People-pleasing: The real truth of who you really are

(5 minutes read time) Susan Jeffers, Ph.D. (1938–2012), best known for her powerful book Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, spoke to something many of us sense deep down but struggle to live out. For those trapped in the fawn response—those who’ve learned to survive by...

Marriage: Survival of the fittest

These days, the old ways of doing relationships just don’t work like they used to. Traditional marriage roles—where one person provides and the other keeps things running at home—don’t fit with how life and love work now. People want more than just a partner who ticks...

Anxiety, love and fear of death! – Melanie Klein

(4 minutes reading time) Your Feelings Won’t Kill You – But Ignoring Them Might Hurt Let’s get this straight:Facing your thoughts and feelings won’t kill you.It won’t end the world.But yes—it might be uncomfortable. It might shake your ego. And that’s actually a good...

From wounds to wisdom: Embrace your shadow side

(3 minutes reading time) What if the parts of you that feel hardest to face—your anger, shame, anxiety, or grief—are actually keys to your healing? In Jungian psychology, “the shadow” refers to the hidden parts of ourselves we’ve been taught to reject. These are...