Imagine this: You are in the grocery store, looking at the absurd price for a gallon of milk when all of the sudden, your bloodstream feels as if someone lit a match to it. You realize you can hear all of the conversations happening in the store, but noticed they are muffled, like someone muted them to a point where you can still hear your own thoughts. Tunnel vision sets in and at the same time, you notice body parts start to tingle while your heart is in your throat beati

Your highest performer may be the person you SHOULD be checking on. Not the person missing deadlines. Not the person openly saying they're overwhelmed. The person who: Never misses a deadline. Says yes before anyone else can volunteer. Handles the difficult client. Answers emails at 11 p.m. Makes everyone else's problems look manageable. Rarely asks for help. From the outside, they look resilient. But sometimes what looks like resilience is actually over-functioning. High-ach

When you hear the word therapy, you might picture sitting on a couch, talking about your childhood, answering many questions, or trying to figure out exactly what is “wrong.” But therapy doesn’t always look like that, and it doesn’t have to. Therapy can look different for everyone. Sometimes therapy means talking through something that happened yesterday. Sometimes it means sitting quietly because you don't know where to begin. Sometimes you might cry, laugh, feel frustrated,

When people hear the word "grief," they usually picture a funeral. A casket. A eulogy. And yes that's grief, and it's some of the hardest grief there is. But grief shows up in a lot more places than obituaries. But if you've ever... Felt a lump in your throat driving past your old office after a layoff Mourned the version of yourself who existed before an illness, a divorce, or a move Grieved your twenties, your fertility, your health, your marriage, or simply the person you

Therapy is often associated with crisis. Something happened. Something broke. Something became unbearable. And yes, therapy can be incredibly important during those moments. But therapy doesn't have to begin at the point of collapse. It can also be a place to understand patterns before they become crises. Why do I respond this way? Why is this relationship so difficult? Why can't I relax? Why do I feel responsible for everyone? Why do I keep repeating the same pattern? Why am

Some of the most capable people I work with are also some of the most exhausted. They meet deadlines. They take care of their families. They lead teams. They perform well at work. They rarely miss an obligation. From the outside, everything looks fine. But internally, there may be constant overthinking, perfectionism, difficulty slowing down, emotional exhaustion, irritability, anxiety, or an overwhelming need to stay in control. This is one of the things I think we misunders