Time heals all wounds, and other falsehoods
I’ve realized recently how much I’ve spent the past year thinking about time and how we spend it. I’ve been thinking about it in the existential, reflecting on the profoundly … Read more
Mental Health & Trauma
Is quitting therapy the answer?
I get an email newsletter called “One Great Story,” and on many days I get suckered in to reading what some unnamed person (more likely, entity) has decided is the one thing … Read more
A new paradigm of mental health is happening. Are we ready for it?
Several years ago, I was standing in the Capitol Building in D.C. in a long-sleeved maroon dress that stretched tightly over my 37-week pregnant belly. I was sweating my ass … Read more
Is the Algorithm is deciding our mental health?
There’s no question that I spend too much time online. I’ve talked before about how the constant flow of information seems to feed my brain’s urgency to avoid stillness, and … Read more
Quieting the noisy brain: The Default Mode Network and mental disorders
Driving one my sons to soccer recently, I came to the stoplight just a mile or so from the practice field. As we waited for the light to change so … Read more
What personality tests tell us – and what they don’t
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
Are you okay or are you an eldest daughter?
My dad’s humor usually makes me want to roll my eyes at best and stage a riot at worst, but he certainly knows what he thinks is funny. When he … Read more
The body holds the key
Back in college, several months before I met him, my partner ended up in emergency surgery after his appendix had ruptured. Fortunately for him, it was diagnosed before it had … Read more
How clutter is killing your mental health
My dear friend came to stay with me for a few days last month and offered me the sweetest gift. It came in the form of a text message the … Read more
Rethinking resilience
It was 1946 when a little girl named Diana was born in the steel mill town of Ashland, Kentucky, which rested on the southern bank of the Ohio River. Her … Read more
A psychologist shares the six tools she used to manage her fear of flying
“Ships are safe in the harbor, but that’s not what they’re made for” I repeat to myself in my mind. I’m about to board an airplane for the first time … Read more
Oversaturated
A few days ago, I wrote on social media about some of the things I’ve been doing lately that seem to help me live a tiny bit better. By better, … Read more
