by Savina Anastasaki | Mar 24, 2026 | Savina's Post
It’s 9 PM on a Tuesday. The old harbor of Chania is quiet — the tourist boats moored, the last light fading over the Venetian lighthouse. And somewhere nearby, a laptop is still open. Three emails that “can’t wait until tomorrow.” A phone that...
by Savina Anastasaki | Mar 8, 2026 | Savina's Post
You wake up. The alarm goes off — and something inside you resists, deeply and completely, in a way that has nothing to do with how much you slept. You slept. Seven hours, maybe eight. But the fatigue doesn’t lift. Getting out of bed requires an act of will that...
by Savina Anastasaki | Feb 21, 2026 | Savina's Post
There’s this moment I see in my office in Chania all the time. Someone sits down across from me — accomplished, intelligent, capable — and tells me they feel like a fraud. That everyone around them seems to have it together while they’re just pretending....
by Savina Anastasaki | Feb 14, 2026 | Savina's Post
You say yes when you should say no. You help everyone, even when you are tired. You feel responsible for the feelings of others — and guilty when you dare to imagine what you might want. Sound familiar? You’re not alone. Establishing healthy boundaries in a...
by Savina Anastasaki | Feb 7, 2026 | Savina's Post
It’s 11pm. You’re not hungry — you just had dinner three hours ago — but here you stand, in front of the fridge, looking for… something. Maybe it’s the leftover moussaka. Or another piece from that chocolate bar you’ve been...
by Savina Anastasaki | Jan 31, 2026 | Savina's Post
You are familiar with the desire to agree someone who asks you for a favor before your brain has time to ask what you’re agreeing to. That feeling in the pit of your stomach when you realize — yet again — that you’ve given up an evening, a weekend, your...
