Dr. Jackie Layton, PhD
@cyclebreaking.bsky.social
Psychologist supporting fellow cycle-breakers, heart-led/creative entrepreneurs, & LGBTQ/neurospicy folks as we all find community 🌈✨
Founder of the Breakthrough Collective & Mockingbird Therapy, mom of toddlers, fellow healing human.
Founder of the Breakthrough Collective & Mockingbird Therapy, mom of toddlers, fellow healing human.
What you're feeling may be the trauma of pervasive, state-sanctioned violence.
This week did you watch an ICE agent unalive a fellow mom? Or think about all of the constitutional rights and protections we just lost in a single year? Do lovely people feel they need to move to be safe?
This week did you watch an ICE agent unalive a fellow mom? Or think about all of the constitutional rights and protections we just lost in a single year? Do lovely people feel they need to move to be safe?
January 7, 2026 at 11:33 PM
What you're feeling may be the trauma of pervasive, state-sanctioned violence.
This week did you watch an ICE agent unalive a fellow mom? Or think about all of the constitutional rights and protections we just lost in a single year? Do lovely people feel they need to move to be safe?
This week did you watch an ICE agent unalive a fellow mom? Or think about all of the constitutional rights and protections we just lost in a single year? Do lovely people feel they need to move to be safe?
I'm scared. We keep stiving to both take a stand in our community while also keeping our family safe. We are still building financial stability and community, slowly and painstakingly. In the meantime, I'm seeing the compex trap that's been built around us for years if not decades and it scares me.
August 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I'm scared. We keep stiving to both take a stand in our community while also keeping our family safe. We are still building financial stability and community, slowly and painstakingly. In the meantime, I'm seeing the compex trap that's been built around us for years if not decades and it scares me.
We've wondered whether to grow where we're planted, and contribute to kindness and resistance here. Or whether to uproot in hopes of our family being safer elsewhere. It's such a hard choice and I think we should hold compassion for those who have to make it. #immigrationsky #choosekindness
July 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We've wondered whether to grow where we're planted, and contribute to kindness and resistance here. Or whether to uproot in hopes of our family being safer elsewhere. It's such a hard choice and I think we should hold compassion for those who have to make it. #immigrationsky #choosekindness
So much of therapy is about helping people discover that systemic problems are not actually our fault, that we are worthy, and that our emotions are here to help. 🩷
July 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
So much of therapy is about helping people discover that systemic problems are not actually our fault, that we are worthy, and that our emotions are here to help. 🩷
I want to rage against the systemic neglect of parents in our society. But I'm also just embarrassed that when trying to sign my kiddos in for daycare I genuinely thought L came before K in the alphabetized sign in sheet.
June 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I want to rage against the systemic neglect of parents in our society. But I'm also just embarrassed that when trying to sign my kiddos in for daycare I genuinely thought L came before K in the alphabetized sign in sheet.
Everyone shares "coping skills," but did you know these are meant to be paired with "change skills"? For every technique to help you soothe, there's a technique for advocacy, change, & communication. Coping isn't the solution alone. It's what helps us center ourselves so we can apply a change skill🧵
June 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Everyone shares "coping skills," but did you know these are meant to be paired with "change skills"? For every technique to help you soothe, there's a technique for advocacy, change, & communication. Coping isn't the solution alone. It's what helps us center ourselves so we can apply a change skill🧵
I keep reminding myself that we can find comfort in community. No governmental power is greater than our common humanity. I think that's why tonight after our babies fell asleep, I couldn't stop watching the #NoKings protests. Every march, speech, & sign were warming reminders that we are not alone.
June 15, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I keep reminding myself that we can find comfort in community. No governmental power is greater than our common humanity. I think that's why tonight after our babies fell asleep, I couldn't stop watching the #NoKings protests. Every march, speech, & sign were warming reminders that we are not alone.
I'm a trauma therapist and nearly every one of my patients has been negatively impacted by Trump's actions.
I'm seeing courageous people who worked so hard to heal struggle with collective trauma. If you are feeling hopeless, enraged or scared, you aren't alone. We will get through this together 🩷
I'm seeing courageous people who worked so hard to heal struggle with collective trauma. If you are feeling hopeless, enraged or scared, you aren't alone. We will get through this together 🩷
March 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I'm a trauma therapist and nearly every one of my patients has been negatively impacted by Trump's actions.
I'm seeing courageous people who worked so hard to heal struggle with collective trauma. If you are feeling hopeless, enraged or scared, you aren't alone. We will get through this together 🩷
I'm seeing courageous people who worked so hard to heal struggle with collective trauma. If you are feeling hopeless, enraged or scared, you aren't alone. We will get through this together 🩷