16/05/2025
Before you scroll past the word "ADDICTION", let’s unpack it.
Addiction isn’t just substance abuse, it’s any behaviour that offers temporary relief or escape. In fact numerous studies show that addiction is closely related to ADHD behaviours. So addiction can also look like overworking, scrolling on a phone, emotional eating, online shopping, people-pleasing, needing control, excessive exercise, chasing validation. In its simplest form, it's a dopamine hit.
But here's the thing that society has all wrong, it’s not the habit or behaviour that needs judgment or fixing, it’s the avoided or denied pain underneath that needs understanding and healing.
Addiction is often a way to cope with unhealed trauma, buried emotion, or unmet needs. Unless we go deeper to address the root cause, removing the "vice" will just cause the behaviour to morph into something else, from alcohol to shopping, from drugs to controlling relationships, from food to phones.... you get my drift.
It's a topic that I'm deeply passionate about, not just professionally, but personally as it’s something I’ve lived with. I know exactly what it feels like to be stuck in cycles that numb, distract and protect, and then feel the guilt and shame of my actions, only to repeat the same behaviour over again.
The turning point for me?
When I stopped asking “What’s wrong with me?”
And started asking:
What am I running from?
Why do I crave this?
What feeling can’t I sit with?
Quite often these questions can be a challenge to answer truthfully as the brain can develop a narrative of denial or avoidance to keep us "safe".
This is why my work and purpose is focused on accessing and releasing the emotional roots stored within the body, deep in the subconscious.
I have quite simply become the therapist I needed. One that held a safe space to feel that inner connection, allowing me to really sit with my truth and create honest transformation, not someone who kept me in my head "talking" about it.
So if you’re ready to explore your why and finally break the patterns holding you back DM me or click the link in bio. Let’s walk this healing journey together gently, honestly and with deep compassion 🤍
