Anniversary Grief after Infertility and Perinatal Loss
Sometimes, you find yourself feeling off. Maybe you’re extra tired, more emotional than usual, or just not yourself. Then you check the calendar and it makes sense. It’s that time of year again. The anniversary of your pregnancy loss.The due date that never arrived.The start of a fertility treatment cycle that ended in heartbreak. You […]
How to Set Boundaries With Your Smartphone
We’ve all been there. It’s the end of a long day, and you’re exhausted. You plop on the couch to scroll on your phone for a few minutes before you go to bed. The problem is, the habit lasts longer than intended. A brief 10-minute scroll on Instagram unexpectedly turns into a two-hour binge down […]
How Immigration Policies Are Harming Mental Health
By Srishti Katuri, MA, and Cynthia J. Najdowski, PhD, University at Albany. On March 15, 2025, President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act—historically employed only during wartime—so that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) could immediately remove Venezuelan citizens alleged to be terrorists from the United States. That same day, ICE deported Kilmar […]
How Therapists Can Help Clients Move Toward Forgiveness
Psychotherapy often explores family dynamics, unresolved trauma, developmental issues, and the unconscious conflicts that interfere with a client’s ability to optimally cope. Psychotherapy is practiced in many forms with many underlying theories of how change occurs. Self-knowledge and key insights can often unravel unhealthy patterns from the past. Disputing irrational thoughts can help clients reduce […]
The Kiss Cam Crisis and the Importance of Authentic Leadership
It was the Kiss Cam moment heard ‘round the world. The at-the-time CEO of Astronomer, Andy Byron, engaged in a warm embrace with his head of HR, Kristin Cabot. The only problem, of course, is they were both married to other people. When the Coldplay Kiss Cam panned their way, Byron ducked behind a wall […]
Is It Healthy to Distract Yourself From Stress?
It’s a typical scenario. You’re faced with a lingering problem, like an argument with a friend, a looming deadline, or a difficult decision. You think you should try to tackle it, but all you really want to do is, well, anything else. In moments like these, we are often caught between two conflicting types of […]
Therapists, It’s Time to Try AI Before You Dismiss It
Just last week, a client told me she woke up in the middle of the night with her mind racing. Instead of spiraling for hours, she opened ChatGPT, something we’d already talked about in session, and started interactive journaling. Within 15 minutes, she was falling back to sleep. That’s not a replacement for therapy. That’s […]
Why Body Temperature, Health, and Well-Being Are Related
Throughout history, people have had to find ways to cope with varying environmental conditions. Whether they lived in a hot or cold climate or had access to plentiful or limited water, they adapted their clothing and their homes to the conditions around them. With the advent of technology, we gained the ability to heat and […]
The Silent Strength of Immigrant Daughters
In many immigrant households, daughters carry a quiet but considerable mental burden. There is no official job description, yet they step in when they are needed, be it to help parents navigate government forms, translate medical advice, or smooth over family tensions. These responsibilities were never assigned in a formal sense, but absorbed gradually, becoming […]
Building a Bridge Between Social-Emotional Learning…
When challenging student behavior arises, the instinct in many schools is to turn to discipline: assigning detention, suspension, or removal from class. But John Gasko, chief well-being officer at Uplift Education, has spent his career exploring a different option: What if the key to thriving schools lies not in control, but in connection? His work […]