Over the past decade, something profound has shifted in childhood. Rates of anxiety, depression, self-harm, and emotional dysregulation in children and teens have risen sharply—so sharply that it cannot be explained by better awareness alone. In The Anxious Generation , social psychologist Jonathan Haidt names what many parents and clinicians have been sensing for years: we have unintentionally rewired childhood itself. “We have overprotected children in the real world and un

Have you ever noticed that you finally take time off… and then you get sick, feel low, or completely drained? It’s a surprisingly common experience. People often expect relief when life slows down—holidays, time off work, or quiet seasons—but instead they feel worse. From a neuroscience perspective, this reaction makes sense. It’s not weakness or burnout “catching up.” It’s your nervous system recalibrating. The Neuroscience Behind the Post-Stress Crash When life is busy or s

Have you ever woken up from a vivid dream, wondering what it was trying to tell you? Or maybe from a nightmare that felt so real, your heart was still racing long after you opened your eyes? Dreams are one of the brain’s most fascinating ways of processing emotions and experiences. They are not random stories—rather, they’re like nightly x-rays of the mind , revealing what we’ve been working through consciously or unconsciously. As a counsellor, I often encourage clients to e