One Year Older, One Year Wiser About Life
Explore the journey to simplicity and self-discovery, reflecting on life lessons learned through relationships and personal growth.
Explore the journey to simplicity and self-discovery, reflecting on life lessons learned through relationships and personal growth.
Discover how to approach the New Year with self-care and curious reflection rather than guilt-driven resolutions. Embrace positive change today!
I recently had the privilege of joining UK Health Radio with psychotherapist Belynder Walia to discuss codependency, relationship patterns, and family dynamics. We explored how our early attachment experiences shape adult relationships — and what real recovery requires. Click the headphone icon to listen.
Codependency often looks like kindness, but underneath it lies quiet, anxious control. In this piece, I explore how fear drives fixing, rescuing, and over-functioning and why reclaiming individuality is the true path to healing. If you’ve ever lost yourself in relationships, this will resonate deeply.
People-pleasing isn’t a personality trait. It’s a survival strategy. It’s something you learned early, in environments where being agreeable wasn’t optional , it was necessary.
Many people in therapy don’t always like it or agree when their therapist tells them (If they don’t, they should) that real self-love looks a lot like self-accountability. It’s not glamorous at all, it’s not Instagram worthy. It can be deeply unsettling and sometimes lonely. The “glamour” is just a way to avoid the pain of the work needed.
This week is about Boundaries. These posts, published twice per week with a short audio, provide bite-sized wisdom to help you grow and discover yourself. Join me as we investigate the small ways we can bring peace, clarity, and connection into our lives.
In my opinion, one of the greatest factors of any successful relationship is what we do in the time spent with our partner but crucially, what we do when are not with them.
People like me are always trying to make others see the value of setting healthy boundaries in the spirit of emotional honesty. That is expressing what you feel honestly and assertively when there is a feeling that a boundary needs to be set...
What exactly is a boundary when it comes to relationships? Simply put, a boundary is a limit or space between you and the other person, a clear place where you begin and the other person ends. Think of it as a fence in your backyard...
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