therapist Sathiya sitting on a rock outside
Loneliness at Work and in Relationships

Loneliness is one of the most common themes I’m seeing right now — not just in therapy sessions, but in coaching conversations with high-performing professionals, couples, and leaders. And it isn’t always the dramatic, painful kind of loneliness we imagine. More often, it’s subtle. It sounds like: “I’m surrounded by people, but I don’t feel…

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When Your Adult Son Feels Stuck

Many parents today are quietly carrying a deep ache — watching their grown sons live at home without clear direction, meaningful friendships, or forward movement. These young men aren’t lazy or broken; they’re lost in a culture that has confused achievement with identity, performance with purpose, and isolation with independence. At The Pursuit Counseling, we…

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What’s in Your Pool Bag? 

Last week, I did something brave. Not brave like booked-a-solo-trip-to-Italy like those instagram people brave. Brave like opened-the-pool-bag-from-last-summer brave. You know the one.Shoved in the hall closet.Still faintly smells like sunscreen and regret.Sticky granola bar wrappers.One swim goggle, somehow twisted in a hair tie.The moldy imprint of a half-eaten peach. It was not just a bag. It…

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