Thoughts for the in-between

This is where you’ll find reflections on the kinds of struggles that bring people to therapy — anxiety, burnout, grief, transitions, and the quiet disconnection that makes life feel less like your own. You’ll find straightforward ideas, honest perspectives, and practical ways to think about what you’re carrying.

Field Notes
Farm Mental Health, Rural Policy, and the Cost of Urban Bias in Canada
Farm & Rural
Farm Mental Health, Rural Policy, and the Cost of Urban Bias in Canada
Farm & Rural

Rural Canada faces systemic neglect as policies prioritize urban centers. This article explores the intersection of farm mental health, rural healthcare, urban bias, and the danger of forcing rural communities to adopt urban values at the cost of farmers and their way of life.

Farm & Rural

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Farm Mental Health, Rural Policy, and the Cost of Urban Bias in Canada
Farm & Rural
Farm Mental Health, Rural Policy, and the Cost of Urban Bias in Canada
Farm & Rural

Rural Canada faces systemic neglect as policies prioritize urban centers. This article explores the intersection of farm mental health, rural healthcare, urban bias, and the danger of forcing rural communities to adopt urban values at the cost of farmers and their way of life.

Farm & Rural
Breaking the Cycle of Overthinking, Anxiety, and Depression
Anxiety & Overthinking
Breaking the Cycle of Overthinking, Anxiety, and Depression
Anxiety & Overthinking

Rumination and post-event processing (PEP) often trap us in cycles of overthinking, anxiety, and depression. This article explores why we ruminate, how it impacts mental health, and strategies like self-compassion and values anchoring to turn rumination into a tool for growth.

Anxiety & Overthinking
Burnout vs. Exhaustion: Symptoms, Causes, and Therapy for Real Recovery
Burnout & Stress
Burnout vs. Exhaustion: Symptoms, Causes, and Therapy for Real Recovery
Burnout & Stress

Burnout is more than exhaustion. It’s chronic stress that keeps us pushing past empty. This piece explores burnout symptoms, systemic causes, and how Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps us realign with values, set boundaries, and recover meaningfully.

Burnout & Stress
Who gets to define wellness?
Wellness & Self-Care
Who gets to define wellness?
Wellness & Self-Care

Wellness isn’t bubble baths and meditation apps. It’s a holistic, shifting balance across mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health.

This article explores the commodification of wellness, therapy’s role in restoring balance, and the deeper traditions that came long before self-care became a lifestyle brand.

Wellness & Self-Care

Notes on anxiety, depression & burnout

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Breaking the Cycle of Overthinking, Anxiety, and Depression
Anxiety & Overthinking
Breaking the Cycle of Overthinking, Anxiety, and Depression
Anxiety & Overthinking

Rumination and post-event processing (PEP) often trap us in cycles of overthinking, anxiety, and depression. This article explores why we ruminate, how it impacts mental health, and strategies like self-compassion and values anchoring to turn rumination into a tool for growth.

Anxiety & Overthinking
Burnout vs. Exhaustion: Symptoms, Causes, and Therapy for Real Recovery
Burnout & Stress
Burnout vs. Exhaustion: Symptoms, Causes, and Therapy for Real Recovery
Burnout & Stress

Burnout is more than exhaustion. It’s chronic stress that keeps us pushing past empty. This piece explores burnout symptoms, systemic causes, and how Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps us realign with values, set boundaries, and recover meaningfully.

Burnout & Stress
Anxiety and the alien planet
Anxiety & Overthinking
Anxiety and the alien planet
Anxiety & Overthinking

A reflective exploration of anxiety: its symptoms, triggers, and impact on daily life. Learn how anxiety and panic attacks manifest, why therapy matters, and how anxiety can be transformed into a meaningful tool for growth and self-discovery.

Anxiety & Overthinking