Annie Wright - Relational Trauma Specialist
For ambitious women whose lives look good but don't feel that good
You just crushed that presentation to the board, or finally got that program funded, or solved the technical problem that had everyone stumped. But then your sister texts the family group chat about weekend plans, and suddenly you’re back to being the “intense one” who cares too much about work. Your chest gets tight, your…
At my core, I’m a writer. A licensed psychotherapist, yes—but long before the titles and credentials, writing has been the throughline of my life. Since 2015, this blog has served as a quiet corner of the internet for women healing the effects of early relational trauma—offering essays on everything from perfectionism and boundaries to grief, burnout, and parenting with a trauma history.
Over the years, these words have reached hundreds of thousands of readers. This archive now holds more than 260 essays: a kind of digital library for the ambitious woman trying to feel as solid on the inside as her life looks on the outside.
If you’ve landed here searching for support, insight, or simply language for what you’ve been carrying, you’ve landed exactly where you need to be.
Going forward, all of my new writing lives in one space:
Strong and Stable on Substack – a nervous system-informed weekly newsletter about healing the foundation beneath achievement.
If you’ve found comfort or clarity in this archive, I hope you’ll join me there. There’s room for your pace, whatever it may be.
Warmly,
