Welcome to my internal world!
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“In the therapy room” Amira, 2024 I am currently sitting in a coffee shop, and I’ve been struck by a familiar feeling of awe for the life I get to live. It arrives often, this feeling, and today I felt called to write from within it. From the smallest acknowledgments of gratitude to the larger moments of meaningful coincidence (what Jung…
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“In the therapy room” Amira, 2024 It’s a terribly painful, and common, affliction to carry the pain of missing some core developmental care during childhood- the kind of care, attunement, and mirroring essential for a child’s emotional world to feel recognised and secure. Parenthood (I imagine) is difficult, adulting is difficult, and we are so often riddled with our own complexes…
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“In the therapy room” Amira, 2024 As I sit and write this blog entry, I am experiencing an uncomfortable feeling. It’s hard to pinpoint what emotion I’m feeling, but it is not one that feels ‘good’- but feeling good is overrated. The other day in conversation about where I’d want to live, I shared that I wouldn’t want to live in a…
