 AM
I don’t understand this OT exercise.
No one understands this OT exercise.
But my brain is rewiring, I showed up, and no one was injured—so we’re calling it a win.
Stroke recovery is just doing weird tasks while a professional calmly says, “Yes. Like that.”
#NeverFingSettle
No one understands this OT exercise.
But my brain is rewiring, I showed up, and no one was injured—so we’re calling it a win.
Stroke recovery is just doing weird tasks while a professional calmly says, “Yes. Like that.”
#NeverFingSettle
Women in STEAM event. Amazing kids. Bright futures. 💜
Goodie bag included a plastic surgeon recommending a boob job.
At a STEAM event.
For girls.
Hard pass. Teach them to build and lead, not fix their bodies.
Ewww.
#NeverFingSettle
Goodie bag included a plastic surgeon recommending a boob job.
At a STEAM event.
For girls.
Hard pass. Teach them to build and lead, not fix their bodies.
Ewww.
#NeverFingSettle
February 5, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Women in STEAM event. Amazing kids. Bright futures. 💜
Goodie bag included a plastic surgeon recommending a boob job.
At a STEAM event.
For girls.
Hard pass. Teach them to build and lead, not fix their bodies.
Ewww.
#NeverFingSettle
Goodie bag included a plastic surgeon recommending a boob job.
At a STEAM event.
For girls.
Hard pass. Teach them to build and lead, not fix their bodies.
Ewww.
#NeverFingSettle
Letting your authentic self be seen isn’t reckless—it’s reparative. Especially for those of us who were rewarded for being agreeable, quiet, palatable, or easy to manage.
February 2, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Letting your authentic self be seen isn’t reckless—it’s reparative. Especially for those of us who were rewarded for being agreeable, quiet, palatable, or easy to manage.
Ro padded the cat feeders because they’re eye-level with me, and my depth perception is… fictional now. No drama. Just noticing, adapting, and preventing face-bonks.
Care isn’t grand gestures. Sometimes it’s foam padding and quiet competence.
I feel seen. And less concussed.
Care isn’t grand gestures. Sometimes it’s foam padding and quiet competence.
I feel seen. And less concussed.
February 2, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Ro padded the cat feeders because they’re eye-level with me, and my depth perception is… fictional now. No drama. Just noticing, adapting, and preventing face-bonks.
Care isn’t grand gestures. Sometimes it’s foam padding and quiet competence.
I feel seen. And less concussed.
Care isn’t grand gestures. Sometimes it’s foam padding and quiet competence.
I feel seen. And less concussed.
Legos with Nix 🧱🌻
A gift from Matt & Heather—chosen family who love with intention. Built sunflowers and worked on my fine motor skills without it feeling like therapy.
Allison (my OT) would be so proud.
This is healing, quietly. 💛
A gift from Matt & Heather—chosen family who love with intention. Built sunflowers and worked on my fine motor skills without it feeling like therapy.
Allison (my OT) would be so proud.
This is healing, quietly. 💛
February 1, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Legos with Nix 🧱🌻
A gift from Matt & Heather—chosen family who love with intention. Built sunflowers and worked on my fine motor skills without it feeling like therapy.
Allison (my OT) would be so proud.
This is healing, quietly. 💛
A gift from Matt & Heather—chosen family who love with intention. Built sunflowers and worked on my fine motor skills without it feeling like therapy.
Allison (my OT) would be so proud.
This is healing, quietly. 💛
They say, “Go somewhere no one from your family has ever been.”
So I recommend therapy.
Where we unpack patterns, name harm, and stop calling trauma “just how we are.”
Breaking cycles isn’t soft.
It’s radical.
And it’s overdue.
#NeverFingSettle 💥
So I recommend therapy.
Where we unpack patterns, name harm, and stop calling trauma “just how we are.”
Breaking cycles isn’t soft.
It’s radical.
And it’s overdue.
#NeverFingSettle 💥
February 1, 2026 at 12:58 AM
They say, “Go somewhere no one from your family has ever been.”
So I recommend therapy.
Where we unpack patterns, name harm, and stop calling trauma “just how we are.”
