Jun 17, 2026
The stress cycle has three stages: trigger, activation, and resolution. Modern life is very good at creating the first two. The third, we rarely complete. And an incomplete cycle doesn't disappear. It lives in your body as cortisol, tension, disrupted sleep, and eventual burnout.
May 29, 2026
As a psychologist who works closely with cancer patients, I want to challenge that framing entirely. What chemotherapy does to your mood is not incidental. It is not a footnote. It is a profound, biologically-driven, and deeply human experience that deserves to be understood and treated with the same seriousness as any physical symptom.
May 20, 2026
Burnout has become one of the most common health challenges of our time. We talk about it in terms of productivity loss, sick days, and career impact, but one of its most painful and least-discussed consequences plays out far from the workplace. It plays out at home, at the dinner table, in the silences between partners, and in the distance that slowly grows between people who once felt close.
If you've ever come home from work too exhausted to hold a conversation, snapped at someone you love for no real reason, or felt emotionally numb even when surrounded by people who care about you, you already know that burnout doesn't clock out when you do.
May 12, 2026
Psychological support in cancer care is far more than just "talking about feelings." It is a rich, evidence-based field that includes individual counselling and psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) to manage fear and negative thought patterns, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), support groups where patients find community and shared strength, and family therapy to support loved ones who are also affected. Each of these tools empowers patients to take an active role in their own healing — which in itself is deeply therapeutic.
