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Early in my career as a therapist, I remember using "feelings wheels" with clients and sometimes even with myself. You've maybe seen them before - giant colorful circles filled with increasingly specific emotions branching outward in every direction. And while I think there can absolutely be value in learning how to identify and name emotions, I also remember sometimes feeling overwhelmed by them. Emotions can be layered, contradictory, difficult to access in real time, or

Most of the world runs on autopilot. And when you really start to watch what's happening around you - whether it's at work, in relationships, or just out in the world - you begin to notice how predictable a lot of people's behavior actually is. I have found myself telling clients to approach certain environments like they're watching animals at a zoo. Not in a dehumanizing way, but as a way to step back. To watch what's happening behind the glass instead of being right in th

A lot of people come in to therapy for what can feel like a vague reason. Maybe they say it's a relationship issue. Or work. Or just feeling kind off or anxious. They've done what they were supposed to do. They've checked the boxes. And then at some point, there's this quiet question: Is this all there is? Sometimes it shows up like a crisis. People call it a mid-life crisis or a growing awareness of mortality. But a lot of the time, it is not really a crisis. It's more of