The Private Practice Academy - Kerstin Anderson-Ridge

The Private Practice Academy - Kerstin Anderson-Ridge Helping you create and scale a sustainable and profitable private practice.

At the Private Practice Academy I offer online programs and one on one mentoring to help you build your own successful private practice. I can also provide mentoring to help you to support your clients to get the most out of their therapy journey. Email me to find out more [email protected] or visit https://www.privatepracticeacademy.com.au

I think many capable women struggle with uncertainty because they’ve learned to soothe anxiety through action. Fix it.Re...
02/06/2026

I think many capable women struggle with uncertainty because they’ve learned to soothe anxiety through action.
Fix it.

Research it.

Solve it.

Talk about it.

Manage it.

But not everything becomes clearer through overthinking.

Some things only become clearer with time, distance, perspective and nervous system safety.

That’s one of the hardest lessons for highly responsible women to learn.

And also one of the most freeing.

Tell me in the comments if this is you?

I think many women hit a point in their 40s and 50s where they realise they’ve spent decades being who everybody else ne...
29/05/2026

I think many women hit a point in their 40s and 50s where they realise they’ve spent decades being who everybody else needed them to be.

Capable.

Reliable.

Needed.

Strong.

And then one day they quietly think:

“But who am I when I’m not managing everyone else?”

That question can feel terrifying.

But it can also become the beginning of coming home to yourself again.

Can you relate?

I think many women confuse emotional effort with emotional closeness.Some friendships are sustained almost entirely by o...
26/05/2026

I think many women confuse emotional effort with emotional closeness.

Some friendships are sustained almost entirely by one woman carrying the communication, emotional repair and connection.

And because she’s nurturing and capable, it becomes normal.

Until she burns out.

Pulls back.

Stops initiating.

Then suddenly the friendship has “changed.”

But often the friendship didn’t change.

The emotional labour did.
Has this happened to you?

I think a lot of women quietly become the emotional caretaker of their relationship without ever consciously agreeing to...
22/05/2026

I think a lot of women quietly become the emotional caretaker of their relationship without ever consciously agreeing to it.

They remember everything.

Initiate the conversations.

Monitor the tension.

Try to improve communication.
Carry the mental load.

Worry about the connection.

And after years of doing that, many women don’t necessarily stop loving their partner.

They just become emotionally exhausted.

Sometimes the resentment isn’t about one big betrayal.

It’s about carrying the relationship emotionally for too long alone.

Can you relate?

One of the biggest misconceptions about ADHD in women is they always “look or seem” so disorganised.Often it’s over-func...
19/05/2026

One of the biggest misconceptions about ADHD in women is they always “look or seem” so disorganised.

Often it’s over-functioning instead.

Many women with ADHD become hyper-aware of disappointing people, forgetting things or getting things “wrong,” so they overcompensate.

So they become the reliable one.

The prepared one.

The highly capable one.

But underneath that they often feel a mix of anxiety, shame and exhaustion.

I think a lot of women are carrying years of self-criticism for struggles that were never their character flaws in the first place.

Do you agree?

I used to think burnout was mostly about doing too much.But I actually think for many women, burnout comes from carrying...
15/05/2026

I used to think burnout was mostly about doing too much.

But I actually think for many women, burnout comes from carrying too much emotionally.

Holding everything together.

Thinking for everyone.

Anticipating problems.

Trying not to disappoint people.

Managing reactions.

Avoiding conflict.

Keeping the peace.

It’s exhausting.

A lot of capable women aren’t tired because they’re weak.

They’re tired because they’ve become responsible for too many things that were never truly theirs to carry.

Can you relate?

I see this pattern all the time in capable women.They become the emotional organisers of families, friendships, workplac...
14/05/2026

I see this pattern all the time in capable women.

They become the emotional organisers of families, friendships, workplaces and relationships without even realising it’s happened.

They notice everything.
Manage tension.
Think ahead.
Smooth conflict.

Carry invisible emotional labour nobody else sees.

And because they’re good at it, everyone starts relying on them for it.
But eventually, many women become exhausted not from what they’re physically doing, but from constantly monitoring everyone else emotionally.

At some point, we have to ask:
“What is actually mine here?”

Because not every mood is yours to fix.
Not every silence is yours to interpret.
Not every uncomfortable feeling belongs to you.

Some things are yours.
Some things are theirs.
And some things belong to time.

There’s a part of ADHD that people don’t talk about enough.It’s not about the distraction.
Or forgetfulness.But the mome...
27/04/2026

There’s a part of ADHD that people don’t talk about enough.

It’s not about the distraction.

Or forgetfulness.

But the moment where you’re staring at something simple…like paying a bill
and you just can’t start.

You know what to do.

You’ve done way harder things.

You know you are capable.

But nothing happens

That’s the knowing but not doing gap.

And it’s where our shame lives.

Over time, people stop seeing this as neurological…

and start seeing it as a personal failure.

But it isn’t

It’s about executive functioning.

It’s about how our brain initiates action.

And when we understand that,
we stop telling people to “try harder”
and start helping them do things differently.

I spoke about this recently in an article with Mamamia because this is the part of ADHD people struggle with - starting...

If this resonates, I’d love to know:

What’s something “simple” that ends up feeling hard?

14/04/2026

I was in Sydney recently and was invited onto Today Extra to talk about the rise in adult ADHD diagnoses.

Not everything that looks like ADHD… is ADHD.

Social media has made self-diagnosis more common burnout and anxiety can present in very similar ways.

I’m interested in why people are turning to social media for answers.

Thoughts?

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