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Practical, compassionate perspectives on mental health, work and everyday wellbeing — written by Mat for the people and teams Trio supports.
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Impostor Syndrome at Work: Why Capable People Doubt Themselves
Impostor syndrome rarely looks like underperformance — it usually looks like over-preparation, reluctance to delegate and quiet exhaustion. Here is how the pattern forms at work, and what genuinely helps. Read the articleMore articles
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Men’s wellbeing Men and Depression: Recognising Symptoms That Look Different
Depression is one of the most common and debilitating mental health conditions worldwide, and men are significantly affected by it - yet male depression is both…
Anxiety Somatic Anxiety: When Worry Lives in Your Body
Anxiety is not only a mental experience. For a significant number of people, the most prominent and distressing features of anxiety are physical: a tight chest,…
Sleep & rest The Nap Debate: Strategic Resting for Mental Clarity
The afternoon slump is a universal human experience - that period, typically between one and three in the afternoon, when alertness dips, concentration wavers, and the…
Trauma Reclaiming Your Narrative: Rewriting Your Trauma Story
The stories we tell about what happened to us are not simply neutral records of fact. They are interpretations - shaped by the state we were…
Workplace Performance Anxiety at Work: Thriving Under Pressure
Some degree of pressure in professional life is not only inevitable but useful: a moderate level of arousal sharpens focus, motivates preparation, and produces the kind…
Self-care & growth Legacy and Impact: Living a Life That Matters
There are periods in most people's lives - often prompted by significant transitions, losses, health scares, or simply the quiet accumulation of time - when the…
Men’s wellbeing The Provider Burden: Financial Stress and Male Identity
Money is one of the most common sources of stress in adult life - and for many men, financial pressure carries a particular weight that is…
Mood & depression The Anxiety-Depression Connection: When They Occur Together
Anxiety and depression are often discussed as if they were clearly distinct conditions - two separate entities with different symptoms, different causes, and different treatments. In…
Sleep & rest Nightmares and Night Terrors: Processing Disturbing Dreams in Therapy
Most people experience nightmares occasionally, and these are generally understood as an unremarkable feature of human sleep. But for a significant number of people, disturbing dreams…
Trauma When Therapy Feels Difficult: Working Through Trauma Resistance
There is a widespread assumption that wanting to heal is enough - that if a person genuinely wishes to recover from the difficulties that brought them…
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