The part of you carrying the burden of being better. For those of you struggling with a harsh inner critic, maybe you know this feeling too. That voice inside your head that always seems to find another flaw. Another mistake. Another reason to feel ashamed. The voice that says: “Don’t embarrass yourself.” “You should’ve done better.” “Don’t be too much.” And after a while, it can really start to feel like your own mind has turned against you. But I hope this post is making yo

A little project I'm working on for those with Borderline Personality Disorder and Complex Trauma

And how to be here instead.

Here's why you didn't. “ I think I've failed therapy .” Was what someone once said to me just this week. And when you sit with this statement... there’s usually so much underneath this. Where maybe it means: “I thought I’d be further along by now.” Or otherwise: “Why am I still like this?” “Maybe I’m me. Maybe I'm just a failure.” -- And I get it. Because somewhere along the way, many of us learned that healing is something we’re supposed to get “right.” That if we try har