What Odds? On the Wisdom of our Parents
“I bombed!” I shrieked to my mother on a miserable December morning in 1999. Devastated by my Marketing Research final, I called my mom to cry. My grade going in was nearly 95%, and I was hoping to land an A+, boosting my average nicely. Graduation was approaching in April, and I needed to remain […]
On the Mental Health Conversation
My boss is the life of the party. You know the type: good-looking, charming, most popular kid in class. He plays hockey in the winter and golf in the summer and excels at both equally. He’s the first one to remember someone’s name, crack a joke, and make small talk in an elevator. In short, […]
On What We Can Learn From Flat Earthers
These are troubling times. We are just so divided, on well, everything. As I scroll through my social feeds, I notice everything from anti-vaxxers to anti-truckers, and a bunch of folks just fighting. I’m reminded of bland but likable Will Bailey’s impassioned line from the West Wing. Annoyed with Josh Lyman’s lack of support around the Vice […]
On PMDD
(Readers: this is my most personal story to date. I’m sharing this in the hopes that it helps). I hit rock bottom on an ordinary day in October. It was an average morning: I had dropped my kids off at school before walking to the office. While sipping my morning coffee, I felt a heaviness […]
On Relationships and our Love Language
How learning your Love Language can improve your mental health Sundeep and her husband are married for eight years, with a four-year-old daughter. She initiated therapy because of her overwhelming anxiety, which was keeping her up at night. Things at home weren’t great, and after a few sessions, she started talking about how angry she […]
On Late ADHD Diagnosis Trauma
I recently had a 34-year-old client come to me with freshly diagnosed ADHD. He is an employed graphics designer, with savings and a support system, but he is struggling. “I can’t seem to get out of my own way,” he shared, as he explained how hard it was for him to settle his mind, sleep, […]
