You know the moment. Someone asks for help, or volunteers are needed, or plans are shifting—and before you can even think, the word slips out of your mouth: “Yes, I can do that.” You didn’t mean to say it. You might not even want to...
Imagine trying to carry a backpack that keeps getting heavier—but you're not allowed to put it down. You just shift the weight, adjust the straps, and keep walking like nothing's wrong. That’s what this kind of overwhelm can feel like. You’re doing what you’ve always...
Anxiety isn’t just nerves before a big presentation or butterflies in your stomach. For a lot of women—especially the ones holding everything together—anxiety is the background noise that never really turns off. It can show up as overthinking. As tightness in your chest. As waking...
When most people hear the word “trauma,” they picture something big—something obvious. A violent assault. A terrible car accident. Maybe a natural disaster. And yes, those are traumatic experiences. But what we often miss are the quieter kinds of trauma. The subtle, often minimized forms...