You're Allowed to Feel Steadier Than You Expected

There is an interesting thing that happens when a practice finally starts to feel manageable. Instead of simply receiving that feeling as good news, many therapists become suspicious of it. The steadiness arrives and the first response is not relief, or not only relief. It is a kind of wariness. A sense that feeling okay means something is being missed. That the absence of crisis is temporary and that paying attention to how well things are going is somehow a form of hubris that will invite the next difficulty.