30/04/2026
Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is pack a bag in 45 minutes and say yes before your brain talks you out of it.
This week I joined my husband on a work trip. I disrupted his routine, forgot half my things, booked a questionable motel on the road, and arrived feeling genuinely anxious. Not the polished textbook kind. The real kind.
What most people don't know about me is that I spent seven years of my life living with chronic anxiety and panic attacks. It is not just education that makes a good therapist. It is experience. It is having sat in the very place your clients are sitting.
Four days in and I feel rejuvenated, grounded, and more grateful than I have been in a long time.
Oh and I am a tea drinker through and through. Always have been. But somewhere between the ocean air and being almost 40, I decided it was time for that part of me to grow up a little. So I ordered a coffee. And honestly? It was beautiful.
Sometimes that is all growth is. One small yes to something unfamiliar.
Get uncomfortable, friends. The other side of it is worth it.