Psychotherapist Georgina Sturmer explains how to tell whether you simply need more time to yourself, have overcommitted or are avoiding social situations – and how to make plans you’ll genuinely look forward to
Shared history can make a friendship feel wonderfully familiar. But what happens when the person your friends remember no longer quite matches who you are?
The cakes everyone requests, the jewellery friends admire, the photographs people say you should sell. Earning money from something you love can be rewarding, but how do you protect the pleasure that started it?
Parting with a loved one’s possessions can feel surprisingly disloyal. But keeping their memory close doesn’t have to mean finding a place for everything they left behind.
When a couple you care about separates, your friendships can suddenly feel complicated. How do you offer support, handle invitations and protect confidences without becoming caught in the middle?
The meeting went well and your friend seemed happy to see you. So why are you still analysing what you said hours later? Learning to leave a conversation unfinished in your mind can begin with giving yourself a little more grace.
You organise the occasion, gather everyone together and take the pictures. But how often are you in them? If being photographed has become uncomfortable, there are gentle ways to feel more at ease without having to love every image.
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