Something I hear a lot from my female clients is: "I always feel behind." Behind on work. Behind on emails. Behind on life admin. Behind on housework. Behind on the goals they've set for themselves. What's interesting is that many of these women are incredibly capable. They are showing up every day, getting things done and managing responsibilities that would overwhelm most people. Yet despite everything they achieve, they still feel like they're not doing enough. If you've ever found...

Sometimes in therapy, I use the analogy of going to the airport without ever deciding where you actually want to go. You simply arrive, walk to a random gate, jump on a random flight, and hope it somehow takes you somewhere good. Most of us would never travel that way. Yet many women move through life exactly like this. They become so busy coping, meeting everyone else’s needs, juggling work, motherhood, relationships, responsibilities and mental load, that they stop asking themselves...

It’s a question I get asked often - sometimes even in a first session: “Can therapy actually help anxiety?” The short answer is yes, it certainly can. But maybe not in the way people expect. What is anxiety - and is it always a problem? One of the first things I often explain to clients is that anxiety isn’t something we need to completely eliminate. In fact, anxiety is part of being human. It’s there to protect us. For example, if you’re crossing the road and hear a truck coming, that surge...