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End-of-year exhaustion isn’t about poor time management.It ’s about emotional load. As the year comes to an end, many people expect relief. The calendar slows down, emails quieten, and yet… instead of feeling restored, you may feel completely drained. You wake up tired, even after sleeping. Your motivation is low. Small tasks feel heavy. You might find yourself thinking: “What’s wrong with me? I should feel better by now.” This experience has a name: emotional exhaustion . Em

Christmas anxiety is more common than many women realise. This article explores why the holiday season can feel emotionally heavy, and offers grounded, evidence-informed ways to navigate Christmas with more ease and clarity.

High-achieving women often look confident on the outside while quietly battling self-doubt on the inside. This post explores the deeper emotional roots of imposter syndrome, from shame to early performance-based validation, and how psychotherapy can help you move from proving your worth to truly feeling it.

When work begins to chip away at your confidence and sense of self, something deeper is asking to be seen.

The harshest voices often live inside us, therapy teaches us to meet them with kindness. There’s a moment in therapy I’ve come to recognise. A client, usually high-achieving and outwardly composed, begins to speak about how they treat themselves internally. The language is harsh, punishing, exacting. I should have known better. I always mess this up. I don’t deserve a break. I’m useless. They say these things with such casual cruelty, as though it’s simply factual. And when

Many women learn early that being “good” means being quiet, agreeable, and never needing too much. But that survival strategy often turns into exhaustion, anxiety, and self-abandonment in adulthood. Healing from the Good Girl Syndrome means learning that you don’t have to be nice to be safe.

Discover the most common therapy questions about anxiety and self-doubt, and what they reveal about your deeper emotional needs.

When ‘being reliable’ becomes your only identity, you risk losing touch with who you truly are — beyond performance and productivity.

Discover how setting boundaries in the workplace can reduce anxiety, prevent burnout, and enhance emotional well-being. Learn practical strategies from psychotherapist Paula Miles.

When success on the outside hides the overwhelm within. The silent weight of high-functioning anxiety in corporate life. You arrive...

Looking for effective anxiety treatment? Understand the root cause of anxiety and how therapy with a trained psychodynamic or psychoanalytic therapist can offer lasting relief.

Living with anxiety can feel like carrying an invisible weight that affects every aspect of your life. You might find yourself constantly...

Setting boundaries is like creating an invisible shield that protects your mental well-being. These personal limits define where you end...

Learn how taking time off helps manage work stress, boosts mental health, and improves productivity for employees and employers.