field notes, loosely filed
Memories of a Future
or just a blog
Ideas, assumptions and explorations about almost everything — cards, people, the odd thought that arrives uninvited at 3 a.m. — and then a little more. Read forward, remember backward.
Art Therapy for Children: Why Kids Draw What They Can't Say
Art therapy for children uses drawing and making as a language. Here is what it is, what a therapist does, and what a parent can safely read into a drawing.
When You Can't Find the Words: Metaphorical Cards for Anxiety
Anxiety is loud, but rarely articulate. How metaphorical associative cards help you notice, name, and soften what you feel, plus a gentle 5-minute card practice to try.
Kintsugi and Post-Traumatic Growth: The Beauty of Golden Cracks
In Japan, broken bowls are mended with gold, and the cracks become the most beautiful part. What kintsugi can teach us about trauma, healing, and growth, without the toxic positivity.
Fight, Flight, Freeze, or Fawn: The 4 Trauma Responses Explained
Why do some people argue, some run, some go blank, and some apologize to the chair they bumped into? Meet the four survival responses, and learn to recognize your own.
Form Follows Function: Why Your Anxiety Has a Job
Architects say form follows function. So do your symptoms. A fresh look at anxiety as an overprotective alarm: why it exists, why it misfires, and how to work with it instead of against it.
Art Therapy: Why Making Something "Ugly" Can Make You Feel Better
No talent required. Just paper, color, and permission to be messy. What art therapy is, what research says about art and well-being, and a 10-minute exercise to try today.
Stendhal Syndrome: Can Art Literally Overwhelm You?
A racing heart in front of a painting. Dizziness in a church full of frescoes. The strange, true story of Stendhal syndrome, and what it reveals about beauty, the brain, and being human.
Why Is Everyone So Anxious? Modern Anxiety, Explained
Notifications, news, endless choices, climate worry, comparison. Why modern life keeps your nervous system on high alert, what research says, and small ways to turn down the volume.
Encanto and Generational Trauma: What the Madrigals Teach Us About Family
A magical house, a family of gifts, and cracks nobody wants to talk about. What Encanto reveals about generational trauma, family roles, and healing together.
The Myth of Normal: Gabor Maté on Trauma, Illness, and a Tired World
What if "normal" is part of the problem? A warm, honest look at Gabor Maté's The Myth of Normal: its big ideas about trauma, where it shines, and where science pushes back.
The Body Keeps the Score: What It Gets Right (and What Critics Say)
Bessel van der Kolk's bestseller changed how millions talk about trauma. Here's what the book gets beautifully right, what scientists still argue about, and why both matter.
Metaphorical Cards in therapy: Why Images Can Help Us Say What Words Cannot
Metaphorical cards are not magic, mind-reading devices, or tiny cardboard psychoanalysts. It's another way to approach emotions, memories, and stories that are difficult to put into words.