When experiencing chronic burnout, prioritizing the absolute basics—such as eating and sleeping before household tasks—can provide essential support. Simple micro-adjustments, like breaking tasks into manageable steps, using a timer instead of a to-do list, and ensuring hydration, can help restore a sense of agency and make functioning more possible, even in overwhelming moments.

Caption: white stones in a woven masket on a blue and ivory stone mosaic.

Doing from Being: ADHD and addiction recovery

What is therapy? Thoughts around the roles of a therapist, a client and therapy itself.

Reflections on my path to this profession.

Helplessness is a common feature of c-PTSD. What can be done to overcome it?