The Unplanned Silence: A Three-Week Experiment in Presence. As an online life coach, relationship coach and counsellor, I often discuss technostress with my clients. But to accidentally find myself in a digital detox really showed me how hard it is to address it. We frequently theorise about how to reclaim mental bandwidth without a phone,… Continue Reading
You’re Not “Too Nice.” You’ve Just Been Over-Attuned to Everyone Else
How to Stop People-Pleasing and Build Self-Worth That Isn’t Fake. Let me start here: being exquisitely attuned to other people’s moods, needs, micro-expressions, and unspoken tensions is not a flaw. It is extraordinary. To feel that much. To register the slight shift in tone. To sense when someone is off before they do. To care…. Continue Reading
The Mental Health Reset You Need This New Year (No Exercise or Journaling in Sight)
Burnout Recovery for Working Professionals. Ah, the fresh shimmer of a new year. The hopeful feeling that maybe this is the year you don’t crumble by April. The intoxicating promise of a clean slate, new habits, a better headspace, and a life that feels more like yours. And then, within weeks (or days), the pressure… Continue Reading
Dating Again in Your 30s: How to Recover Your Confidence When You’ve Been Out of the Scene
You didn’t expect to be here again — scrolling, swiping, wondering how to start over. In your 20s, dating felt easier, lighter, maybe even exciting. Or maybe it didn’t, but you fell in love and you weren’t out there anymore. Perhaps the stakes were lower and you were just having fun. Now? It’s more complicated…. Continue Reading
Escaping Sad Town (Without Pretending It’s Sunny Outside)
How to overcome fear and self-doubt to follow your dreams. Let’s be honest: the news is grim. War, climate anxiety, housing crises, horrifying leaders that not-so-long-ago seemed only the stuff of satire. Bills, burnout, and the creeping sense that the world is cracking at the edges. No wonder you sometimes feel stuck in Sad Town…. Continue Reading
My Boss Is Destroying Me… But I Can’t Leave (Yet)
How to survive a toxic boss without quitting Let me tell you a story about a woman I’ll call M. She’d worked her way up in her role over five years—loyal, self-directed, good at mentoring junior staff even when it wasn’t in her job description. Her boss? A master of plausible deniability. Think public praise,… Continue Reading
