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Engaging with Summer when Anxiety comes along too

By Graham Watt

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Posted: June 21, 2026

Summer is often imagined as a season of ease. Longer days, warmer weather, patios, cottages, vacations, festivals, and time outside can all carry the promise of rest and connection. But for many people, summer does not automatically feel light or carefree. Anxiety can come with us into every season, including the ones we think we are “supposed” to enjoy. For some, summer brings relief. For others, it brings pressure. There may be more social invitations, more disrupted routines, more expenses, more body awareness, more childcare demands, more travel stress, or more comparison. The brightness of the season can sometimes make anxiety feel even more confusing: Why am I struggling when everything around me seems so good?

Naming Spiritual Trauma

By Fran Westwood

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Posted: May 19, 2026

One of the early and essential parts of healing is noticing, staying with, and beginning to name your experience. Even tentatively finding language for the emotions, dynamics or beliefs that have organized one’s life, can help these key realities be felt and processed. For many people who are survivors of, or currently are experiencing spiritual trauma, it can be a threshold moment to recognize that “what I’ve experienced has a name. This is real.” This is particularly true in the case of spiritual trauma because this kind of harm tends to operate below conscious awareness, in subtle and not so subtle ways, influencing very core layers of a person’s being, including their sense of worthiness, their belief in their own agency, and how they experience their body and how they experience their own body, sexuality and relationships.

Finding Your Calm: Anger Management

By Graham Watt

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Posted: February 24, 2026

Anger is a signal. Engaging anger with curiousity can lead to a path towards calm Anger is information. It tells us: Something feels unfair. A boundary has been crossed. A value has been violated. A need has gone unmet. The question is not “How do I get rid of anger?”The question is “What is my anger trying to protect?”

What should I do if I think I have ADHD?

By Graham Watt

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Posted: January 8, 2026

Many people come to this question quietly. You might notice that you work harder than others just to stay organized. That your mind feels busy, scattered, or restless—even when you care deeply about what you’re doing. You may struggle with follow-through, time, or emotional regulation, and wonder why things that seem “simple” for others feel exhausting for you. Perhaps you are an adult and you feel exhausted trying to do tasks that are dis-interesting to you. Perhaps your partner has seen reels or read things and mentioned to you the possibility of ADHD.

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