Planning for the new year often comes with a lot of noise. Advice, expectations, and reminders to “start fresh” whether you’re ready or not. For high-achieving adults who are already worn down, planning for the new year can feel quietly overwhelming. You may want...
“Smiling through it” is rarely a choice. It’s more often something people feel expected to do, especially during the holidays when functioning well is mistaken for being fine. Depression during the holidays doesn’t always look like sadness that stops you in your...
The holiday season can be a complicated time. Work may be shifting pace, but it is still demanding something from you. Family needs can multiply quickly. Your routine changes, your schedule fills up faster than expected, and the emotional load grows in ways you might...
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...
