Kindness is supposed to be simple. Be kind. Be nice. Be generous. We’re told it’s a universal good, and questioning it feels almost heretical. But here’s the thing: not all kindness is kind. Some of what passes for kindness is actually fear wearing a...
There are children who shout to be heard. And there are children who learn not to speak at all. If you grew up with a disabled, chronically ill, or high-needs sibling, you may have learned very early that the safest way to survive was to be easy. You didn’t ask...
By Alexia Leachman, creator of the Head Trash Clearance Method. Method developed and refined since 2010 across 1,000+ clearance sessions. You overhear your friend talking about you to someone else. You find a message on a phone that wasn’t meant for you. Someone...
By Alexia Leachman, creator of the Head Trash Clearance Method. Method developed and refined since 2010 across 1,000+ clearance sessions. You’ve got four tubes of toothpaste in the cupboard. Three packs of butter in the fridge. Pasta enough for a small siege....
By Alexia Leachman, creator of the Head Trash Clearance Method. Method developed and refined since 2010 across 1,000+ clearance sessions. You’re three years into running a mental tab on something somebody did or didn’t do. The other person has long since...
By Alexia Leachman, creator of the Head Trash Clearance Method. Method developed and refined since 2010 across 1,000+ clearance sessions. One of the most common things I hear from people is some version of: “I’ve always been like this.” They say it... 