Alexandra showed up to our first session in mismatched socks. Not the cute, intentional kind – proper disaster-level pairing: one ankle-length black, one knee-high with cartoon vegetables. She didn’t notice until forty minutes in when she crossed her legs. Instead […]
Melanie Doss
Therapy Confessions: Sadness
Let me put you onto something… I once had a client who’d schedule her sessions right after her corporate job, showing up in pristine business attire with mascara tracks running down her face. She’d sit primly on my office couch, […]
Melanie Doss
When My Grandmother Spilled the Beans and Hijacked My Pregnancy
POV: Your grandmother pulls a classic move and spills the beans about your baby’s gender, and all the church aunties are suddenly congratulating you while you’re just standing there, frozen, wondering if this is really happening. It’s like that scene […]
Melanie Doss
I’m Losing My Friend to Their Significant Other: Navigating the Friendship Disappearing Act
It was the thirteenth time Nancy had checked her phone that hour, each glance punctuated by a small smile before she mentally left the room again. To her friends gathered around the table, she was physically present but emotionally vacationing […]