Painful sex in women: when to see a doctor and when to see a therapist
Painful sex is more common than people say, and it is not something you have to put up with. Why a gynaecologist comes first, how a fear cycle keeps pain going, and…
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Athletes and money: sudden earnings, sudden end
An athlete’s income comes in waves and ends suddenly, but expectations stay. What happens around money in the mind, in a couple and in the family.
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Losing your job: the first thirty days and what helps
Losing your job takes more than your salary: it takes the shape of your day, contact with people and part of your identity. What happens in the first month, and what genuinely…
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Complex trauma: when it didn’t happen once, but for years
Complex trauma doesn’t come from a single event, but from years with no way out. What it means, how it shows up in adult life and relationships, and what helps.
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When you have to be a role model: the tiredness you’re not allowed to show
A leader has to convey calm and energy, even when they have none. What emotional labour is, why it’s the gap between what you feel and what you show that drains you…
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Selling your company: why emptiness follows the biggest success
After selling a company, what often comes is not peace but emptiness. Why identity and the team leave along with it — and how to grieve something everyone sees as a success.
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ADHD in adults: signs we have put down to character for decades
Distractibility, procrastination, lateness, strong reactions: in adults, ADHD often looks like character. How it shows, when it isn’t ADHD, and who makes the diagnosis.
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Silent in meetings: why you don’t say what you think
You have a concern, but the moment passes. Silence in a meeting isn’t necessarily stage fright — it is often a quick calculation decided by the group’s psychological safety.
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Living with a narcissistic partner: the patterns that wear you down
Idealisation, devaluation and empathy that comes and goes: three patterns that wear you down, and the line beyond which it is no longer a hard relationship but abuse.
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Who can you trust when everyone wants something from you?
Mistrust is learned from real experience, but when the filter stops discriminating it leads to isolation. How trust becomes possible again — in layers, with boundaries instead of walls.
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