Caring for Aging Parents: Hidden Grief, Burnout, and Emotional Weight Facing Midlife Adults
There is a conversation happening in therapy offices like mine across Canada. It often starts with exhaustion. A client comes[…]
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Perimenopause, Rage, and the Invisible Mental Load
Many women enter perimenopause (and menopause) expecting hot flashes. They do not expect the rage. Or the emotional exhaustion. Or[…]
Read moreWhen Adult Children Cut Off Contact: Grief, Shame, and Complexity
There has been a quiet, or not so quiet explosion in family estrangement over the last decade. Or maybe we[…]
Read moreWhy Won’t They Talk to Me? The Pain of Estrangement after Divorce
Few things are more painful than feeling your child pulling away, going no contact or becoming estranged. This goes for[…]
Read moreWhen Your Adult Child Pulls Away: “Chronic Sorrow” Maternal Estrangement
I was listening to a podcast interview this week with estrangement and family researchers and therapists Joshua Coleman and Judith[…]
Read moreAnxiety, Trauma, Burnout and AI Therapy: What Chatbots Can Do — And What They Can’t
There’s a strange moment happening in mental health right now. On one hand, more people than ever are openly talking[…]
Read moreThe First Responders We Don’t Always See: Trauma Exposure and PTSD Among Dispatchers and Communications Personnel
You may hear the call long after your shift ends. The screaming. The silence. The panic in someone’s voice asking[…]
Read moreWhy First Responders Can’t “Just Switch Off” After Work
You’ve likely heard it before: “Just leave work at work.” But for many first responders and other trauma exposed professionals,[…]
Read moreThe Child’s Perspective: What We Wish Our Parents Understood About Divorce
Often, divorced parents, who are confused about conflict with their teen or adult children, might say “it was fine” or[…]
Read moreHigh-Functioning Burnout: When You’re Still Performing but Internally Exhausted
Does this sound familiar? You’re still getting things done. Meeting expectations.Showing up.Holding it together. From the outside, nothing looks wrong.[…]
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