If you’ve ever sat down to set new goals and felt motivated for about two weeks before everything slowly fell apart, you’re not alone. Many people assume their goals didn’t stick because they lacked discipline or consistency, but the truth is often much simpler. Most...
A client once told me she knew she was in trouble the day she sat in her car after work and couldn’t bring herself to walk inside. Not because something was wrong at home but because she knew the moment she crossed that threshold, someone would need something from...
Lately, more and more clients have been coming into therapy with the same question: “Could I have ADHD and not know it?” They’re not talking about what we were taught ADHD “looks like”—the kid who can’t sit still, who blurts things out in class, who’s...
There was a version of me who knew how to read the room but not how to speak in it. Who stayed quiet even when the words were there, sitting heavy in my chest. Who made herself small so others wouldn’t feel uncomfortable. I didn’t always recognize it as fear. I called...
Everyone Has a Feeling Style We all have a vibe. The friend who keeps it calm no matter what. The coworker who says what everyone else is thinking. The one who’s always quietly observing. The person who feels everything so deeply it’s contagious. Those aren’t just...
You wouldn’t believe some of the stories I’ve heard. Not just the pain or the trauma itself—but what clients had to go through in therapy just to be understood. I’ve had people sit across from me and say: “My last therapist asked me what code-switching was.”“I tried...
