"I shouldn't feel this angry." I hear this phrase in my practice almost daily. People apologize for their anger, minimize it, or feel ashamed of it. We've been taught that anger is a "bad" emotion something to control, suppress, or eliminate entirely. But here's what I've learned working with clients over the years: anger isn't the problem. It's a messenger. And when we learn to listen to what it's really telling us, everything changes.

There's something about the turn of a calendar year that makes us feel like we need everything figured out. In fact, waiting for the perfect plan often becomes the very thing that keeps us stuck.

Have you ever felt like your emotions are spiraling out of control, like you're constantly on edge, or that even small stressors send you into a tailspin? If so, you're experiencing what we call emotional overload, when your nervous system becomes overwhelmed and struggles to regulate itself. As a psychotherapist, I see this pattern frequently. Our nervous systems are incredibly sophisticated, but they weren't designed to handle the constant stimulation and stress of modern l