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“Boys will be boys,” I say out loud as I sit with my girlfriends, enjoying a few cocktails on a Saturday night. Laughter is the main goal for these evenings. But often, we find ourselves dramatically ...

Let’s admit it: we’re all stressed. Confused and amazed, you might swiftly think to yourself, “No, I’m not!” You are. Trust me, darling, you are. As long as we’re working, finishing up tasks, tending ...

To my children, I’m sorry for the unhealed parts of me that may have hurt you. It was never a lack of love for you—only a lack of love for myself. I am far from perfect; in fact, I spend most of my ...

We have all heard of the commonly discussed trauma responses fight or flight. Freeze is yet another reaction we experience when our brain tells us we are in danger. But fawn doesn’t get as much ...

This was one of the few gifts of 2020, as it put a colossal spotlight on the negative impact that spiritual bypassing has on the world and on ourselves.

We don’t get to choose grief. We don’t know how or when it strikes. Who or what we’ll lose. It descends upon us all at once, and it never quite leaves. Whoever has endured loss knows that we don’t ...

Many people I speak with have anxiety because they are trapped in their heads. I’d like to introduce a term here that I have not heard before (at least not in my field of medicine and psychology). I ...

“If I needed you, would you come to me, would you come to me to ease my pain? If you needed me, I would come to you, I would come to you to ease your pain.” ~ Townes Van Zandt This used to be one of ...

It’s a real challenge to choose my favorite piece of Brené Brown wisdom. Her podcast on the seven elements of trust is mind-blowing. Her definition of blame and understanding of why we point fingers ...

Jim Carrey talks about his battle with depression. He explains just how tough suffering from depression can be, and how finding freedom from depression is tied to separating from the ego. When I think ...