Dr. Susan Roets

10/02/2026

What would a fairer, fuller story look like?

07/02/2026

28/01/2026

Self-care in parents becomes emotional literacy in children.”🩵

11/01/2026

The gazelle problem, the stuck keyboard, and human resilience.

31/12/2025

When emotions overflow, children don’t need control — they need connection.❣️

31/12/2025

'n Boodskap van Hoop vir 2026

As jy dit lees, het jy dit gemaak. En dit beteken meer as wat jy weet.

2025 het soveel van ons gevra. Dit het ons veerkragtigheid getoets, ons sin van veiligheid uitgedaag, en soms ons laat wonder of ons nog enigiets het om te gee. Wat ek wil hê jy moet weet: die feit dat jy nog hier is, nog probeer, nog hoop—dit is nie net oorlewing nie. Dit is innerlike krag.

Sommige van julle het laste gedra wat niemand anders kon sien nie. Julle het opgedaag by werk, by familie, by verantwoordelikhede, selfs toe julle eie hart swaar was. Julle het geglimlag toe julle wou huil. Julle het aangegaan toe alles in jou wou stop. Dit het moed geverg wat die meeste mense nooit sal verstaan nie.

Terwyl ons in 2026 instap, wil ek nie vir jou sê om "die verlede agter te laat" of "vars te begin" asof pyn 'n vervaldatum het nie. Genesing werk nie volgens 'n kalender nie. In plaas daarvan wil ek jou dit bied:

Toestemming om presies te wees waar jy is. As jy moeg is, wees moeg. As jy nog genees, hou aan genees. Vooruitgang is nie altyd vorentoe nie—soms is dit bloot om teenwoordig te bly in jouself.

Toestemming om weer te hoop, om versigtig te hoop. Hoop beteken nie om voor te gee alles is reg nie. Dit beteken om te glo dat selfs in die kwesbaarheid, selfs in die onsekerheid, daar oomblikke van lig kan wees. Klein vreugdes. Onverwagte genade.

Toestemming om hulp te vra. Om uit te reik is nie swakheid nie—dit is wysheid. Dit is om te weet dat ons nooit veronderstel was om alles alleen te dra nie.

Mag jy in hierdie jaar, sagtheid vir jouself vind en ook vir die mense om jou. Mag jy ontdek dat veerkragtigheid nie beteken om onbreekbaar te wees nie—dit beteken om te weet hoe om jouself weer bymekaar te maak, stukkie vir stukkie, soveel keer as wat dit nodig is.

Mag jy onthou dat jou waarde nie gemeet word deur jou produktiwiteit, jou geluk, of hoe goed jy jou stryd wegsteek nie. Jy maak saak bloot omdat jy bestaan.En mag jy voel, selfs in die moeilikste oomblikke, en dat jy nie alleen is nie.

2026 gaan nie perfek wees nie en jy was ook nie veronderstel om perfek te wees nie. Jy is genoeg, presies soos jy is. Hier is ‘n nuwe jaar van genesing, van klein oorwinnings, van onverwagte oomblikke wat jou herinner waarom jy nog hier is.

Jy het dit. En wanneer jy dit nie het nie, is dit ook reg.

Met hoop en omgee,
Susan

Dr. Susan Roets
Sielkundige in privaat praktyk

31/12/2025

A Message of Hope for 2026

If you're reading this, you made it through. And that matters more than you know.

2025 asked so much of us. It tested our resilience, challenged our sense of safety, and sometimes made us question whether we had anything left to give. But here's what I want you to know: the fact that you're still here, still trying, still hoping—that's not just survival. That's inner strength.

Some of you carried burdens no one else could see. You showed up to work, to family, to responsibilities, even when your own heart was heavy. You smiled when you needed to cry. You kept going when everything in you wanted to stop. That took courage most people will never understand.

As we step into 2026, I don't want to tell you to "leave the past behind" or "start fresh" as if pain has an expiration date. Healing doesn't work on a calendar. Instead, I want to offer you this:

Permission to be exactly where you are. If you're tired, be tired. If you're still healing, keep healing. Progress isn't always forward—sometimes it's simply staying present with yourself.

Permission to hope again, carefully. Hope doesn't mean pretending everything is fine. It means believing that even in the brokenness, even in the uncertainty, there can be moments of light. Small joys. Unexpected grace.

Permission to ask for help. Reaching out isn't weakness—it's wisdom. It's knowing that we were never meant to carry everything alone.

This year, may you find gentleness for yourself and for everyone your path crosses. May you discover that resilience doesn't mean being unbreakable—it means knowing how to put yourself back together, piece by piece, as many times as it takes.

May you remember that your worth isn't measured by your productivity, your happiness, or how well you hide your struggles. You matter simply because you exist. And may you feel, even in the hardest moments, that you are not alone.

2026 won't be perfect. But neither were you required to be. You are enough, exactly as you are, right now.

Here's to a year of healing, of small victories, of unexpected moments that remind you why you're still here.

You've got this. And when you don't, that's okay too.

With hope and care,
Susan

Dr. Susan Roets
Psychologist in private practice.

28/12/2025

“Even in a crowd, a child feels alone when their feelings become jokes.”💔

23/12/2025

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Signs suggest the possibility of a kind of life review.