There was a solid year during which my friend Whitney declined every social invitation that came her way. If you asked her, which I eventually did, she would let you … Read more
Early in my career, while I was working for a rapidly growing healthcare system, my team and I attended one of those half-day sessions designed to get as working as … Read more
After starting my first online blog back in 2009, I met a few other female bloggers all writing about things like mental health and motherhood. The five of us were … Read more
Last week, I fully intended to sit down and write the piece you’re reading, but I just couldn’t seem to get beyond a blank screen. This happens, of course. I … Read more
It used to surprise me. I’d be sitting in a therapy room with a VP at a multinational company and she would describe the exact same phenomenon that I’d heard … Read more
A few weeks ago, I was in a session with a patient who was struggling profoundly with what direction to go with the business she had started. Like so many … Read more
I’ll admit, this is a pretty good time in history to be a therapist. The profession has always been interesting and rewarding, but it was also one that was met … Read more
Years ago, I had a boss whom I desperately wanted to please. If I’m honest, I wanted to please almost any person in authority at the time, but my drive … Read more
Regardless of our field, the pandemic upturned the working world and forced almost all of us into new patterns. As we’ve heard analyzed probably quite sufficiently by this point, these … Read more
One of my favorite things on the internet – and given the amount of time I spent there, this means a lot – is Reshma Saujani’s #FailureFriday series. Every week, … Read more
Difficult people. We all have them. Even if we’ve done the hard work of scrubbing our personal relationships of the people who aren’t serving us, we’re bound to have humans … Read more
We are in an era, at least comparatively, where we are recognizing that we have this thing called mental health, and that it requires attention and tender care. It’s a … Read more
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