From shame to self-worth – reclaiming permission to thrive There are people who work hard, reflect deeply, learn from their past and genuinely want a fuller life and yet something in them quietly holds back when opportunity appears. They hesitate. They minimise themselves. They stay unseen. They settle for less than they desire. They delay…
When being needed becomes a way of feeling worthy Sometimes codependency isn’t about needing another person. It’s about needing to be needed by another person. I have been reading about codependency recently, and something uncomfortable happened. I recognised myself – not in the obvious places, not necessarily as someone who cannot function without another person,…
The difference between surviving your life and inhabiting it. Perhaps we don’t realise how much of our lives we spend simply functioning. At some point we become responsible, we cope, we manage, we show up, we survive difficult chapters and we become very good at doing what needs to be done. And just like that…