In Tell Me Lies, Lucy’s relationship choices aren’t about ignorance or weakness — they’re about familiarity. What looks like “going back” is often the nervous system reaching for what it knows how to survive. When attachment is shaped by inconsistency or emotional distance, intensity can feel like connection and unpredictability can feel like safety. Explore why Lucy keeps returning, how attachment patterns form, and why real change requires more than insight — it requires learning something different, emotionally and physiologically.

Trauma doesn’t always look like crisis. Sometimes it shows up as self-doubt, overthinking, or emotional exhaustion. Cognitive Processing Therapy helps you understand these patterns and create change that actually lasts.

Social media isn’t bad. Caring about beauty isn’t wrong. But when self-expression becomes self-surveillance, the emotional cost is real. Explore how curating your appearance online fuels anxiety, erodes self-esteem, and distorts body image — and how to reclaim ease without disappearing offline.

Breakups aren’t something you just “get over.” Even when you know a relationship needed to end, there’s still grief — for the future you imagined, the routines you shared, and the version of yourself that existed in that relationship. Healing starts when you stop rushing your feelings and give yourself permission to actually feel them.

Modern dating often looks casual on the surface — texts, apps, first dates, and “seeing where things go.” But beneath that ease is a quiet emotional labor many people carry alone. From managing uncertainty and mixed signals to minimizing your needs to keep the peace, dating can start to feel exhausting rather than connective. Explore the invisible work happening beneath modern dating dynamics — and how to recognize when a relationship is expanding you versus slowly draining you.

Social media isn’t the problem — how it quietly shapes our self-worth can be. When comparison creeps in and body image starts to suffer, it’s not a personal failure; it’s a predictable response to a highly curated world. Explore how social media influences body image — and how to use it more mindfully, without letting it define how you see yourself.

Motherhood brings profound joy — and often, an unexpected sense of grief. Many women quietly mourn the version of themselves that existed before becoming a mother, grappling with identity shifts, body changes, and the loss of familiar routines or independence. This article explores why that grief is normal, how it can show up emotionally and physically, and why loving your child and missing parts of yourself can coexist — offering compassion, perspective, and permission to care for yourself during this transition.

Feeling guilty for needing a break means your nervous system learned to equate rest with risk. This article explores why rest can trigger guilt, how productivity becomes a coping strategy, and why your need for rest is a biological signal, not a personal failure. Learn how to reframe rest with self-compassion and give your body permission to recharge without justification.

Eating disorders are deeply connected to how we experience safety, control, and belonging in relationships. Body image struggles and relationship patterns often mirror each other, and healing emotional connection can soften the need to control your body. Learn how secure relationships, boundaries, and emotional safety support both recovery and self-worth.

ADHD in women often looks nothing like the stereotype — and that’s exactly why so many women go undiagnosed for years. From quiet inattentive symptoms and masking to anxiety, burnout, and chronic self-blame, many women spend their lives working twice as hard just to keep up. This article explores why ADHD is so often missed in women, how it shows up beneath the surface, and what actually helps. Managing ADHD is about learning to work with your brain, not against it.

This New Year isn’t about reinventing yourself — it’s about making tiny mindset shifts that help you feel more grounded, compassionate, and connected to who you already are. Small changes in how you speak to yourself can create big shifts in how you move through your life.

External validation can feel calming in the moment, but when worth depends on feedback, stability is lost. This article explores why reassurance never lasts — and how building self-trust creates a deeper, more lasting sense of safety and confidence.

So many women feel calm on the outside but wired, tense, or on edge on the inside. Explore why your body holds onto old experiences, why safety can feel unfamiliar, and how therapy can help you feel more at home in your own skin again.

Why so many women learn to disconnect from their bodies and tie their eating patterns to rules, guilt, or control — and how healing begins with understanding the deeper emotions beneath these habits, not blaming yourself for them.

Friendships can fade without betrayal, yet still leave a deep ache. When you’re evolving, the people who once fit your past self may no longer fit your present — and that shift can feel like grief.

Many smart women can identify every red flag and still feel drawn to familiar patterns in love — not because they don’t know better, but because familiarity can feel safer than honesty. When overfunctioning and anxious attraction collide with self-worth, the real shift begins by choosing what feels truly safe instead of what feels familiar.

Many women learn early to measure their value by who chooses them, but that kind of worth is always unstable. Reclaiming your self-worth means shifting your focus back to what you want, need, and deserve — and letting that become the anchor instead.

A therapy glow-up isn’t about becoming someone new—it’s about finally feeling confident, grounded, and connected to the real you. When you understand your needs, trust yourself, and choose relationships that support your growth, you begin to radiate from the inside out.

When you’re scattered, overthinking, and exhausted, it’s easy to wonder whether you’re dealing with anxiety, ADHD, or both. Many women live in this overlap—and understanding it can help you finally feel more grounded, focused, and in control.

College can be both exciting and overwhelming—especially when social anxiety and body image pressures collide. This article explores how eating disorders can develop during this transition and how therapy can help you feel grounded, confident, and connected to yourself again.