I was a woman in my 40s, looking for erotic visual stimuli, and the only thing that existed was male-centric and worlds away from authentic erotica or female desire.
Developmental trauma, emotional neglect, and narcissistic abuse are often invisible—but they shape everything: our identity, our relationships, our capacity to thrive.
In a profession that usually frowns on therapists being too human, I chose to let people in — breaking the rules I was taught in my training.
Most people don’t want to hear the real secret sauce to success — but it’s not what you think.
Asking isn’t weakness; it’s courage in motion. When you ask with clarity, life meets you halfway.
The biggest challenge I have encountered is losing a baby. In 2013, my husband and I lost our daughter at 20 weeks of pregnancy. I had to go through labour and delivery, except she was born still.
I edited myself out of my own life, little by little, afraid that visibility meant vulnerability.
It’s never too early to start living like you’re dying... I came very close to losing everything. Anything after that point felt like a win.
The expectation to always be "strong" left little room for vulnerability, and I knew something had to change.
