Why You Can't Just Relax: The Part of You That's Always Achieving
You've tried to relax. It doesn't take. Here's why the driven part of you isn't the problem — it's a protector, and it's guarding something older than your to-do list.
Where People-Pleasing Really Comes From
If you've ever wondered why you can't just decide to stop people-pleasing, this is why — and it's not a character flaw.
Empty Nest and Beyond: Who Are You Outside the Roles?
Part five of our Phases of Womanhood series: empty nest and beyond, when the roles that organized your days for decades loosen, and the question of who you are outside of them gets asked directly, sometimes for the first time.
Midlife Recalibration: When the Old Identity Stops Fitting
Part four of our Phases of Womanhood series: midlife recalibration, when the identity that got you this far starts to feel too small, or too exhausting to keep maintaining, and something in you starts asking for more truth and less performance.
The Building Years: When Everything Stacks Up at Once
Part three of our Phases of Womanhood series: the building years, when career, partnership, and the question of whether or how parenthood fits in all stack up at once, and there's little time left to notice you've disappeared a bit inside it.
Finding Your Identity in Early Adulthood
The first deep dive in our Phases of Womanhood series: early adulthood, the stretch where you're technically an adult but still working out who you are outside the rules you inherited.
The Many Phases of Womanhood
Most of us carry the same coping strategies, the same definitions of “enough,” from one phase of life into the next — even after the life that shaped them has changed completely. Here’s how the phases of womanhood show up in the room, and why good therapy adjusts with you.
Do You Work with Anxiety, Depression and Trauma?
If you've looked through my website and wondered why you don't see the words anxiety, depression, or trauma anywhere, here's the honest answer: they're not separate from the patterns I already talk about — they're usually what's underneath them.