The Quiet Creep of Burnout
Burnout rarely arrives all at once. It tends to seep in quietly, threading itself through everyday life until what once felt manageable begins to feel heavy, relentless, and oddly joyless. Many people I work with describe a sense that they should be coping better, that nothing is dramatically wrong, and yet everything feels harder than it used to. This slow erosion is often overlooked, particularly by those who are carrying a disproportionate share of responsibility at home alongside work and emotional labour.
Spring Into Something New
There is something quietly radical about the idea that the real beginning of the year does not arrive in the depths of January, but instead unfolds gently with the arrival of spring. While the calendar insists that January is the time for resolutions, reinvention, and fresh starts, our bodies and minds often tell a very different story. January, with its dark mornings, early evenings, and lingering chill, rarely feels like a moment of natural momentum. Spring, however, carries unspoken invitation. It feels like the world is ready again, and perhaps we are too.
Reclaiming Desire: Understanding the Impact of ‘comp-het’
Compulsory heterosexuality, often shortened to comp het, describes the powerful social conditioning that positions heterosexuality as the expected path for people, especially women and people assigned female at birth.
High Functioning Depression: The Struggle No One Sees
As a therapist, I often meet people who arrive in sessions carrying a quiet confusion. They are successful, reliable, thoughtful and capable. They meet deadlines, they care for their families, they show up for friends, from the outside, their lives appear steady and even admirable. Yet privately they describe a persistent heaviness or a sense of moving through life behind a pane of glass. Many of them say the same thing in different words.
LGBTQ+ History Month
As a queer, non-binary therapist working here in the United Kingdom, I am always aware that our personal stories are inseparable from our collective history, and that the work we do in therapy rooms across the country is deeply shaped by the social and political climate that surrounds us. LGBTQ+ History Month offers us an opportunity to honour the courage and creativity of those who came before us and to take stock of where we stand now, at a time when the promise of equality can feel fragile and uncertain.
Keep Angry, Mind the Noggin
Talking about mental health right now often requires starting with honesty about the world we are living in. War fills our screens with devastation and grief. Climate change brings a steady drumbeat of warnings about environmental collapse and political failure. In the United States, the actions of ICE and the treatment of migrants continue to raise serious human rights concerns. When you believe in justice, safety and dignity for all, these headlines land emotionally with weight.
Rejection Sensitivity or People Pleasing in a Trench Coat?
That familiar stomach drop when someone takes too long to reply. The instant urge to apologise for existing. The detailed post mortem you run after a slightly flat “okay” from a friend. Many of us have been told this is rejection sensitivity, a deep seated fear of being disliked or abandoned. Very clinical, very serious, very “this is just how my brain is”.
A Gentle New Year: Intentions, Wellbeing, & Routines
The new year often arrives with pressure. Messages about self-improvement, productivity, and starting over can feel relentless, especially after a season that already asked a lot of us emotionally. If you are entering January feeling tired rather than inspired, flat rather than hopeful, then this is for you.