When I look out of my window this morning, the tubs on the patio are full of colour. A few weeks ago, when I planted them, they were mostly green — small plants sitting in too much space, looking a little lost in their containers. Now they’ve filled out, spilling over the edges with flowers I couldn’t see when I first put them in the soil. It’s a small thing, but it’s stayed with me. When I planted them, I had no real sense of what was happening beneath the surface. I water

There’s a moment, just before change begins, that rarely gets noticed. It’s the moment when something shifts inside us — not enough to act on yet, but enough to feel. A small turning. A slight loosening. A sense that the old way of doing things doesn’t quite fit anymore. It’s the first step, even if it doesn’t feel like it. In therapy, these invisible steps are often the most significant. A client might say, “I’m not doing anything differently,” but something in the way they

How it can feel to start something new