Tamara Driskell, LMHC

Tamara Driskell, LMHC Therapist. Philosopher. Back-alley bartender for your psyche. I deal in death, desire, and the existential hangover you’ve been avoiding.

Based in Pensacola, available worldwide. Helping non-conformists break free of toxic cycles from trying to live according to someone else's rules

09/15/2026

My whole life changed when I stopped treating myself like someone I had to manage and started treating myself like someone I actually loved. Shocking, I know.

But I can genuinely say, I am now my own best friend.

I learned to speak to myself with kindness AND unabashed truth. To cheer for myself without needing an audience. To keep small promises to myself.

Thing like setting up the coffee pot the night before because tomorrow-me deserves to wake up to one less fu***ng thing. ☕️

I started putting my time, money, energy, attention, and resources toward the life I said mattered to me!!!

And strangely enough (despite what we all grew up hearing), prioritizing myself didn’t make me worse at loving other people.

It actually made me BETTER at it.

“SELFISH” me is the BEST me. The best mom, lover, mentor and friend.

You are the ONE person you will wake up with every morning of your life!!

The one person present for every heartbreak, every victory, every reinvention, every ordinary Tuesday!!

Act accordingly.

You are the cake!

The relationship. The career. The money. The applause. The beautiful house. The people you love.

Those are the sprinkles.

Make the damn cake worth eating.

09/14/2026

People love to gather around a collapse. 👀

They’ll commiserate. Console. Send “thoughts and prayers.” Tell you they’re always there if you need them (… may not actually be true but it makes them feel better to say it).

But have the balls to start thriving?!

Start making money. Getting stronger. Becoming more confident. Loving your life. Taking risks. Refusing to apologize for wanting more???

Suddenly, the room gets quieter.

WTF?!

Psychological fact:

Watching someone actually choose to have whatever they want in life can confront us with all the places we’re still waiting for permission to choose ours.

And that’s where you’ll start to see projection come into play.

The shade. The minimizing. The jokes. The conspicuous silence from people who once had plenty to say.

Listen friend, there is an existential loneliness to becoming yourself.

No one can choose your life for you. No one can carry the responsibility of your freedom. And sometimes becoming who you are means discovering who was comfortable with you only when you were smaller. 😣

Keep going anyway!!

Then find the people who don’t need you diminished to feel secure. The ones who can witness your power without making it an indictment of theirs. READ THAT AGAIN. 😏

And perhaps most importantly, be that person for someone else.

Clap loudly when they win.

You’ll find the people who can celebrate your becoming.

09/12/2026

Some of y’all mentioned you didn’t know my “lore”… so here ya go…

I’m also:

- former military child (dad was career army)

- former military spouse (daughters’ father was Air Force)

- obsessed with my current partner Scott who’s also former military (Marine) … yes, I have a type 😝

- an exvangelical (raised Assemblies of God and went to Christian schools, purity culture, whole gambit) and left organized religion in my 30s

- in private practice in Pensacola, FL but see clients worldwide

- specialize in existential psych so anything related to life, death, grief & loss, religious trauma & spiritual exploration, love & s*x (in ALL its forms including non-monogamy, kink, and q***r relationships), money & power (business), and midlife transitions as well

- a former personal trainer before I had kids and since becoming an empty nester have been back on my wellness game full swing

- living my BEST life on the Emerald Coast!

… how about you?

If you can relate to any of the above, let’s connect!

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09/12/2026

Thank you Pensacola!

And to Rick Outzen & joanidelezen for the incredible dedication y’all put into Inweekly Forever in awe and so appreciative!

And to my clients who’ve given me the honor of letting me witness your struggles and walk beside you to your triumphs, please know that you leave an indelible mark on my life as well!

It doesn’t get said enough - thank you for the referrals you’ve sent and the reviews you’ve left! They mean more than you know and it’s how we spread the impact of healing and empowerment.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for naming me among the BEST OF THE COAST 6 years in a row! 🏆♥️

09/11/2026

The heartbreak.

The long days pushing towards a dream that others said wasn’t “realistic.”

The moments crying in the car or the bathroom so my kids wouldn’t see.

