When Small Things Add Up to a Loss of Trust – and a Loss of Voice
(Mia's story below is a composite drawn from common patterns seen in practice; identifying details have been changed to protect privacy.) Mia couldn't point to a single moment. That was the hardest part. There was [...]
“I Still Don’t Know What I Did”: The Silent Sting of Being Ghosted
Claire's story below is a composite drawn from common patterns I see in practice - details are changed to protect privacy. "I still don't know what I did." That's how a client of mine - [...]
Why Three to Five Friends May Be All You Need
What the science of friendship tells us about safety, quality over quantity, and the quiet grief of losing a friend Scroll through social media and it can look as though everyone else has an enormous, [...]
What If It Wasn’t About the Food?
I want to talk about something that doesn't get discussed the way it should. Not in the way that makes people feel judged, or broken, or like they just need to "try harder." But in [...]
Understanding your brain is the first step to changing your life
We are living in one of the most exciting eras in the history of human understanding. For the first time, we have the tools, the technology, and the science to truly look inside the brain [...]
When Things Fall Apart: Why Your Brain Lies About Bad Luck
The Thought-Emotion-Action Loop As a psychologist, one of the most powerful things I explore with clients is the chain reaction that governs our lives: our thoughts shape our emotions, and our emotions drive our actions. [...]