The room behind the room
The car on the way home is not the lunch. Two hours of being pleasant. Asking after people. Not saying
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Look at something together
There is a kind of evening that happens in long relationships. The children are finally down. The kitchen is mostly
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I thought I was getting organised
I exported a year of my conversations with an AI last week, mostly out of curiosity, and half expecting to
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Why we go quiet on people we love
Almost everyone has a person they have not replied to. Not someone they have fallen out with. Someone they like,
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The Cost of Being the Capable One
There’s a person I keep meeting. In the therapy room, at dinner tables, in my own mirror on certain weeks.
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Burnout Isn’t About Work It’s About Emotional Depletion
When people speak about burnout, it is often framed as a productivity issue. Too many deadlines. Too many responsibilities. Not
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Why Do I Keep Repeating the Same Relationship Patterns?
We often arrive in therapy asking a version of the same question: “Why does this keep happening to me?” The
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The Lonely Middle: Who You Were and Who You’ll Be
There is a particular kind of loneliness that arrives during transition. It’s not dramatic. It doesn’t announce itself loudly. It
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Anxiety as a Messenger: Listening Beneath the Symptoms
Anxiety is frequently experienced as an unwanted intruder racing thoughts, tight chest, restlessness, difficulty sleeping. Understandably, the first instinct is often: How do
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