Insights & Articles
Practical thoughts on anxiety, trauma, and understanding yourself — for young people, adults, and the people who support them.
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What Imposter Syndrome Is Really About
“I feel like any minute now, someone’s going to realise I don’t actually know what I’m doing.” I hear some…
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How to Stop People-Pleasing (Without Becoming Someone You’re Not)
People-pleasing gets talked about like a bad habit — something to simply decide to stop doing, the same way you…
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Why Grief Doesn’t Follow a Straight Line
“I thought I was over it, and then it hit me out of nowhere.” This is one of the most…
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What Trauma Responses Actually Look Like Day to Day
“Fight, flight, freeze, fawn” gets thrown around a lot online, usually alongside a dramatic image of a life-or-death threat. But…
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Why You Keep Repeating the Same Relationship Pattern
“Why do I keep ending up in the same relationship, just with a different person?” It’s one of the most…
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Why Staff Burnout in Children’s Homes Is a Safeguarding Issue
Staff wellbeing in residential children’s homes tends to get filed under “nice to have” — something to address once budgets…
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Screen Time and Teenagers: What the Research Actually Says
Ask five people about teenagers and screens and you’ll get five confident, contradictory opinions — it’s rotting their brains, or…
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What to Say (and Not Say) to a Friend Who’s Struggling
Someone you care about is struggling, and you want to help — but you’re scared of saying the wrong thing,…
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Attachment Styles Explained: Why Some Relationships Feel Harder Than Others
Why does one relationship feel easy — safe, steady, uncomplicated — while another feels like a permanent low-grade exam? Attachment…
