How It Shows Up There’s no one way it looks, but here are a few you might recognise: A mate sends you a massive message in the middle of the night, laying everything out without checking in. A colleague somehow manages to turn every lunch break into a deep emotional download. Someone you’ve just met…
Written in collaboration with Dr. Shena Young As news continues to unfold around the Diddy trial, many in our community—especially Black women and femmes—are sitting with a complicated, painful mix of emotions. For many survivors, this moment is more than a headline. It’s personal. It brings up deep wounds, ancestral pain, and the ever-present reminder…
We’re stepping into summer, and vacation season is in full swing. For many, that means excitement, adventure, and a packed travel itinerary. But for others, especially when it comes to flying, it can stir up a lot of anxiety. With everything we’ve seen in the news this year, those feelings might be new, or more…
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.— Mark Twain Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.— Pablo Picasso It would be witty of me to say this is a post I’ve been meaning to write for ages but kept putting off. Witty,…
One thing that frequently arises with the clients I work with is the need to be liked by everyone, even though this need is causing great harm to their wellbeing. As a former people-pleaser, I wanted to explore this area in more detail and understand why some people try to be everyone’s favourite person. This…
A new study published in Frontiers of Medicine looked at the effects of Transcendental Meditation (TM) and health education on carotid intima-media thickness and major adverse cardiovascular events in Black men and women. “This study was a follow-up assessment of cardiovascular events in individuals with evidence or early CV disease, who underwent a one-year…
Check out our top posts for the past month. Posts are listed by the number of page views they attracted during the month, most popular first. The Box on the Shelf: A Strategy for Handling Difficult Issues and Situations How Sad the Song: An Atheist Ponders His Mortality Shhhhhhh! A Friend’s Guide to Secrets Thank…
People are more likely to trust those who grew up with less money than those who went to private school. Research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that those who had a lower socio economic status in childhood were more likely to be considered trustworthy. “We found that in general, having…
During the last several elections, I’ve felt frustration that I couldn’t vote Labour and help to oust the Conservatives who’d been in power since before I could vote. Don’t get me wrong, I am proud to vote for The Green Party but there was a level of frustration in that I had to vote Green…