There is something about endings that we often struggle to face. We leave quietly. We disappear. We tell ourselves it doesn’t matter. Or we leave abruptly, as if cutting something off will make it simpler. But endings are rarely simple. How we end things reveals something about how we relate. Not only to others, but to ourselves. To what we can tolerate. To what feels too much to stay with. An ending asks something of us. To pause, even when we want to move on. To feel what is there, even...

I spent four years training to become a psychotherapist, finally reached the finish line, got married… and then inevitably found myself wondering, what next? Then I became a mum, and somewhere between nappies, lost sleep, and the odd cup of lukewarm coffee, the same question popped up again: what next? Have you ever faced yourself with those questions, “What next?” “Is that it?” , as if life handed you everything you thought you wanted and then quietly slipped out the back door, leaving you...

Trauma often leaves us feeling lost, confused, or disconnected from ourselves and others. But healing is possible—not just by “getting...