Feeling anxious about the leap into adulthood? You’re not alone. This article explores why self-doubt is so common during big transitions and offers practical ways to calm anxiety, build confidence, and remind yourself—you’ve got this.
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Teen vs.“The Future”: Exploring Your Values
When everyone has an opinion about your future, it’s easy to feel lost. This article helps teens explore their personal values—the inner compass that can quiet anxiety, bring clarity, and guide decisions that feel authentic and meaningful.
Teen vs.“The Future”: Decisions, Decisions, Decisions!
Big decisions after high school can feel overwhelming—but you’re not alone. This article explores why choosing your path can trigger anxiety and offers practical tools to understand your feelings, gain confidence, and take the next step toward your future.
Facing “The Future”: Supporting You Through Your Teen’s Transition to Adulthood
Watching your teen prepare for adulthood can stir big emotions for both of you. Learn how to support your teen through post-secondary anxiety, decision-making stress, and self-doubt while also caring for your own emotional journey as a parent.
Invisible But Powerful: How Culture Shock Creates Stress
Adapting to a new culture can be exhausting, even when everything looks fine on the surface. This article explores how invisible cultural differences create stress, why that’s normal, and how to navigate change with awareness, gentleness, and growth.
Why CBT Doesn’t Always Work for ADHD (and What Might Work Better)
When ADHD emotions feel too big for CBT, it’s not you—it’s the approach. Rebecca Osterlee explains why traditional therapy can miss the mark and how Emotion Focused Therapy helps ADHD adults process, heal, and truly move forward.
When Your Body Speaks: the Nervous System 101
Your nervous system is your body’s command center, guiding every breath, reaction, and emotion. Rebecca Osterlee breaks down how it works, how it influences your mental health, and how tuning in can help you find calm, clarity, and balance.
Executive Functions: Working With Your Brain, Not Against It
When ADHD makes even simple tasks feel impossible, it’s not laziness. Rebecca Osterlee explains how understanding your brain’s “air traffic control system” can help you stop fighting your mind, find compassion, and work in sync with your ADHD.
Open Window, Open Mind: ADHD and Understanding Your Window of Tolerance
Ever feel like your emotions are running the show? The window of tolerance explains why ADHD brains become dysregulated so easily—and how tuning into your body’s signals can help you return to calm, clarity, and emotional balance.
Navigating the Pressure of Perfection
The pressure to curate a “perfect” life online comes at a cost. Discover the freedom and connection found in authentic self-expression.
When ADHD Is The Invisible Third Wheel In Your Relationship
ADHD doesn’t just affect individuals—it can quietly shape relationship dynamics, too. This article explores how ADHD can act as a hidden third wheel in couples, and offers practical insights for recognizing its impact, fostering empathy, and rebuilding connection as a team.
ADHD & Me: A Psychologist’s Surprise Diagnosis
When a psychologist discovers her own ADHD in her late 30s, everything changes. From parenting struggles to people-pleasing burnout, this powerful article explores how an overlooked diagnosis helped her rewrite a lifetime of self-doubt with clarity, compassion, and pride.
Getting Angry at Work
Anger at work can be overwhelming, but recognizing your triggers and using practical techniques like deep breathing and time-outs can help. Explore how you can manage your anger, uncover the emotions behind it, and find long-term solutions with professional support.
Managing My Feelings in Good Times and Bad
Understand the dynamics of emotional management in this insightful article. Uncover the reasons behind fluctuating stress and anxiety levels and access practical strategies for smoother navigation.
Building Strength: Getting Into Therapy for Men
Too many men I’ve talked to think therapy will make them weak, choosing to go it alone and “be strong.” In this article I want to reframe the way you think about therapy….



