My own therapy and coaching sessions, expressing frustration and disillusionment at all the bu****it and fear mongering.

You know what? It was all worth it. Every fu***ng last bit of it.

Because like the goddesses Kali and Pele so beautifully embody, we don’t realize what we are capable of until we are willing to let go of any illusions, let go of any egoic attachments keeping us small, and to let the universe wipe away anyone not in alignment with the vision we’re capable of birthing into this world.

So if you’re in a dark place, remember a Phoenix always rises again. 🔥🔥🔥

09/10/2026

At some point, you have to stop asking everyone else for the prescription to your life.

How much should I work?

How should I love?

How much money is enough?

What kind of relationship should I want?

What should I do with my body, my ambition, my pleasure, my time?… 🧐

EXISTENTIAL FREEDOM MEANS ACCEPTING AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH:

🔥 There is no universal prescription. 🔥

YOU are responsible for deciding what makes your life worth living.

That doesn’t mean ignoring or downplaying possible consequences to you or those you care about.

Rather, it means becoming conscious enough to choose your consequences on purpose.

Write your own prescription for love.

For s*x.
For money.
For work.
For health.
For friendship.
For rest.
For pleasure.
For meaning.

Because personal freedom without personal responsibility is just impulse. 🫣

And responsibility without freedom is obedience. 🫣

The work is learning to hold BOTH.

Your life becomes yours when you stop outsourcing authorship.

You’re already writing it either way. You might as well pick up the fu***ng pen.

09/09/2026

Healing requires a spine and some grace. 💪❤️‍🩹

Gaslighting yourself (or others) keeps you disconnected from reality.

But placating yourself (or others) keeps you from doing anything about it.

The real power lives in the set point between the two:

“I can acknowledge what happened to me without making it my permanent excuse.”

“I can take responsibility for my choices without taking responsibility for everything.”

“I can have compassion for why I became this version of myself while still expecting myself to evolve.”

That’s emotional maturity.
That’s self-trust.

AND THAT’S THE ONLY PLACE where actual change becomes possible 👏👏!!

You don’t need a harsher inner critic or a more convincing excuse.

You need enough objectivity to tell yourself the truth, with enough compassion to survive hearing it, and enough courage to decide what you’re going to do next. 🙂‍↕️🏆

09/08/2026

“Don’t do that” is not a fu***ng instruction. 😏

Your brain is much better at working with a clear target than a vague absence of behavior.

So if you want better communication, stronger boundaries, healthier relationships, or actual behavior change, stop making people reverse-engineer what you want from a list of what you don’t want.

Instead of:
“Don’t dismiss me.”

Try:
“I need you to acknowledge what I’m saying before you respond.”

Instead of:
“Stop being so defensive.”

Try:
“Stay curious and ask me what I mean.”

Instead of:
“Don’t talk to me like that.”

Try:
“Speak to me respectfully, even when you’re angry.”

Proactive language gives the brain somewhere to go!! 👏👏

Say what you want.
Name the behavior.

Because clear communication isn’t just knowing what you won’t tolerate.

It’s having the audacity to articulate what you actually desire. 🔥🔥

09/05/2026

Confidence isn’t something you find!!! It’s evidence you collect.

Every time you tolerate the discomfort of being seen, saying the thing, making the ask, setting the boundary, posting the work, or taking the risk, you teach your brain something new:

I can handle what happens when I stop hiding.

That’s DISTRESS TOLERANCE.

And intentionally expanding it is one of the fastest ways to build real self-trust.

Start small.

Take the risk that makes your nervous system whisper absolutely fu***ng not without actually putting you in danger.

Let yourself survive the awkwardness, uncertainty, rejection, visibility, desire, or possibility.

Then do it again.

Because courage gives the brain new evidence.

New evidence changes what feels possible.

And eventually, the version of you that once felt audacious starts feeling inevitable.

You don’t become confident and then take the risk.

You take the risk and discover you can trust yourself with your own life.

That’s how you become exactly who you already suspected you could be.

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7004 Pine Forest Road
Pensacola, FL
32526

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Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 1pm - 5pm
Thursday 1pm - 5pm
Friday 1pm - 5pm

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