Breaking cycles isn’t soft.
It’s radical.
And it’s overdue.
#NeverFingSettle 💥
So I recommend therapy.
Where we unpack patterns, name harm, and stop calling trauma “just how we are.”
Breaking cycles isn’t soft.
It’s radical.
And it’s overdue.
#NeverFingSettle 💥
Ro surprised me with this hoodie designed for infusion days—aka sleeves that zip open so the IV can do its thing without me wrestling fabric like it owes me money. Practical. Cozy. Thoughtful. Hot spouse energy.
January 31, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Ro surprised me with this hoodie designed for infusion days—aka sleeves that zip open so the IV can do its thing without me wrestling fabric like it owes me money. Practical. Cozy. Thoughtful. Hot spouse energy.
It doesn’t “reset” your nervous system, and it doesn’t cure anxiety—but it can be a useful grounding tool when your body is in full alarm mode.
Regulation is a skill, not a switch.
Tools help. Practice helps. Support helps.
Regulation is a skill, not a switch.
Tools help. Practice helps. Support helps.
January 29, 2026 at 5:55 PM
It doesn’t “reset” your nervous system, and it doesn’t cure anxiety—but it can be a useful grounding tool when your body is in full alarm mode.
Regulation is a skill, not a switch.
Tools help. Practice helps. Support helps.
Regulation is a skill, not a switch.
Tools help. Practice helps. Support helps.
Saturday = fair day 🎡
Me, my spawn (Roree & Nixee), and my niece Amelia. Rides, animals, games, questionable prizes, and big joy. Honored Amelia’s request to keep her face off social—because boundaries matter—but the memories are loud and perfect. 💛🐐🎠
Me, my spawn (Roree & Nixee), and my niece Amelia. Rides, animals, games, questionable prizes, and big joy. Honored Amelia’s request to keep her face off social—because boundaries matter—but the memories are loud and perfect. 💛🐐🎠
January 28, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Saturday = fair day 🎡
Me, my spawn (Roree & Nixee), and my niece Amelia. Rides, animals, games, questionable prizes, and big joy. Honored Amelia’s request to keep her face off social—because boundaries matter—but the memories are loud and perfect. 💛🐐🎠
Me, my spawn (Roree & Nixee), and my niece Amelia. Rides, animals, games, questionable prizes, and big joy. Honored Amelia’s request to keep her face off social—because boundaries matter—but the memories are loud and perfect. 💛🐐🎠
Therapy isn’t neutral.
You can’t separate mental health from racism, sexism, poverty, ableism, or survival in unequal systems.
If therapy only teaches people to cope with injustice instead of naming it, we’ve missed the point.
Healing is personal and political.
#NeverFingSettle
You can’t separate mental health from racism, sexism, poverty, ableism, or survival in unequal systems.
If therapy only teaches people to cope with injustice instead of naming it, we’ve missed the point.
Healing is personal and political.
#NeverFingSettle
January 27, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Therapy isn’t neutral.
You can’t separate mental health from racism, sexism, poverty, ableism, or survival in unequal systems.
If therapy only teaches people to cope with injustice instead of naming it, we’ve missed the point.
Healing is personal and political.
#NeverFingSettle
You can’t separate mental health from racism, sexism, poverty, ableism, or survival in unequal systems.
If therapy only teaches people to cope with injustice instead of naming it, we’ve missed the point.
Healing is personal and political.
#NeverFingSettle
My anger isn’t hate.
It’s rooted in love, empathy, and humanity.
Sometimes anger is what love sounds like when it refuses to look away.
If that makes you uncomfortable, it might be doing its job.
#NeverFingSettle
It’s rooted in love, empathy, and humanity.
Sometimes anger is what love sounds like when it refuses to look away.
If that makes you uncomfortable, it might be doing its job.
#NeverFingSettle
January 26, 2026 at 4:42 AM
My anger isn’t hate.
It’s rooted in love, empathy, and humanity.
Sometimes anger is what love sounds like when it refuses to look away.
If that makes you uncomfortable, it might be doing its job.
#NeverFingSettle
It’s rooted in love, empathy, and humanity.
