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Why does parent–adult child estrangement feel so unequal? Explore how childhood power dynamics, attachment, and accountability shape family relationships—and why reconciliation requires more than assigning equal blame.

What happens when menopause, neurodivergence, and childhood trauma collide? For many women, midlife becomes the perfect WTF storm—an overwhelming reckoning with everything we've spent a lifetime managing, masking, and surviving.

One of the things I've learned in facilitating Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy is that there is no universal ketamine experience. Some people describe profound shifts in perspective. Others experience very little. And for some, the experience can be uncomfortable enough that continuing treatment doesn't make sense.

Something I've found in my work with couples where one or both partners have a little ND in the house is a painful misalignment between intent and impact. What you meant wasn't necessarily what was heard. What you said, did, thought or felt—or didn't say, do, think or feel—was misunderstood.

When we talk about attachment, we usually talk about children attaching to their parents. Makes sense. We're born helpless. Our survival depends on the people responsible for keeping us alive.

CPTSD is the new PTSD! Well, not really. But we finally have a container for understanding some of the ways trauma can show up when its impact isn't limited to memories of what happened, but has woven itself into how we experience ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us. Let's compare and contrast, shall we? PTSD: Something Happened An assault. An accident. A natural disaster. Combat. Sexual violence. Witnessing something horrific. Something happened that overwh

We're told from the time we're little that honesty is the best policy. We have collectively agreed honesty is healthy, authenticity is important, and communication is essential. Then we grow up...