So many high-achieving women know exactly what it feels like to look like they have it all together to everyone around them. What people rarely see is the pressure underneath it, or the bouts of anxiety...

A satirical confession about addiction, aristocracy, and the gladiator arena hiding inside your local sports club. It started innocently. A friend proposed, “Come play padel. It’s fun. Very social...

In the Army, we have a saying: "Ounces equal pounds, and pounds equal pain." Every Soldier knows that if you don't pack your rucksack with discipline, the weight will eventually break your back on a...

Setting a healthy boundary doesn't always feel healthy. Sometimes it feels like guilt, grief, anxiety, or lying awake replaying a conversation we know needed to happen. Resilience educator and...

It keeps happening because a pattern is running, and the pattern is doing its job. Not bad luck. Not a flaw in your character. A pattern: a loop of trigger, behaviour, result and reinforcement that...

Have you ever looked back at a situation and thought, “How did I not see this while I was in it?” Maybe the same conflict keeps appearing in different relationships. You keep saying yes when you want...

What happens after the suitcase is unpacked and the excitement of arrival fades? Joseph Arabi’s memoir, Roots Across Borders, explores the less visible side of migration, rebuilding a career...

We know the person we tend to call resilient. They are the one who keeps going when circumstances become difficult. They absorb complexity, carry responsibility, remain composed and continue functioning...

Have you ever agreed to something you really didn’t have the time or energy to do? Maybe someone asked you for a favor, invited you to an event, or needed your help with a project. Before you had time to think...

“Just stay positive.” “Everything happens for a reason.” “At least it’s not worse.” “Look on the bright side.” We have all heard these statements. Maybe we have even said them with the best intentions...

No journey is identical to another, and just like an untamable ocean, forever in motion, stormy at times, with no guarantee of smooth sailing, so are life journeys. Throughout life, our unique journeys present...

Sometimes the life we have spent decades trying to hold together must break open before we can finally reach for what we have always needed. For me, that moment came with the loss I had feared my...

I didn't grow up a runner. I grew up playing sport, the kind with a ball, a team, and other people to carry you on the days you didn't feel like showing up. Running was never the plan. It became the...

What if the goal isn't to always know which choice is “right,” but to trust yourself enough to choose? “Is this my intuition… or am I just anxious?” I’ve asked myself some version of this question...

I was speaking with a client who has spent years thriving in a high-pressure, senior leadership role. She told me she feels guilty for operating at less than full throttle lately, compared to how she has always shown up...

Skepticism is often treated as the enemy of confidence, but I have learned that it can be something more useful. It can slow us down long enough to notice what excitement overlooks, challenge assumptions...

The way we speak to ourselves can shape how we respond to stress, mistakes, and difficult emotions. By replacing harsh self-criticism with self-compassion, we can create more space for calm, clearer thinking...

Life transitions can leave us wondering who we are beyond our roles, responsibilities, and expectations. Linda Lee Smith explores how reconnecting with our inner wisdom, trusting ourselves, and...

Every dream has a price. Sometimes the price is money. Sometimes it is time, sacrifice, uncertainty, rejection, or countless nights spent wondering whether you are making the right decision.

Vision is often thought of as a purely physical process. We think about the eyes, lenses, glasses, diagnoses, and medical procedures. But through my own life experience and my work as a hypnotherapist...

Solar eclipses have long captured the human imagination. In Jyotisha, the traditional system of Indian astrology, they are understood not only as astronomical events, but also as symbolic moments...

There is a dangerous assumption happening in workplaces today. Leaders are calling everything "stress." Long day? Stress. Difficult employee? Stress. Endless meetings? Stress. Loss of motivation? Stress...

If you are a high achiever, there is often a quiet, terrifying question that whispers in the back of your mind, “If I stop pushing so hard, will I lose my competitive edge?” For years, your stress has...

Life has a way of reminding us that no matter how carefully we plan, we cannot predict every turn in the road. One day everything seems to be moving exactly as we imagined, and the next, we're faced...