Sometimes anger is what love sounds like when it refuses to look away.
If that makes you uncomfortable, it might be doing its job.
#NeverFingSettle
Made Bunny Butt pancakes for my niece Amelia while she’s visiting from Maryland—an Easter favorite we missed, so we improvised. Huge shout-out to my daughter Roree for helping. The ugly one is the first pancake. F*** that first pancake. 🐣🥞
January 26, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Made Bunny Butt pancakes for my niece Amelia while she’s visiting from Maryland—an Easter favorite we missed, so we improvised. Huge shout-out to my daughter Roree for helping. The ugly one is the first pancake. F*** that first pancake. 🐣🥞
Juniper assisting me on the inversion table.
By “assisting,” I mean:
I’m strapped in like a rotisserie chicken trying to heal my spine…
and she’s nearby practicing her corpse pose like a true yoga queen. 🐾💀
#NeverFingSettle
By “assisting,” I mean:
I’m strapped in like a rotisserie chicken trying to heal my spine…
and she’s nearby practicing her corpse pose like a true yoga queen. 🐾💀
#NeverFingSettle
January 23, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Juniper assisting me on the inversion table.
By “assisting,” I mean:
I’m strapped in like a rotisserie chicken trying to heal my spine…
and she’s nearby practicing her corpse pose like a true yoga queen. 🐾💀
#NeverFingSettle
By “assisting,” I mean:
I’m strapped in like a rotisserie chicken trying to heal my spine…
and she’s nearby practicing her corpse pose like a true yoga queen. 🐾💀
#NeverFingSettle
Nail appointment with my mother-in-law 💅💗
Sometimes the biggest medicine is normal life—little routines, little joy, and moments where she gets to feel cared for in a way that’s simple and dignified.
Today was one of those days.
And honestly… we both needed it. 🥹
Sometimes the biggest medicine is normal life—little routines, little joy, and moments where she gets to feel cared for in a way that’s simple and dignified.
Today was one of those days.
And honestly… we both needed it. 🥹
January 23, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Nail appointment with my mother-in-law 💅💗
Sometimes the biggest medicine is normal life—little routines, little joy, and moments where she gets to feel cared for in a way that’s simple and dignified.
Today was one of those days.
And honestly… we both needed it. 🥹
Sometimes the biggest medicine is normal life—little routines, little joy, and moments where she gets to feel cared for in a way that’s simple and dignified.
Today was one of those days.
And honestly… we both needed it. 🥹
Your first thought is often survival brain + old wiring. Reflex. Conditioning. Automatic.
(Also sometimes just your inner raccoon hissing over perceived injustice 🦝😅)
Your second thought is where your values show up.
Response > reflex. 💛
#NeverFingSettle
(Also sometimes just your inner raccoon hissing over perceived injustice 🦝😅)
Your second thought is where your values show up.
Response > reflex. 💛
#NeverFingSettle
January 22, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Your first thought is often survival brain + old wiring. Reflex. Conditioning. Automatic.
(Also sometimes just your inner raccoon hissing over perceived injustice 🦝😅)
Your second thought is where your values show up.
Response > reflex. 💛
#NeverFingSettle
(Also sometimes just your inner raccoon hissing over perceived injustice 🦝😅)
Your second thought is where your values show up.
