When the System Stops Making Sense Traditional mental health care often begins with a structure like diagnoses, prescriptions, and measurable outcomes. These tools can be useful, but they also shape the way we understand human suffering. They encourage us to view pain as a checklist to complete, rather than a story to explore. And for
June 6, 2025
The Quiet Cost of Holding It All Together Perfectionism doesn’t announce itself loudly. It moves quietly, disguised as ambition, responsibility, and care. Often, it begins with the desire to do well, to be seen as capable, competent, and put together. Over time, that desire turns into a standard we can’t seem to lower, no matter
May 30, 2025
Returning to Ourselves Healing isn’t always about what’s new. Sometimes, it’s about what’s repeated. About coming back. To the same room, the same hour, the same chair. Psychoanalysis is built around this repetition because depth doesn’t surface on command. It emerges slowly, when we stop trying to skip ahead.There is something radical about showing up
May 23, 2025
Purpose Isn’t a Lightning Bolt For many of us, the idea of purpose feels loaded. It’s often tied to career, to achievement, or to some grand vision that arrives all at once and makes everything make sense. But that’s rarely how it unfolds. More often, it starts with a question. A low-level unease. A quiet
May 16, 2025
When Our Body Starts Whispering for Help It usually doesn’t start with something dramatic. More often, it begins with a subtle drift, like a slight increase in restlessness, a heavier kind of fatigue, or muscles that stay tight no matter how much we stretch. Maybe our sleep becomes inconsistent. Or our mind buzzes long after
May 9, 2025
The Body’s Cosmic Blueprint The body moves through time with precision, regulating breath, heartbeat, digestion, and energy cycles. Every function follows a rhythm, adjusting to external forces like light and temperature while maintaining its own internal clock. These cycles influence how the body heals, how emotions shift, and how energy flows from moment to moment.
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