16/01/2026
2016 → 2026
We talk a lot about narrative closure - the idea that our nervous systems feel safer when our stories make sense. When we can look back, trace where we started, and see how things unfolded, even if the path wasn’t linear. Making meaning and telling our former selves where we ended up is soothing.
So with that lens in mind, we have thoroughly enjoyed indulging in a small trip down memory lane.
2016:
Probably on a night out after a training day. Big smiles and big plans. Talking about becoming psychologists, talking about the psychologists we looked up to. Wondering if we’d actually manage to get through the intense 3 years of doctoral training with 6 placements, thesis research, personal therapy, lectures, assignments, clinical assessments and reports, our own clients. We look very fresh-faced for two women doing so much!
2026:
Talking on Zoom. Both parents now. Quieter lives in some ways, fuller in others. Living out so many of the things we probably talked about that night - careers we care about, work that matters, lives that feel aligned.
We’re still talking about reality TV, boys, celebrity gossip… We’re still stretching each other’s thinking. Still bringing each other new ways of understanding psychology and supporting the clients we work with things we might not have considered alone.
It’s a different season, but we both feel we’ve got the same curiosity and drive as we did all the way back then, and we got there together!
For all our classmates seeing this, who still support and champion each other every day… I think we need to plan our next reunion!
