Writing

A post a day, across seven themes. Psychoeducation, not advice: the ordinary mechanics of how minds and nervous systems work, written for people living inside them.

12 published so far. Each links to the post on Instagram.

Soul Saturday: Name the season. Soul Saturday Name the season. Sit somewhere you can see outside. 5 September 2026 Feelings Friday: Shame survives on silence. Feelings Friday Shame survives on silence. Guilt says "I did something bad." Shame says "I am something bad." 4 September 2026 Therapy Thursday: You need a big trauma to deserve therapy. Therapy Thursday You need a big trauma to deserve therapy. What's true: most of the work is ordinary. A pattern that keeps repeating. A relationship that keeps costing more than it gives. A decision you cannot stop rehearsing. 3 September 2026 Wisdom Wednesday: You inherited what she did with her fear. Wisdom Wednesday You inherited what she did with her fear. Some of what you carry was handed to you, already packed. 2 September 2026 Self-Care Sunday: This week's prompt: Self-Care Sunday This week's prompt: Where in your life are you performing rest instead of resting? 30 August 2026 Therapy Thursday: Sometimes it does. Often it doesn't, and that isn't a sign it's failin Therapy Thursday Sometimes it does. Often it doesn't, and that isn't a sign it's failin Some of the most productive hours leave you wrung out for the rest of the day. You touched something real, and your system needs time to settle around it. Feeling worse briefly is not the same as it not working. 27 August 2026 Wisdom Wednesday: Anniversaries arrive whether or not you remember them. Wisdom Wednesday Anniversaries arrive whether or not you remember them. A particular slant of light in late August. The smell of a season turning. Some people find themselves inexplicably heavy in the same month every year and can't say why — until they count backward and land on a date. 26 August 2026 Trauma Tuesday: Everyone knows fight or flight. Fewer people know there are four. Trauma Tuesday Everyone knows fight or flight. Fewer people know there are four. Fight — confront, argue, control. Flight — escape, avoid, stay busy. Fawn — appease, over-give, disappear into what other people need. Freeze — numb, dissociate, go blank. 25 August 2026 Self-Care Sunday: This week's prompt: Self-Care Sunday This week's prompt: What did you say yes to this week that you wanted to say no to? 23 August 2026 Therapy Thursday: Listening is the beginning. It isn't the service. Therapy Thursday Listening is the beginning. It isn't the service. A good friend listens. A therapist does something structurally different: 20 August 2026 Wisdom Wednesday: It's a knowing that arrives before the words do. Wisdom Wednesday It's a knowing that arrives before the words do. Most people miss it because they're waiting for a sentence. It rarely comes as a sentence. It comes as a tightening, a settling, a leaning-toward, a quiet no in the chest that shows up a full beat before you can explain it. 19 August 2026 Mindset Monday: Naming a feeling measurably lowers its intensity. Mindset Monday Naming a feeling measurably lowers its intensity. Researchers call it affect labeling — and it's one of the most reliable, least dramatic tools we have. Putting language to an internal state gives the thinking part of your brain something to do besides escalate. 17 August 2026