Author: Cassandra Simpson

Cassandra Simpson is a wellbeing and relationship writer with a BSc in Psychology and five years of experience working in community mental health support. She writes about love, friendship, boundaries, and the emotional work of belonging — drawing on both academic grounding and the hard-won perspective that comes from navigating her own relationship patterns, friendships, and personal growth in real time. Cassandra trained as a peer support facilitator and has spent years exploring attachment theory, interpersonal dynamics, and the psychology of connection. Her writing is shaped by a deep belief that most relationship struggles come not from failure, but from the absence of honest, accessible information about how human connection actually works.

When Social Status Imbalance Leads to Divorce: Why Women With Higher Earnings Face Relationship Strain

Social status imbalance in relationships — particularly when women earn significantly more than their partners — is a topic that generates uncomfortable conversations precisely because it touches the intersections of money, gender, power, and identity. The data on relationship stability and income imbalance is nuanced, often misinterpreted, and frequently weaponised to support pre-existing beliefs rather […]

The 2025 Solar Eclipse: A Journey Through the Maps That Guide Us

A solar eclipse is one of the most arresting events nature offers — a moment when the moon passes between the earth and the sun, briefly plunging a path of the world into shadow. The 2025 solar eclipse captured imaginations across continents, drawing people outside, gathering them in parks and open fields, and prompting a […]

Moved Back Home as an Adult? Psychology Explains Why Your Parents’ Rules Suddenly Feel Unbearable

You’ve lived independently. You’ve paid your own rent, done your own washing, made your own decisions at 2am about what to eat for dinner. You are, by any reasonable measure, an adult. And then you move back into your childhood bedroom for whatever reason — the cost of living, a life transition, a breakup, a […]

Dating Feels Disappointing When Your Gay Friends Set the Standard

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I spent most of my twenties dating men who, in retrospect, had very different standards for dating than the gay couples in my friendship group. Not in every respect — there are wonderful, emotionally available, communicatively gifted men out there, and I’ve dated some of them. But there is something about watching two people in […]

Am I a Bad Girlfriend? 7 Honest Questions That Might Hurt (But Help)

Nobody wants to believe they’re the difficult one in a relationship. But sometimes, in the privacy of our own thoughts — usually at 2am or after an argument that didn’t quite resolve — the question creeps in: am I the problem here? Asking this question doesn’t make you a bad girlfriend. In fact, it might […]

Self-Control vs. Old Habits: 7 Reasons to Choose Better, Even When It’s Hard

You know what’s good for you. More sleep. Less scrolling. Fewer takeaways. More movement. A proper budget. A morning routine that sets you up rather than derails you. And yet—somehow—the same old habits sneak back in. You overspend. You skip the workout again. You say yes to plans when your body is screaming for rest. […]

How to Celebrate Your Friend’s Wedding—Even If You Think Marriage Is a Scam

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Attending a friend’s wedding when you hold complicated feelings about marriage — your own single status, a recent divorce, doubts about the institution, or simply the peculiar emotional complexity of watching someone else’s love story unfold — is one of those quietly nuanced social experiences that doesn’t get enough honest attention. You love your friend. […]

Top 8 Reasons Teachers Are Quitting Their Jobs — And What It Means

The teacher shortage is one of the most significant and underreported crises in education across the UK, US, Australia, and beyond. Classrooms are going uncovered. Schools are recruiting from overseas at scale. And the people who do enter the profession are leaving faster than they’re being replaced. Understanding the top 8 reasons teachers are quitting […]

7 Steps to Remove Yourself from a Toxic Coworker — Even When You Like Them Personally

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One of the most underestimated challenges of professional life is navigating a toxic coworker — particularly when you genuinely like the person. It’s relatively easy to distance yourself from someone you simply don’t like. It’s considerably harder when the behaviour is damaging but the person is charming, when the toxicity is subtle, or when your […]

My Friend’s Husband Left Her and the Kids—And Looking Back, the Signs Were All There

When my friend called me to say her husband had left, I was blindsided. And then, in the days that followed, I was not. Because when I looked back honestly — when I reviewed the years of friendship and the things I had noticed but not named — the signs had been there. Not dramatic, […]