Holding Meta and Google Responsible for Addiction Is Wrong
The verdict delivered on March 25, 2026, holding Meta and Google responsible for purposefully designing social media platforms to be addictive, and knowing it can be harmful, is flawed at multiple levels. At its core, this ruling negates personal responsibility for choices. Addiction is not a one-dimensional construct caused by a single factor. The ruling […]
Athletes, Grief, and the Losses No One Talks About
When people think about sports, attention is often driven to athletes’ physical abilities, psychological endurance, and team-based achievements (Sarkar & Fletcher, 2014). A far less visible but equally significant aspect of the sport experience is the presence of grief following death within sport contexts. Despite its inevitability, grief in sport remains under-examined and frequently marginalized, […]
How Trauma Hijacks Your Brain (and How EMDR Can Help)
Over a year ago, I wrote a post about how trauma is “not just in your head”. Here, I follow it up with corroborating evidence. I’ve dedicated most of my life to treating trauma using emotionally-focused and EMDR therapies. And I’ve been ceaselessly obsessed with how and why it works. I also see versions of […]
Why Date Nights Aren’t Enough
The viral social media meme “777 rule for marriage” sounds clean enough to fit on a refrigerator magnet. One date every seven days. One overnight away every seven weeks. One vacation every seven months. It circulates on social media the way most relationship advice does — as a tidy formula for a complicated thing. And […]
Anxiety, Identity, and the Art of Staying Real
What initially drew me to this band was its name. Worry Club is genius. It is disarming, ironic, and earnest at the same time, like a support group you would want to join. I had the pleasure of chatting with Chase Walsh, the frontman and creative force behind Worry Club. I wanted to understand the […]
How to Let Go of Little Annoyances
Recently, I woke to the blaring noise of our downstairs TV. My husband had been watching it the night before and had accidentally left it on “pause” rather than “off.” The sudden blast was startling and aggravating, especially since it’s not the first time it’s happened. Minor annoyances like this happen all of the time […]
Five Steps to Help Kids Transform Anger Into a Force…
When my daughter Anjali was young, she was tiny but fierce. She would erupt over small injustices, like having to set one more plate on the table than her sister. Her small body was scarcely able to contain the outrage! Though her outbursts were rarely skillful, I could sense that her fiery righteousness was something […]
4 Top Workplace Challenges for 2026 and Beyond
From bad leadership and workplace stress to the need for a sense of belonging and inclusion, these are some of the challenges leaders (and team members) face today and into the future. 1. Combating Toxic Leadership There are simply too many bad leaders in government, business, and society. About 60 countries are ruled by dictators, […]
Don’t Dread Ahead | Psychology Today
You’ve heard of coping ahead? It is referenced in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). It is often helpful to plan, think through contingencies, and determine ahead of time what will be useful for you in an anticipated difficult situation. Seminal work on coping by Lazarus and Folkman (1984) involves cognitive appraisals of situations and different coping […]
When It’s Not Just Anxiety
If your mind never seems to shut off, it’s easy to assume you have anxiety—but that may not be the full story. This is especially true for women, who are more frequently diagnosed with anxiety in part because of the immense mental load they carry. Research from the Pew Research Center shows that women still […]