Still Learning: Self in Progress
This blog combines therapeutic insight with lived experience. I write about mental health, identity, and the emotional texture of everyday life — especially through the lens of living abroad. Many posts include activities and reflection tools to help you engage actively with the ideas to form your own insights.
You'll find essays, exercises, and honest observations — some personal, some professional, all designed to prompt thought and self-awareness. This is a space for exploration, for asking questions, and for staying with complexity a little longer.
Recent Posts ...
Reflections after seeing Duff McKagan live in Paris
Rethinking Your Relationship with the News: Caring for Your Mental Health in Challenging Times
10/14/2025
If you've thought about rethinking your relationship with the news recently, you're definitely not alone. Many of my clients and friends—here in Paris and all over the world—have brought up the same concern. They tell me about the anxiety, hopelessness, outrage, disappointment, and fear they feel each time they check the headlines. These are...
Therapy can be one of the most powerful and life-changing investments you ever make in yourself. But let's be honest: it is an investment—of your time, your money, and your emotional energy.
This year, I've found myself drawn to the work of Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg. On the day I'm writing this, his latest film The Shrouds is being released in France. Leading up to the premiere, La Cinémathèque Française hosted a full retrospective of his work, with guests such as Viggo Mortensen, Coralie Fargeat, and Cronenberg himself...
I'd like to tell you a story about the time I met Tupac Shakur. It was in a restaurant in the 1990s, and I was a racist boomer.
A Therapist's Guide to Critical Thinking: How to Trust Information in the Age of Overload
10/04/2025
In an age of endless online content, how do you know what to trust? From self-help books and wellness influencers to viral therapy-speak on TikTok, we are drowning in information, much of which is unhelpful, and some of which is downright dangerous.
I want to tell you a story about turning 30. More specifically, I want to tell you about the low-grade, persistent anxiety that shadowed my late 20s as that milestone approached. For over a year, I stubbornly referred to myself as being in my "mid-20s," well past the point of mathematical accuracy. I was clinging to a number because the...
The breakup happened. You're feeling raw, confused, relieved, heartbroken — maybe all at once. What do you do now? How do you navigate the emotional aftermath in a way that leads to real healing, not just a prolonged state of pain?
How does living abroad change who we are? Research points to many psychological shifts, but one of the most powerful is something called "enhanced self-concept clarity" — the idea that living in a new culture can force you to understand and define yourself in a clearer, more conscious way.
Hello, and welcome to the channel. My name is Robert, and I'd like to introduce you to the team behind these videos. There's a lot of work that goes into the writing, shooting, editing, and creating the resources that accompany each release.