You (Probably) Aren’t Selfish, Here’s Why
Could a Meditation Retreat Finally Alleviate My Depression?
Source: Annie Spratt / Unsplash She’s funny. Not in a ha-ha funny way. But in this unusual, overly earnest kind of way. Her voice is more like a whisper. I imagine when…
Late-Life Parental Divorce Can Overwhelm Adult Children
Source: Dall.e/Open.A.I Late-life divorce, also known as gray divorce, is a growing trend among couples aged 50 and above, not just in the US but also in other industrialized societies. This significant…
Spirituality, Coping, and LGBTQ+ Pride
“If God is perfect, why am I in the wrong body?” a transgender patient recently asked a hospital chaplain I know. It was late one Saturday night, and the chaplain was unsure…
Hypochondria’s High Anxiety |
“Le Malade Imaginaire,” an image based on Moliere’s play, is a 19th-century painting by Honore Daumier in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Source: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain. Seeing himself “infirm and ill,” Argan,…
How I Quickly Stopped a Panic Attack
Source: Republica/Pixabay Suppose the symptoms of a panic attack come on, and you think something like, “I think I’m having a heart attack” or “I’m going to do something out of control.”…
Depressed? Anxious? Stressed? You May Be Grieving a Loss
Source: Oimheidi / Pixabay In our research about grief and loss, we discovered that symptoms of grief can be eerily similar to those experienced by people who have post-traumatic stress. Three major…
When Nothing Plus Nothing Equals Laughter
Source: Samson Katt / Pexels I don’t like to brag, but I can make someone laugh without doing a thing—not a peep uttered, not a word spoken, not a muscle moved. Absolutely…
An Emerging Therapy Can Help You Sleep Better
Source: Alexandra Gorn/Unsplash I woke up last night when the summer rains started. Initially, the sound of the drops on the window was relaxing, but it soon turned into a nightmare. Now…
PMS: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Source: Aiony Haust/Unsplash We all know the ugly: ugly crying, ugly rage, ugly self-talk. And that’s not even the bad: Up to 90 percent of women experience premenstrual syndrome (PMS) sometime in…