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From Wounds to Worth
Trauma, shame, people-pleasing, perfectionism: they all have roots in survival. But they don’t have to define your future. From Wounds to Worth explores what happens when we stop performing, stop apologizing, and start healing. These posts offer compassionate, attachment-informed insights to help you reconnect with your true self, imperfect, worthy, and free to take up space.


How to Stop Chasing Love, and Start Feeling Secure
Explore why needing, controlling, or chasing love doesn’t create true connection. Learn how to stop over-functioning and start building secure, mutual relationships.

Krista Lachapelle
May 193 min read


How to Stop Catastrophizing in Relationships
Learn how catastrophizing damages relationships and why anxious spirals after conflict are common. Get tools to reframe, reconnect, and build secure love.

Krista Lachapelle
May 194 min read


What Emotional Tethering Really Is, and Why It Hurts So Much
He said you were the one, until he went back to what was familiar. Emotional tethering keeps you stuck in false hope. Here’s why some people choose safety over depth, and how to break free from the confusion.

Krista Lachapelle
May 183 min read


The Emotional Labor Many Women Carry Alone in Relationships
Why are women so often the emotional glue in relationships, planning, initiating, fixing, trying, until they finally burn out? Here’s what happens when connection becomes one-sided, and how real partnership can begin again.

Krista Lachapelle
May 173 min read


What to Do When Your Partner Feels Emotionally Distant
Many relationships suffer quietly when one partner checks out emotionally. This blog explores why distance happens, why no one talks about it, and what to do when your connection feels numb, quiet, or lost.

Krista Lachapelle
May 173 min read


How to Reconnect When Your Relationship Feels Distant
Disconnection in a relationship doesn’t mean it’s over. It’s a sign to slow down, turn toward each other, and begin again. Here's how to find your way back before it feels too late.

Krista Lachapelle
May 163 min read


How to Rebuild Connection When Your Marriage Feels Cold
Feeling emotionally distant from your partner? Learn how to rebuild intimacy, trust, and emotional safety in your relationship using attachment-informed strategies and simple, powerful reconnection tools.

Krista Lachapelle
May 163 min read


Why Men Stay After an Affair, and What It Really Means
Why do so many men stay in unhappy marriages even after falling for someone else? Learn the psychological and emotional reasons behind this common dynamic and how we can build a culture of emotional maturity, self-trust, and integrity in relationships.

Krista Lachapelle
May 164 min read


Divorce Isn’t a Failure. How We Built a New Kind of Family.
Divorce doesn’t mean your family failed. This blog explores how to redefine motherhood, build peaceful co-parenting dynamics, and create a new kind of love , one rooted in truth, integrity, and lasting connection.

Krista Lachapelle
May 153 min read


Why Leaving Isn’t Always Healing. And What Comes After
Leaving the wrong relationship doesn’t always lead straight to healing. For many of us, it leads into the spiral, where old wounds resurface and familiar pain disguises itself as passion. This is what it looks like to live out your trauma wiring before you learn how to rewire it. And why that doesn’t make you weak, it makes you human.

Krista Lachapelle
May 153 min read


Lonely in a Good Marriage, And What Finally Made Me Leave
Not all marriages end in betrayal or chaos. Some end in quiet grief, the kind that builds when you’ve smiled through the emptiness for too long. This is the story of a relationship that looked perfect on paper but left me starving for connection. And what it means to finally choose truth over appearances, even when the world thinks you already have everything.

Krista Lachapelle
May 153 min read


How I Stopped Abandoning Myself After Years of Self-Betrayal
The moment I stopped abandoning myself didn’t look like a breakthrough, it looked like stillness. This blog explores the quiet turning point when healing begins not in chasing love, but in choosing your own worth. For anyone ready to return to their secure self.

Krista Lachapelle
May 152 min read


Why Moving On After Divorce Feels So Hard, And What Helps
Moving on after separation or divorce can feel paralyzing, not because you're weak, but because your nervous system is still wired for safety, familiarity, and fear of loss. Here’s why it’s scary, and how to move forward with self-compassion and support.

Krista Lachapelle
May 153 min read


Is It Chemistry, or a Wound? The Je Ne Sais Quoi Effect
Attraction can feel powerful; but not all sparks are safe. Learn how to tell the difference between true connection and trauma-based chemistry with this grounded guide.

Krista Lachapelle
May 143 min read


The Leap They Don’t See
Starting over isn’t always glamorous. Here’s what it’s really like to take the leap, before you land, and why the in-between matters more than you think.

Krista Lachapelle
May 142 min read


You Don’t Need to Be Fixed. You Need to Be Understood.
Think you’re emotionally broken? You’re not. You’re dysregulated. Here’s why your nervous system is behind your patterns, and how to start dating from calm, not chaos.

Krista Lachapelle
May 142 min read


Dating After Divorce; What No One Tells Men About Healing First
Feeling lost in dating after divorce? You’re not alone. Here’s what no one tells men about healing first, before swiping, chasing, or starting over.

Krista Lachapelle
May 122 min read


Dogs Don’t Ghost You: What Our Pets Teach Us About Secure Love
Ghosting leaves us confused, anxious, and doubting our worth. But dogs? Dogs never disappear without a trace. They teach us what secure love really looks like: present, loyal, and unafraid of closeness. This isn’t just about pets, it’s about healing our attachment wounds and learning how love should feel. Read on for a cozy, surprising take on what your dog already knows about connection.

Krista Lachapelle
May 123 min read


Texting Isn’t Just Texting. It’s Emotional Energy
Texting is how we talk now, and how we build emotional connection. Here's why thoughtful messaging matters in modern relationships, and how to do it with clarity and care.

Krista Lachapelle
May 112 min read


Why I Combine Counselling and Coaching. And Why It Works
For years, I worked with clients who had done all the “right” things: therapy, self-help, growth work, and still felt stuck. What was missing? Integration and forward motion. That’s why I combine counselling and coaching: to help you heal the past and build what’s next. Because real change doesn’t come from insight alone, it comes from feeling safe enough to move forward. At Beacon Hill, we do both.

Krista Lachapelle
May 92 min read
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