Most of us know that stress is bad for us.  We have been told continuously, from childhood on, that controlling stress is an important part of maintaining physical and mental health over the course of a lifetime.  This is due to allostatic load,…

I think of sleep as the salt of mental health.  Without proper seasoning, food tastes bland, and that lack of nuance, texture, and flavor immediately becomes all we notice when it is not there.  Without proper sleep, our brains fixate on the lack of resilience,…

One of the most common questions that one partner will ask me in the first session of couple’s therapy is whether I think they need therapy.  This one-sided skepticism is something I have grown used to as a therapist.  Unless there is a major crisis…

In 2014, Brigid Shulte introduced the concept of “time confetti” to describe the splintering of our days into smaller and smaller bits of time that we feel compelled to utilize and optimize at all costs.  Time confetti impacts our work, our leisure, our relationships, and…

Grief is hard.  During the holidays, when it seems like all the world is in a state of joy and celebration, it can also feel like an unfair burden that you are expected to carry quietly and discretely to preserve others’ comfort, traditions, and normalcy.…

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 18.5% of U.S. adults aged 18 and over have been diagnosed with depression.  Despite its prevalence, depression is often misunderstood and mischaracterized by the media and popular culture, and the medical establishment has failed to counter…