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.
Hard Truths (Deux Soeurs) is a deeply moving 2024 drama from British veteran film-maker Mike Leigh that explores the complex dynamics of two families. Despite what the trailer might suggest, this is neither a feel-good movie nor a comedy. Instead, it offers an intimate and unflinching look at the emotional struggles of everyday people. The film...
If you ever want to start a contentious conversation at a dinner party of international people in Paris, ask them one simple question: "Do you consider yourself an expat or an immigrant?"
In two days time, it'll be the one year anniversary of the opening of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. Les JP, as they were known in France, proved to be a transformative moment for me.
If you're planning a visit to Robert Kos Therapy, let me introduce you to the neighbourhood where my practice is based. I'm located in the southern part of the 20th arrondissement, between Gambetta and Place de la Nation — a part of Paris that has a rhythm and personality all its own.
It's a small question, maybe even a cliché, but it holds a lot of power. In daily life, most of us brush past it. We say we're fine, we keep going. But what if you made a habit of actually checking in with yourself? What might you notice?
Paris is a city of many faces — and many frequencies. From the refined hush of La Philharmonie to the sweaty roar of a rock basement in Belleville, music scenes here are cultural microcosms. They tell you a lot about who feels comfortable where, who belongs, and who watches from the sidelines.
At a recent film festival, I watched À Nos Jardins, a short film by Samuel Dijoux exploring gay cruising in Paris' Jardin des Tuileries. Yes, the former royal gardens right in front of the Louvre. On that same hallowed ground where kings once walked and tourists now take selfies, men gather in the bushes there also. They are searching...