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Your are not too much. What is Sensory Overstimulation? Sensory overstimulation, also called sensory overload, happens when your nervous system becomes overwhelmed by sights, sounds, smells, or touch. For neurodivergent adults, children with ADHD, or anyone with trauma experiences, this can feel sudden, intense, and exhausting, even when the trigger seems “small” to others. Recently, I experienced this in a shop queue. A nearby automatic air freshener released a puff of scent

Pausing sounds simple, doesn’t it? Stop. Take a breath. Engage with stillness and pause. But for many of us, the pause is not a gentle...

Have you ever been told, even by your therapist, that you intellectualise your feelings? I have. At the time, it felt like a criticism. Like I wasn’t “doing therapy right.” It carried an unspoken message: “You’re doing feelings wrong.” Looking back, I realise how much shame that stirred and whispered, “You’re not enough. You don’t belong here.” I felt unseen, misunderstood, and even more hesitant to explore what lay beneath. But here’s what I’ve come to understand, espec

To live outside the lines is to first realise we live within them. I was inspired to write Living Outside the Lines after experiencing a wave of difficult feelings that left me confused and frustrated.