Mental Notes
Short essays on the passages a life moves through, written between the Companions.
- The Clinical Use of Personal Essays in Therapy — A mental note on writing as a clinical instrument, and what changes when a patient's sentences are treated as evidence rather than decoration.
- Navigating Identity Loss After Divorce — A mental note on the slow, disorienting work of finding out who you are when the 'we' dissolves into an unfamiliar 'me'.
- What Is Emotional Isolation and How to Cope — A mental note on the difference between being alone and feeling unseen, and why authentic connection matters more than social volume.
- Why Unexpected Change Overwhelms: the Brain's Response — A field note on why sudden change lands in the body before it reaches the mind, and why that is biology rather than weakness.
- Where to Look for Help During a Life Transition — A short, honest field note on the resources question, and why the right one usually depends on the phase you are quietly already in.
- Essays and Emotional Exploration — Why the essay, of all things, remains one of the few honest ways to find out what you actually think.
- Rebuilding Identity After a Loved One Dies — When someone close to you dies, a version of you dies with them. The hard part is meeting whoever is left.