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Picture this. You know things aren't right. You've known for a while, if you're being honest with yourself. But every time you think about actually doing something about it, your stomach drops, your chest tightens, and suddenly your brain is running a highlight reel of every worst-case scenario imag...
Picture this.
It's late. You're lying in bed, phone screen lighting up your face, and you're three pages deep into an article titled "12 Signs You're Dating a Narcissist." You're ticking boxes. Your heart is racing. And somewhere between sign number four and sign number nine, you think, oh no. This...
You're Not Crazy. But You're Starting to Wonder If You Are.
It creeps in quietly at first.
A small voice in the back of your head asking — is this normal?
Maybe it happens after an argument where somehow, again, you ended up apologising. Or after a conversation that started completely fine and en...
Let me paint you a picture.
It's a Tuesday. You're exhausted — not the I need an early night kind of exhausted, but the I don't know how I'm going to get through the next hour kind. And yet, somewhere in the back of your head, a little voice pipes up:
"You should be doing more."
"Other people are...
Picture this.
You're busy. You're juggling work, kids, appointments for everyone else, and somewhere between the school run and the third cup of coffee you've told yourself you'd get around to booking that health check.
Next week. Next month. When things calm down.
Sound familiar?
That was me. F...
Here's something I used to believe for a really long time.
Self-care was for people who had extra time. People who had already sorted their lives out. People who weren't juggling businesses, kids, responsibilities, and a to-do list that never actually got shorter. Self-care was, honestly? A bit ind...
Let's paint a picture.
You've gotten the legal advice. You've read the books. Maybe you've even seen a therapist or two. You know what you should be doing. And yet, here you are, stuck in the same spot, wondering why nothing actually seems to change.
Sound familiar?
You're not broken. You're not ...
The moment everyone expects you to feel relieved
Picture this. The last round of treatment is done. The nurses say goodbye. People send
flowers. Everyone around you exhales. And somewhere in all of that, someone says the
words you've been waiting months to hear: "You're done."
So why doesn't it fe...
Let me guess.
Someone has asked you recently, with the best intentions in the world, "So are you back to normal yet?"
And something about that question just... didn't sit right.
Maybe you smiled and said "getting there!" while quietly wondering why you didn't feel like the person you used to be. ...
When people hear the word cancer, their minds usually jump straight to treatment.
Chemo.
Radiation.
Hospital visits.
Side effects.
And yes, those things are hard. Really hard.
But here is something that surprised me during my own cancer journey.
Recovery has actually been harder than the treatme...
Have you ever felt that little twinge of anxiety when your phone buzzes, knowing it’s your partner checking in… again? Or found yourself rehearsing how to tell them you’re grabbing coffee with a friend? If that sounds familiar, you might be experiencing coercive control—a form of abuse that doesn’t ...