by admin_Ben | May 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
On care, masculinity, and the tenderness we all need A few years ago, I was standing out the front of a school where I worked as a counsellor when the principal walked up to me, looked me up and down, and said—almost casually: “What are you doing doing women’s work?”...
by admin_Ben | Mar 18, 2026 | Uncategorized
I heard screams outside my clinic window. Not the ordinary kind. Not the toddler-meltdown kind that rises and falls and disappears into the noise of a street near a train station. This was different. Sharp. Sudden. Piercing. A woman’s voice cutting through the day....
by admin_Ben | Feb 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
I want to start with a confession. There are days when I can speak about kids with clarity—stress, connection, learning, the slow unfolding of confidence. And then I walk into my own life and a small moment knocks me sideways. For us, that moment has often been school...
by admin_Ben | Jan 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every January, the world gets loud about “fresh starts.” Resolutions, reinventions, and the pressure to become a new version of ourselves are everywhere. But in my work as a psychologist and supervisor, I’ve learned that meaningful growth doesn’t follow a calendar....
by admin_Ben | Nov 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
There’s an old story about a lighthouse keeper’s daughter who lived on a rocky island off the coast. Every night, she’d watch her father climb the spiral stairs to tend the light—trimming the wick, cleaning the lens, making sure ships could find...
by admin_Ben | Nov 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
Dreams as Common Ground: Part 3 In Part 1, we discovered that dreaming intelligence is always working—in our bodies, our relationships, our moments of sudden knowing. In Part 2, we learned that dreams aren’t optional—they’re biological and spiritual...
