Have you ever reached the end of a long day, sat down to relax, and somehow felt... uncomfortable? Maybe you planned to watch a movie, read a book, or enjoy a quiet evening. But instead of feeling peaceful, your mind immediately jumped to everything else you could be doing. You remembered emails you hadn't answered, laundry waiting to be folded, or tomorrow's to-do list. Maybe you picked up your phone without even thinking about it or found yourself getting back up to "just do one more...

Have you ever found yourself thinking, "I'll do it when I feel more confident?" Maybe it's applying for a new job, trying out for a team, speaking up in a meeting, returning to a sport after an injury, or finally making that therapy appointment you've been putting off. Whatever the situation, it's easy to believe that confidence is the thing you need before you take action. It's one of the biggest misconceptions I see, both in therapy and in everyday life. We tend to think of confidence as...

We all say we want to be happy. That seems obvious. Of course we want to feel good. Of course we want more peace, more enjoyment, and more relief. But if we really stop and look at it, many of us don’t actually feel better the harder we try to be happy. In some ways, the pursuit of happiness itself can start to work against us. In fact, we often feel worse. Because the issue might not be that we’re doing something wrong. It might be that the way we’ve been taught to think about happiness...