There’s a quiet moment that often comes in the healing process. A pause. A breath. A moment where you look back on your life - the person you were, and think, was that really me? It can be disorienting. Laced with grief. Empowering. Liberating.

Have you ever walked into a room and instantly sensed the tension, even before anyone has said a word? Do you often feel responsible for how others feel? Perhaps you leave conversations emotionally drained, even when nothing overtly ‘bad’ happened? If any of this resonates, you might be experiencing empathic dysregulation - a state where your natural capacity for empathy becomes overwhelming, and your nervous system struggles to stay balanced.

There are days when the internal noise becomes deafening. That quiet, persistent voice that whispers, “Whatever I do, it’s never enough.” The familiar weight of impostor syndrome that says, “I’m just pretending. Eventually, they’ll all find out.” The moments of disconnection from yourself, like watching life happen through a foggy window - dissociation, when presence feels unsafe.

Let’s be honest - most of us are carrying way more than we let on. Between work, family, relationships, health, and the pressure to hold it all together, it’s easy to feel like you’re constantly spinning plates. Even if the world doesn’t always notice, your body does. In fact, your body might be the very thing trying to get your attention:

Like me, have you ever felt overwhelmed by your never-ending list of to-dos? It feels like the endless piles of washing and dishes, constant grocery shops, and bills that just keep piling up create a whirlwind of stress and weigh me down – and don’t even get me started on my other list of ‘shoulds’!