The one thing that we all share as humans, is grief. Death is universal; we are mortals after all - and so are the people we love. Grief can be an existential dilemma and there is no concealing our humanness and vulnerability when death appears. When death enters, it illuminates our limitations and the idea of us having control, all but disappears.

When someone we know or love is going through a hard time with a depressive episode, we often feel helpless or don’t know what we can do to help them. Depression isn’t simply being stuck in a bad mood - it’s a whole constellation of forces at work. It’s not as simple as one thing to magically make it disappear.

Most of us have heard the term ‘Self Care’ and - most of us have a basic understanding of what it means. What many of us don’t understand is that self care is supposed to come before the burnout, not as a result of it. Many people I’ve worked with have come to therapy due to high stress and overwhelm in lives.