This time, Kate unpacks grief and the profound weight of absence. She reflects on why grief has no timeline, how moving forward doesn't mean leaving someone behind, and how love and loss can continue to exist side by side. We may never stop missing those we've lost. Perhaps, with time, we just learn to build our lives around the space they left behind.

This week, Kate explores The Invisible Job of Staying Well: the day-to-day work that often goes unnoticed when living with a long-term mental or physical health condition. From remembering meds and monitoring your health to managing appointments and the endless "mad-min", she reflects on the invisible load of trying to stay as well as possible, one day at a time.

This week, Kate explores The Invisible Distance: the space between being alone and feeling lonely. She shares her own experiences of withdrawing from others, longing for connection while questioning whether she deserved it, and why loneliness is often far more complicated than simply having nobody around. A gentle reminder that asking for connection isn't weakness, it's part of being human.

This week, Kate unpacks burnout: the unwanted layer that convinces us to keep going long after we've run on empty. She explores the pressure to always cope, the guilt of resting, and why we so often put everyone else's needs before our own.

If you're exhausted, overwhelmed, or carrying more than you can hold, this episode is your permission slip to stop, breathe, and remember: you don't have to earn your rest.

This time around, Kate talks about When Coping Becomes Carrying, and addiction: how we might use it to silence or amplify the noise inside our heads, and why we sometimes reach for something rather than reach out for help. But we are not our addictions, and we deserve to take up space without carrying the weight of shame.

Have you ever felt like you've somehow fooled everyone? This week, Kate unpacks imposter syndrome, why we struggle to own our place in the world, dismiss our achievements, and find it so difficult to believe we deserve to be celebrated.

Meet the mask. The one that smiles when you're hurting, laughs when you're exhausted and tells everyone you're "fine." This week, Kate explores why so many of us hide what we're really carrying, and why we don't always have to carry it alone.

Because behind every mask is a human being carrying something.

Meet our unwanted heckler: self-doubt. The one that roasts us, questions us and occasionally convinces us we've forgotten our own seat number.

Join Kate as she explores the voice that tells us we're not enough – and why we don't have to believe everything it says.

Episode 7: Clocking in with Baggage

We don't leave our baggage at the door when we clock in.

In this episode, Kate talks about the invisible weight of work, the pressure to keep smiling when life feels heavy, and why so many of us struggle to switch off long after we've clocked off.

From people-pleasing and emotional labour to carrying workloads, worries and everyone else's problems, this is a conversation about the layer of ourselves we take to work every day.

If you've ever spent a weekend worrying about Monday, felt overwhelmed by responsibility, or carried more than your fair share, pull up a chair.

You're among friends.

"Can we talk later?"

Four innocent words. Forty-seven catastrophic scenarios.

In this episode, Kate dives into overthinking, the art of turning tiny comments into emotional luggage, and why our minds so often sprint towards the worst possible conclusion. With honesty, humour, and a few painfully relatable stories, she explores the weight words can carry, and how we can start putting some of that weight down.

If your brain loves writing disaster stories before the facts arrive, pull up a chair. You're among friends.