In this week’s Notes from the Couch, Jen Walter, LPC, explores the “hard-to-admit stuff” that often emerges during end-of-year reflection: unbroken patterns, avoided habits, and truths buried under shame. Learn why shame thrives in secrecy, how naming a difficult truth is the first step toward change, and how therapy can offer a safe, nonjudgmental space to unpack what you’ve been carrying.