Emotional Depth in a high-performance world
Weekly psychology insights on anxiety, relationships, and meaningful living.
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Meaning, Midlife, and the Second Half of Life
Something often shifts somewhere in our late thirties to early fifties. The strategies that got us here, like working hard, pleasing the right people, hitting the milestones and keeping our heads down, stop working the way they used to. We may have the career, the marriage, the house and the kids, and still wake up…
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Why Do I Self-Sabotage? Understanding of the Patterns We Can’t Seem to Break
You finally get the promotion, and you start missing deadlines. A relationship becomes steady, and you pick a fight over nothing. You reach a goal you’ve worked toward for years, and then, almost as if watching someone else do it, you undo it. “Why do I self-sabotage?” is one of the most common questions people…
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Why Men Go Quiet, Then Explode: Anger, Withdrawal, and the Needs We Don’t Say Out Loud
The quiet man who suddenly snaps For weeks, he says it’s fine. He doesn’t mention feeling overlooked when plans are made without him, or that he’s exhausted, or that he misses the closeness he and his partner used to have. Then one night a dish left in the sink becomes a shouting match, and everyone,…
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