A therapist’s perspective on why life often feels hardest between the mid-thirties and early fifties, what decades of research on the happiness curve actually shows, and why trying to fix your happiness is usually what deepens the dip.
A therapist’s perspective on why you absorb your partner’s moods, what emotional contagion does inside a relationship, and how to set your own temperature without taking over the weather.
A therapist’s perspective on healing trauma, why the goal was never to erase what happened to you, and what a centuries-old Japanese art form can teach us about becoming whole again.
A therapist’s perspective on why what draws two people together is rarely what keeps them together, and the two skills that research shows predict lasting love more than chemistry or compatibility.
A therapist’s perspective on why so many high-functioning people feel like they’re faking it, why the original framing of imposter syndrome misses what’s actually going on, and what changes when you stop pathologizing yourself for not feeling at home in spaces that weren’t built for you.
A therapist’s perspective on why some people get stuck in thought loops, what’s happening in your brain when you overthink, and practical tools to break the cycle.
A therapist’s perspective on why rest feels dangerous for high-achievers, what happens when you’ve been running on productivity for years, and how to reclaim rest without turning it into another task to optimize.
A therapist’s perspective on managing anxiety and overwhelm during global crises. This post explores how to support your nervous system when headlines feel relentless, and practical ways to find ground when everything feels unstable.
A therapist’s perspective on navigating identity loss after outgrowing survival patterns, people-pleasing, and performative living.
I watched a documentary recently called Ensam i Tokyo (Alone in Tokyo). It follows people living in one of the world’s most densely populated cities who are, despite being surrounded by millions, profoundly alone.