by admin | Mar 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
We live in an age where psychological language has morphed into cultural weaponry. Terminology once confined to clinical settings now features widely on social media. Gaslighting. Trauma bond. Toxic. Boundary violation. Narcissistic abuse. A measure of psychological...
by admin | Feb 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
The woman sitting before me is intelligent, competent, well-educated, and financially independent. She appears to have a solid career. Her children are from a previous relationship. She doesn’t rely on her partner for money. Although there is no overt physical abuse,...
by admin | Feb 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
In 1982, American psychologist James Hillman issued a pointed challenge to his own profession. In We’ve Had a Hundred Years of Psychotherapy and the World’s Getting Worse (co-authored with Michael Ventura), he argued that despite a century of psychological insight,...
by admin | Jan 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
I took some time off toward the end of 2025. It wasn’t the kind of holiday respite where I spent time catching up on reading or planning out my year ahead. For once, I actually made a conscious effort to stop striving and stop envisioning my life as a “project” in...
by admin | Oct 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
Some people are born storytellers. But I think of myself as a story-catcher. Someone with a calling to listen to the stories others tell. I listen. I wait, with ears and heart open, for that brief, unguarded moment when someone risks opening the door of their heart...
by admin | Oct 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
There’s a paradox at the heart of modern mental health. We’ve never had more labels for our pain and more available resources, yet an increasing number of people are experiencing mental illness. In Australia nearly 43% of adults have met the criteria for a “mental...
