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Still Learning: Self in Progress
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.
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The Autumn Survival Guide: A Therapist’s Tips for Working With the Season, Not Against It
11/13/2025
Every year, there's a moment you start to notice it. The sunlight shifts, taking on a golden, more slanted quality. You find yourself closing the windows more often than you open them. The feeling of a warm cup of coffee in your hands becomes a small, profound comfort.
Between Cultures, Between Selves: Reflections After Seeing Fugue by Tatty Macleod (Twice)
11/11/2025
On May of this year, I returned to Fugue, the stand-up show by Tatty Macleod that first left a mark on me in 2024. Watching it a second time, I was struck by how much more I noticed — new details in the storytelling, deeper layers of emotional truth.
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...
Reflections after seeing Duff McKagan live in Paris
Rethinking Your Relationship with the News: Caring for Your Mental Health in Challenging Times
10/14/2025
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...