This is a sentence I hear often in my work as a psychologist. People tell me about anxieties that suddenly return, sadness they thought they had overcome, or situations that once again throw them off balance. Many experience this as a setback and begin to question whether their efforts have accomplished anything at all. Yet I often wonder whether we are sometimes looking for the wrong signs.

One of the questions I am asked most often is:

Observations from everyday life with dogs and reflections on development, trust, and change.