Read the full article here: https://open.substack.com/pub/lucywishart/p/not-everything-that-doesnt-fit-is?r=71cs29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true Not Everything That Doesn’t Fit Is Broken There’s a moment that happens in systems. Something doesn’t fit. And instead of the system expanding… the person gets reduced. --- Most mental health frameworks are designed to identify problems. So when something unfamiliar appears — something intense, precise, or

Find the companion peice here: https://open.substack.com/pub/lucywishart/p/organisational-ego?r=71cs29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true There is a strange moment that can happen when you move through systems designed to care for people. You arrive grounded, clear, not in distress — and something in the atmosphere tightens anyway. Nothing dramatic has happened. No one has raised their voice. No obvious problem exists. And yet you can feel it: a subtle

A mini companion post on spirituality, lived experience, and mental health Read the full article here: https://open.substack.com/pub/lucywishart/p/symptom-or-satori-you-decide?r=71cs29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true Sometimes the system treats human experience like a problem to be solved. If you’re intense, you’re “dysregulated.” If you’re calm, you’re “detached.” If you’re spiritual, you’re “symptomatic.” If you’re clear, you “lack insight.” It’s an

There’s a point in emotional work that no one really warns you about. It’s not when you start noticing your feelings. It’s when you actually feel them. Because the moment you do, your mind loses its favourite excuse. Up until then, anxiety can pretend it’s mysterious. Complicated. Personal. Something that needs managing forever. But once you feel the feeling — fully, honestly, without trying to fix it — something awkward happens: You realise you’re not broken. You’re just avo

What happens when someone is deeply seen — and stays grounded? This short piece comes from lived experience, mental health work, and a spirituality rooted in reality rather than theory. It explores what gets misread as crisis, why intensity is often mistaken for illness, and how nervous systems respond when familiar defences fall away. Sometimes connection escalates. Sometimes it presses on boundaries. That doesn’t automatically make it unhealthy. It makes it alive. This refl

Read the full article on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/lucywishart/p/the-work-you-cant-see-is-still-work?r=71cs29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true Some days don’t look like progress. No finished documents. No big meetings. No visible momentum. Just slowing down. Lying still. Letting things settle. From the outside, it can feel like nothing is happening. From the inside, structure is forming. We’ve been taught to recognise work only when it’s