Most people know the feeling — awake at 3 a.m., staring at the ceiling while the mind rehearses tomorrow or rewrites yesterday. When the body wants rest but the mind refuses to stand down, the problem is rarely the waking itself. It is the spiral that follows. One...
“I should have known better.” “That wasn’t good enough.” “What’s wrong with me?” Most people know the feeling of the internal voice that pounces the moment we falter. In depth-oriented therapy, this voice is often understood as part of the superego — the internalized...
Picture a quiet, moss-covered forest. Close your eyes and place yourself there — not as a visitor, but as someone returning. What do you hear? What do you smell? What changes in your breath? There is a reason the forest feels like medicine. Long before cities,...
You’re calm, doing your own thing. Then someone snaps — a stranger in traffic, a neighbour critiquing your dog-handling, unsolicited judgment from another parent in the grocery aisle. Before you know it, your voice sharpens. Your body tightens. You walk away...
When Quiet Becomes Loud There is a particular silence that arrives after dark—when emails stop, conversations fade, and the outer world recedes. For some, that quiet is welcome. For others, it is precisely the space in which the nervous system stirs, the mind begins...
Passive Aggression: When Anger Hides in Plain Sight There is a particular kind of interaction that leaves a strange residue. Not quite an argument. Not quite a misunderstanding. More like a subtle sting, followed by self-doubt. A comment wrapped in humour. A...
