Many of us have learnt to trust other people’s opinions more than our own thoughts, feelings and experiences. This article explores how self-trust can become weakened, why anxiety keeps us searching for certainty, and how we can begin developing greater confidence in ourselves, including trusting our future selves to respond to situations we cannot solve in advance.

Do you find yourself assuming you’ve done something wrong whenever a relationship feels uncertain? This article explores why some of us are so quick to blame ourselves, how anxiety and a fragile sense of self can keep that pattern alive, and why making a mistake is very different from believing that you are the problem.

What happens to your sense of self when you’re not being productive, useful, or “on top of things”? This blog explores the uncomfortable link between self-worth and achievement, and why slowing down can bring up guilt, anxiety, and self-doubt. If your value has become tied to what you do, this is a gentle invitation to consider who you are underneath the performance.

Many people who struggle with people-pleasing unknowingly base their sense of self on how others react to them. Praise can feel reassuring, while criticism can quickly turn into self-doubt.

In this blog, I explore why people-pleasers often look outside themselves for validation, how comparison and feedback can shape self-worth, and how we can begin to reconnect with our own internal voice.