The Brain’s Cholesterol Holds Promise for New Treatments
Before we discuss the exciting new discovery of cholesterol-based drugs, have you ever considered why your brain is white? It is because the brain synthesizes its own cholesterol through a process called de novo lipogenesis. The brain’s ability to produce cholesterol is essential because it cannot rely solely on cholesterol from the bloodstream due to […]
Differentiating Mental Health, Illness, and Performance
Mental health, mental illness, and mental performance are distinct concepts that impact the way we think, feel, and behave. They may be correlated to each other, but not always. Understanding and improving Mental health, mental illness, and mental performance can help us live our most healthy and authentic lives. This post will define the concepts […]
How I’m Learning to Live with Anxiety, Not Against It
“Your anger? It’s telling you where you feel powerless. Your anxiety? It’s telling you that something in your life is off balance. Your fear? It’s telling you what you care about. Your apathy? It’s telling you where you’re overextended and burnt out. Your feelings aren’t random, they are messengers. And if you want to get […]
How Self-Compassion Can Help You Deal With Stress
While we may have heard that it’s important to treat ourselves with kindness, sometimes this is easier said than done, especially when we’re under stress. When we’re facing challenging circumstances, we may fall back into less productive thought patterns, like ruminating or blaming ourselves. We may even worry that we’re going too easy on ourselves […]
Resistance in the Black Community to Mental Health Services
I met with a group of approximately 40 Black women and proposed this simple question to them: “What Is It?” In my clinical experience, I frequently listen to comments from other Mental health professionals and agency representatives about why the Black community often seems to fail to seek Mental health diagnoses, treatment, and services. Two […]
A Simple Formula for Making Career Decisions
Source: Camrocker/Depositphotos No matter how much you want to make a change in your career or life, if the change requires taking risks, your brain will likely concoct rationalizations to avoid possible pain, even if the choice clearly offers personal satisfaction and meaningful success. The awkwardness of trying something new or showing up in a […]
Parental Stress at an All-Time High
Co-authored by Sarah MacLaughlin, LSW You’ve probably heard about the recent U.S. Surgeon General Advisory on parental stress. Parents and caregivers feeling stressed is not a new phenomenon. However, today’s levels of stress have parents at a breaking point, with 41 percent of parents saying that most days they feel so stressed they can’t even […]
The Empathy Singularity | Psychology Today
Source: Art: DALL-E/OpenAI As the possibility or perhaps inevitability of artificial general intelligence (AGI) draws closer, it’s natural to wonder how human cognition can compete in a world where machines may soon match, or surpass, human intellectual abilities. AGI’s potential to perform any cognitive task that a human can begs the question: How do we, […]
Disaster Relief Management — Community Resiliency Model
The Disaster Relief Mobilization: Community Resiliency Model Preparation Program (DRM:CRM) is a trauma-informed, resiliency-focused initiative designed to support communities before, during, and after a disaster. When disasters strike, they often cause widespread damage to a community’s infrastructure, posing significant Mental health challenges for children, teens, and adults. Survivors may face the loss of loved ones—family, […]
Why You Must Nurture Yourself
Source: LollaDesign / Shutterstock Your most intimate relationship is with your own self. This is the filter through which you experience your life and how others experience you. Reflect on what messages you send yourself through your thoughts and feelings. Do you validate yourself? Do you like yourself? Do you invest in yourself? Here’s an […]