By late January, New Year’s optimism fades. This piece explores how the pressure to reset reflects urgency and fixing, and offers a quieter invitation: inhabiting time with presence rather than rushing to change.
When connection ruptures, many of us rush to fix, rescue, or soothe. This reflection explores how urgency, even when well-intentioned, can undermine relationship — and how slowing down, listening, and staying present can become acts of care.
Grief isn’t dysfunction — it’s intelligence. It slows us down, invites reflection, and, if tended, fertilises new growth.
Drawing from Sophie Strand’s queer ecology, this post explores how nature’s fluidity mirrors group therapy dynamics. Both challenge linear narratives and invite us to embrace complexity, fostering a relational way of being that deepens connection and healing.