Cindy Ransom LMFTWhat I Recommend
Tools, people, and things that actually help. Everything here has my personal endorsement.
Find Your Stress Sign
The Stress Zodiac™ Quiz takes two minutes and gives you a real starting point. Find out which of the four stress patterns fits you, and get tools that actually work for your nervous system.
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Therapists & Mental Health Professionals
These are clinicians I know personally and refer to with confidence. If I am not the right fit for what you need, one of these people likely is.
Michael Anderson
Mental Health Counseling PLLC
My go-to referral for OCD. Michael specializes in exactly this and brings the focused, evidence-based approach that OCD treatment requires. If you are in New York, New Jersey, or Pennsylvania and OCD is your primary concern, start here.
Ariana Lombardo
Marriage & Family Therapist
A skilled LMFT providing in-person and online therapy in Wantagh, New York. Specializes in anxiety, relationship issues, and family conflict. Warm, thorough, and genuinely good at what she does.
Otylia "Tilly" McQuay
Clinical Social Work, LCSW-R
Tilly is one of the best trauma therapists I know. She works with adults and elders remotely across New York, specializing in anxiety, trauma, PTSD, and codependency.
Melanie Juli
Marriage & Family Therapist
Works with adults remotely across Florida. If addiction history is part of the picture alongside relationship challenges, Melanie brings the depth and experience that combination requires.
Nathalia Wiggins - Therapy Street
Marriage & Family Therapist, FL & MA
A strong choice for couples work and for families with children ages 8 and up. Nathalia uses a Gottman-informed approach and specializes in trauma, PTSD, relationship challenges, and anxiety.
Erica Brown - Ocean Waves Counseling
LPC, LMHC
Erica works with women who are used to being the strong one. Her specialty is anxiety and over-functioning, specifically the patterns that develop when you've spent years managing everything and everyone while quietly putting yourself last. If you're in Florida or Texas and ready to stop holding it all together alone, she's a good place to start.
Tanya Jilkevorkian - Hue Renew Psychiatry
APRN, FNP-C
Integrative and holistic psychiatry is not just medication management. It's a more complete approach to mental health care that looks at the whole picture, including anxiety, mood, hormones, sleep, and life transitions, and builds a plan that actually fits your life. Tanya and her team work with adults across Florida and are one of the practices I trust to refer women who are ready for clinical support beyond coaching.
Organizations & Causes I Support
These are organizations doing work I believe in. Some I have partnered with directly. All of them are worth knowing about.
Rebuild Yourself Inc.
A Lake Nona-based nonprofit making sure no teenager feels alone. Their peer support model is doing real, meaningful work for teen mental health in our community. I have supported their cause for years and I am glad to keep doing so.
Visit Site →Fueled By Gratitude
Victoria creates immersive in-person experiences for women that blend community, wellness, and intentional connection. From monthly outdoor morning flows to full conferences and retreats, her events are the kind that actually stay with you. If you're looking for a room where women show up fully, this is one worth being in!
Visit Site →Self Care Experiences
Stress lives in the body. These are the people and practices I trust to work with it there.
Mandy Charles
Divinely Inspired
Mandy works at the intersection of science and spirit, using doTERRA essential oils and intentional wellness practices to support both personal healing and everyday regulation. If you've ever left a room feeling lighter than when you walked in, that's the kind of experience she creates. She led our closing activation at the Stress Zodiac™ Social and the room felt it.
Visit Site →Serotonin Centers
Serotonin Centers offers science-backed wellness services including red light therapy, IV therapy, hormone restoration, and NAD+ therapy. These are not spa treatments. They are targeted interventions for women whose bodies are running on empty and need more than rest to recalibrate. If your stress lives in your body as much as your mind, this is worth exploring.
Visit Site →Things I Actually Use
Some links below are affiliate links. I only recommend things I personally use. These are books, tools, and products I recommend to clients and use myself.
Atomic Habits
By James Clear
Why I love it: Helps you build sustainable habits that work WITH your nervous system.
The Let Them Theory
By Mel Robbins
Why I love it: Leans into acceptance of the things we can't change in others and how we can look inward to where the true control lies.
Worthy
By Jamie Kern Lima
Why I love it: Helps understand the difference between self-confidence and self-worth.
Weighted Blanket
Why I love it: Grounding, calming, perfect for Overthinking Moons and Avoidant Ascendants.
Asakuki Essential Oil Diffuser
Why I love it: I am a HUGE advocate for aromatherapy and this truly allows me to feel centered on long days of sessions. Scent is a nervous system regulator. Try lavender, eucalyptus, or cedarwood for calm.
Pillow Mist (Eucalyptus & Mint)
Why I love it: Great for before sleep.
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A deeper look at the Stress Zodiac™ framework. In progress.