Response > reflex. 💛
#NeverFingSettle
Two weeks ago: beach therapy 🌊☀️
Roree was out there being a whole mermaid (my daughter is cooler than me—accepted). Ophelia ran the shoreline like she owns it. I laid there like “I’m present” and “if sand follows me home, I’m pressing charges.” 😂
Roree was out there being a whole mermaid (my daughter is cooler than me—accepted). Ophelia ran the shoreline like she owns it. I laid there like “I’m present” and “if sand follows me home, I’m pressing charges.” 😂
January 21, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Two weeks ago: beach therapy 🌊☀️
Roree was out there being a whole mermaid (my daughter is cooler than me—accepted). Ophelia ran the shoreline like she owns it. I laid there like “I’m present” and “if sand follows me home, I’m pressing charges.” 😂
Roree was out there being a whole mermaid (my daughter is cooler than me—accepted). Ophelia ran the shoreline like she owns it. I laid there like “I’m present” and “if sand follows me home, I’m pressing charges.” 😂
This is my weight vest—it helps with proprioception (aka my brain learning where my body is in space without a GPS). Chronic illness is a full-time job… and therapy alone is HOURS a week. Rehab era = relentless. 💪🔥
#NeverFingSettle
#unfuckwithable
#NeverFingSettle
#unfuckwithable
January 17, 2026 at 3:29 PM
This is my weight vest—it helps with proprioception (aka my brain learning where my body is in space without a GPS). Chronic illness is a full-time job… and therapy alone is HOURS a week. Rehab era = relentless. 💪🔥
#NeverFingSettle
#unfuckwithable
#NeverFingSettle
#unfuckwithable
🌿 Lake Worth friends — looking for a real way to show up for your community? 🌿
No big speeches, no weird vibes… just people helping people eat. 💛
Let’s be the kind of town that feeds each other. 💛
No big speeches, no weird vibes… just people helping people eat. 💛
Let’s be the kind of town that feeds each other. 💛
January 17, 2026 at 3:11 PM
🌿 Lake Worth friends — looking for a real way to show up for your community? 🌿
No big speeches, no weird vibes… just people helping people eat. 💛
Let’s be the kind of town that feeds each other. 💛
No big speeches, no weird vibes… just people helping people eat. 💛
Let’s be the kind of town that feeds each other. 💛
Chosen family night 🥹💛 Visited Dee + Ali (in from CA). They played video games with Nix while I sat nearby absorbing the laughter like it was a prescribed medication. No pressure, just love + joy. My nervous system said “thank you.” 🎮✨ #NeverFingSettle
January 12, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Chosen family night 🥹💛 Visited Dee + Ali (in from CA). They played video games with Nix while I sat nearby absorbing the laughter like it was a prescribed medication. No pressure, just love + joy. My nervous system said “thank you.” 🎮✨ #NeverFingSettle
Lazy Sunday = Mama Carol in her recliner throne, pets rotating cuddle shifts like tiny emotional support employees, and the whole house running on naps + snacks + zero unnecessary standing. 🛋️🐾💛
Nothing big… just peaceful.
#NeverFingSettle
Nothing big… just peaceful.
#NeverFingSettle
January 11, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Lazy Sunday = Mama Carol in her recliner throne, pets rotating cuddle shifts like tiny emotional support employees, and the whole house running on naps + snacks + zero unnecessary standing. 🛋️🐾💛
Nothing big… just peaceful.
#NeverFingSettle
Nothing big… just peaceful.
#NeverFingSettle
Reminder: You are not required to burn yourself out to keep other people comfortable.
Boundaries aren’t mean—they’re protection.
You’re allowed to choose peace. 🔥🧯
#NeverFingSettle
Boundaries aren’t mean—they’re protection.
You’re allowed to choose peace. 🔥🧯
#NeverFingSettle
January 11, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Reminder: You are not required to burn yourself out to keep other people comfortable.
Boundaries aren’t mean—they’re protection.
You’re allowed to choose peace. 🔥🧯
#NeverFingSettle
Boundaries aren’t mean—they’re protection.
You’re allowed to choose peace. 🔥🧯
#NeverFingSettle
Things I learned today:
• Squirrels start chaos and then clock out
• Cats do not believe in physics
• I apparently live with a lemur
• My blood pressure would like a word
She came down safely.
The squirrel escaped.
I aged three years. 😅
• Squirrels start chaos and then clock out
• Cats do not believe in physics
• I apparently live with a lemur
• My blood pressure would like a word
She came down safely.
The squirrel escaped.
I aged three years. 😅
January 9, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Things I learned today:
• Squirrels start chaos and then clock out
• Cats do not believe in physics
• I apparently live with a lemur
• My blood pressure would like a word
She came down safely.
The squirrel escaped.
I aged three years. 😅
• Squirrels start chaos and then clock out
• Cats do not believe in physics
• I apparently live with a lemur
• My blood pressure would like a word
She came down safely.
The squirrel escaped.
I aged three years. 😅