Therapists have feelings too. Just like us, they experience their feelings in different ways and employ different strategies to manage those feelings in the moment. I reached out to a few of my favourite psychologists and counsellors to learn more about how their own emotions impact them, and the practical strategies they use to feel better.

Perfectionism is an insidious mindset parading as motivation. The truth is that perfectionism holds us back and keeps us playing small. This workshop explores the features of a perfectionistic mindset and how we might opt for something more empowering.

Ever feel guilty when it comes to taking time for yourself? Here are six ways I’ve learned to reckon with emotional resistance towards self-care & personal renewal.

When life gets too much to handle, a soothing practice can be to zoom out of our weird little lives. It’s easy to become completely embroiled in the tedium and drama of existence, that we forget that the universe is perfectly indifferent to us being here.

When I had my breakdown/through a few years back and had the opportunity to start assembling my life from scratch, I started to ask myself questions like “what do I really want my life to look like?”

We’re never really taught how to navigate the big emotions - the ones that overtake us like a brutal and mighty storm. We distract ourselves from them (which can be useful at times), we deny them, battle them, and we push them down and hope they don’t rear their ugly heads again ( which they inevitably do).

Some knobs we all have at our disposal - many of which gather dust. We believe that our external situation must be “just right” for these to work or be applicable. We place all the power in people and outcomes outside of ourselves which is bound to leave us miserable and dissatisfied.

Not in a hopeless or pessimistic kind of a way. But in a liberating act of defiance - rebelling against the notion that we always need to have more, get more, be more.

Sliding into 2022, here’s a few of the things I’m giving up on…

If anyone was to ask me what was the single biggest contributor to my happiness, health, relationships and well-being, my answer would be this…