Managing Social Pressures Around Sugar

The challenges of sugar dependence are real, and fighting their impact can be difficult to navigate. One of the hardest parts of managing sugar dependence can be managing social pressures. Whether it be pressure from friends, family, your spouse, or even coworkers—social pressures can make it more challenging to successfully fight sugar dependence and are […]

Bridging Love and Breath

Effective communication and emotional connection serve as the bedrock of enduring love in romantic relationships. Yet, amidst life’s challenges, stress often infiltrates these bonds, leading to misunderstandings and discord. Here, the amalgamation of John Gottman’s research on physiological arousal and the transformative power of breathwork offers couples a profound avenue for deeper understanding, empathy, and […]

How Undocumented Therapists Are Serving Other Immigrants

When Mayra Barragan-O’Brien was 14 years old, she and her mother were smuggled across the U.S.-Mexican border in a truck. What she remembers most about the 1,300-mile journey from Guadalajara was the sweltering heat. It was so hot that the bottom of her mother’s black tennis shoe melted from hiding underneath the backseat, and she […]

What I Know About Healing Now That I’ve Ended Contact with My Mom

“Not all toxic people are cruel and uncaring. Some of them love us dearly. Many of them have good intentions. Most are toxic to our being simply because their needs and way of existing in the world force us to compromise ourselves and our happiness. They aren’t inherently bad people, but they aren’t the right […]