Author: Agi
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Who Would You Be Without the Rules?
Understanding the Hidden Rules That Shape Our Lives Trauma-informed therapy for complex PTSD, OCD and eating difficulties The Rules We Never Chose Most of…
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Why It Can Feel Hard to Be Yourself Around Other People: Masking, Adaptation, and the Fear of Being “Too Much”
When Being Around Other People Starts to Feel Like Performance Many people move through relationships with a quiet but persistent sense that they are…
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Why Communication Can Feel Difficult: Understanding Rupture, Repair, and What Gets Activated in Relationships
When Something Shifts, and You’re Not Sure What to Do Next Most people have experienced a moment in a relationship where something shifts, even…
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Why It Can Feel Hard to Express Your Needs: Understanding Relational Safety
Trauma-informed therapy for complex PTSD, OCD and eating difficulties. When Saying What You Need Feels More Complicated Than It “Should” Many people reach a…
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Why Do I Keep Ending Up in the Same Patterns? Understanding Your Relationship Dynamics
When Patterns Start to Feel Familiar At some point, many people begin to notice a pattern in their relationships. It might not be immediately…
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Why Change Doesn’t Happen All at Once: Moving Forward Without Pressure
When Insight Doesn’t Feel Like Progress By the time many people reach this stage in their healing, something has already begun to shift. There…
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When You Don’t Trust Yourself: Relearning Your Internal Signals
Many people arrive in therapy with a quiet but persistent uncertainty: “What if I can’t trust myself?” It doesn’t always sound like that at…
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When Anger Feels Unsafe: Understanding Protective Emotions
Anger is often treated as an emotion we should learn to control, soften, or avoid. Many people arrive in therapy convinced that anger is…
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Why Setting Boundaries Can Feel So Unsettling (Even When You Know You Need Them)
Many people understand, intellectually, that boundaries are important. They can describe what a healthy boundary is. They support friends in setting them. They know…
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The Grief We Don’t Always Talk About in Healing
When people begin therapy or start making changes in their lives, they often expect relief to come first. They imagine feeling lighter, freer, more…