“What kids need is more structure (by adults),” a youth athletic coach keeps telling me. Wrong!! With all due respect, coach, what kids need is less structure from adults, according to compelling…
7 Stages in the Death of a Relationship
Many couples who show up for couple therapy are at the end of their rope. Problems and resentments have been piling up for years. The partner most distressed has a host of…
Could Methylene Blue Help Treat Depression?
Methylene blue’s chemical structure Source: Benjah-bmm27/Wikimedia Commons Methylene blue is both a dye and an FDA-approved medication. Described as the first fully synthetic drug used in medicine, methylene blue was initially synthesized…
How Writing Heals the Soul
Source: Mimage/Shutterstock Expressive writing is not a benign act of recounting the day’s events but a transformative tool for meaning-making. It gifts the opportunity to rewrite our lives’ narratives, repositioning ourselves as…
Decoding Hoarding: A New Frontier
Decoding Hoarding: A New Frontier
Long-Term Use of Benzodiazepines and Dementia Risk
Source: LuchschenF / Shutterstock “Benzodiazepines have well-established acute adverse effects on cognition,” write Netherlands-based Erasmus University professors of Epidemiology, Radiology, and Neurology in the latest issue of BMC Medicine. Benzodiazepine use is…
The Unique Mental Health Stressors of Women Entrepreneurs
Personal and professional success are two sides of the same coin. After 25 years as a licensed psychotherapist and entrepreneur, I see, again and again, how unresolved mental health problems—such as trauma,…
Societal Anxiety, and How to Cope
When W.H. Auden wrote the poem The Age of Anxiety in 1947, he spoke of the human search for meaning and clarity in the increasingly industrialized and complicated world evolving in the…
Overcoming Technology Paranoia |
Source: Helena Lopes/Pexels In an age where technology seamlessly integrates into every aspect of our lives, it’s understandable that some people feel a sense of unease or paranoia about its pervasive presence….
How to Handle Anxiety and High-Stakes Deadlines
Source: Anastacia Cooper / Pixabay Have you ever had a crushing deadline at work, one that weighed heavily on you for months? Frantically, you worked on the project all day, and sometimes…