Author: rebecca_dakin

How to Help My Teenager With Anxiety Practical life skills that build confidence, calm and emotional resilience If you’re here, you’re probably watching your teenager struggle and wondering how to help  without pushing, labelling, or making things worse. Anxiety in teenagers doesn’t always look like panic attacks. Often...

Mental Health in January. January, and Blue Monday aren’t the problem - exhaustion is January often gets labelled as a motivation problem. In reality, for many high-functioning adults, it’s a nervous system problem. If you’re someone who: stays busy to feel okay struggles to sit still equates stopping...

Low Energy and Withdrawal in Winter: Why January Makes You Want to Disappear If January arrives and suddenly you want to cancel plans, retreat from people, and disappear into quiet, you’re not lazy, broken, or failing. For many high-achieving professionals, low energy and withdrawal in winter isn’t...

Relationship Burnout in January: Why Everything Feels Harder After the Holidays If your relationship feels heavier, flatter, or more emotionally draining than usual right now, you’re not imagining it. January is one of the most common times for relationship burnout to surface, especially after the intensity of...

If you’ve ever sat on the edge of your child’s bed wondering, “Why won’t my autistic child sleep?”  you’re not alone. Sleep challenges are one of the most common concerns I hear from parents of neurodivergent children, and they affect the entire family’s emotional well-being....

 Why Can’t I Be Alone? Healing Codependency and the Need to Be Needed Do you panic at the thought of being single? Do you find yourself constantly craving connection, validation, or romance, even if it’s unhealthy? You’re not broken. You’re simply repeating a pattern rooted in...

Why Success Feels Overwhelming (Even When You Have Everything You Wanted) You’ve worked hard, achieved what others admire maybe the business, the home, the family, the lifestyle, and yet something feels off. You’re constantly on. Your mind never switches off. Instead of feeling fulfilled, you feel...