Lianne Perry, MA, MSc., RCC Not every decision is about choosing one path over the other. This is one of the hardest questions people bring into therapy, not because there is no answer, but because the answer is rarely immediate. Most people are not sitting in relationships that are clearly good or clearly bad. They are somewhere in the middle. There is love, history, and moments that feel easy and connected. And there are also patterns that feel stuck, frustrating, or quietl

Lianne Perry, MA, MSc., RCC What you notice when you finally slow down. Most people don’t realize how fast they’re moving until something forces them to stop. It might be a quiet moment that feels strangely uncomfortable, a weekend with no plans that somehow feels harder than a full schedule, or that restless feeling when you finally sit down and your mind doesn’t. On the outside, slowing down can look simple. Less doing, more space, fewer commitments. But internally, it can

Lianne Perry, MA, MSc., RCC That moment of pause, when you're deciding whether to reach out, and what it might cost you. Mother’s Day can look simple from the outside. Cards, flowers, brunch, gratitude. There’s a clear script for how it’s supposed to go and how you’re supposed to feel. But if you’re on the “child” side of that relationship, especially as an adult, it’s often not that simple. This day can bring up a mix of emotions that don’t fit neatly into celebration. For s