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What “Neuroaffirming” Actually Means (and Why It Matters in the Therapy Room)
"Neuroaffirming" gets used a lot these days, on websites, in job descriptions, in therapy directories. It's worth pausing on what it actually means...
Thank You for Telling Me: What to Say When Someone Shares a Diagnosis
As a counsellor working with neurodivergent adults, and someone who was diagnosed with AuDHD later in life myself, I've heard most of the reactions...
Hands, Yarn, and Healing: What Crochet Taught Me About Coping
My Ouma (Afrikaans for grandmother) taught me to knit and crochet when I was five. She was, without question, my favourite person in the whole...
Grounding Techniques for Anxiety That Are Backed by Evidence, Not Just Trends
Anxiety advice moves in trends as fast as anything else online. Some of it holds up. A lot of it doesn't. Here are three grounding techniques with...
Grief Has No Timeline, and That’s Alright
One of the most common things I hear in the therapy room is some version of "I should be over this by now." It usually arrives wrapped in guilt, as...