This blog combines therapeutic insight with lived experience. I write about mental health, identity, and the emotional texture of everyday life — especially through the lens of living abroad. Many posts include activities and reflection tools to help you engage actively with the ideas to form your own insights.
You'll find essays, exercises, and honest observations — some personal, some professional, all designed to prompt thought and self-awareness. This is a space for exploration, for asking questions, and for staying with complexity a little longer.
If you're reading this, you are probably preparing for, or have just started, a great adventure in Paris. You're here for the culture, the food, the beauty — and maybe for a new chapter in your life. But as any seasoned expat will tell you, once the initial novelty of croissants and beautiful architecture wears off, something else starts to...
As we finally emerge from the winter months, it's the perfect time to discuss a condition that many people struggle with during the darker months: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Whether you've experienced it yourself or know someone who has, the impact of winter's gloom is hard to ignore. Let's take a closer look at what SAD is, how it affects...
Can ChatGPT be a support for your mental health? This question is a sticky one, dividing therapists and technologists alike. If you want my quick answer, it's this: yes, it can be a surprisingly powerful tool for reflection, but you must be incredibly careful. It is not, and never can be, a replacement for therapy.
Once a month, I send out a newsletter. It's a different kind of space from my YouTube channel — a bit quieter, more personal, and a place for my in-the-moment reflections on culture, psychology, and the art of living a more examined life.
One of the most surprising things about getting older is watching your tastes evolve. What once repelled you can later become a source of fascination. For me, that shift came in the form of horror films — a genre I spent most of my life avoiding. But something changed. And in that shift, I discovered more than just a taste...
If you've thought about rethinking your relationship with the news recently, you're definitely not alone. Many of my clients and friends—here in Paris and all over the world—have brought up the same concern. They tell me about the anxiety, hopelessness, outrage, disappointment, and fear they feel each time they check the headlines. These are...
Therapy can be one of the most powerful and life-changing investments you ever make in yourself. But let's be honest: it is an investment—of your time, your money, and your emotional energy.
This year, I've found myself drawn to the work of Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg. On the day I'm writing this, his latest film The Shrouds is being released in France. Leading up to the premiere, La Cinémathèque Française hosted a full retrospective of his work, with guests such as Viggo Mortensen, Coralie Fargeat, and Cronenberg himself...
I'd like to tell you a story about the time I met Tupac Shakur. It was in a restaurant in the 1990s, and I was a racist boomer.