Notebook
January 19, 2026
The Ethics of Ambivalence
Drawing from existential philosophy and clinical work, this essay treats ambivalence as a source of ethical inquiry and asks what it means to act when certainty isn’t possible.
January 5, 2026
The Inner Architecture of People-Pleasing — Part Three
Intersubjectivity, Mutuality, and the Challenge of Meeting
Focusing on the spaces between people, we explore intersubjectivity as a condition of relational life and the conditions under which mutuality becomes possible.
October 22, 2025
The Living Symbol: An Introduction to Jungian Sandplay Therapy
A description of Jungian Sandplay — its methods, theoretical foundations, and supporting research, as well as what it feels like in practice.
October 15, 2025
The Inner Architecture of People-Pleasing — Part Two
People-Pleasing Through a Self Psychology Lens
Continuing the series on people-pleasing through depth-psychological frameworks, this essay draws on Self Psychology to consider the experiences of being seen, understood, and held in another’s mind.
October 10, 2025
The Inner Architecture of People-Pleasing — Part One
People-Pleasing from an Object Relations Perspective
People-pleasing isn’t just a habit; it’s a structure the psyche builds to manage love and aggression. When complex feelings get disowned, they don’t vanish — they get projected onto the world around us.
