Dear readers,

I wish you a very happy new year.

2025 was a great year for The Freudian Couch. I wrote 15 posts in total. Most of these were book reviews. But, I also got back into the habit of writing old-school, blog-style personal rants, of which there were four. I love writing personal essays, since they allow me to be vulnerable.

I am very positive about 2026, and I intend to spend a lot of time provoking thought, poking fun at ourselves, and refusing to jump to easy conclusions. That's been the unstated goal of The Freudian Couch.

I am very grateful for your encouragement.

A list of my favorite posts from the year is below. Please feel free to reach out to me to tell me how I can do better, or how I should stop trying, at thefreudiancouch@gmail.com.

Some of my favorite posts from 2025

• Libraries and refugees
• Mother tongues and other tongues
• Coffee connoisseurs
• My 2025 in books
• The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

Happy reading!

The Freudian Couch