How to Navigate Anticipatory Grief

When my mother was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia, it was the most difficult time of my life. Not only was I dealing with her care, but I was anticipating her slow, inevitable decline and death. I was living in a kind of betwixt and between, trying to balance caring for her, my young children, […]

How to Navigate Mental Health When You’re…

As a child of an immigrant, I’ve often found myself questioning my place in the world, navigating two identities, two cultures, and two religions—one from my mother, who was born in Mexico, and one from my father, who was born in the United States. Along the way, I frequently wondered: Am I too American? Do […]

How to Navigate Your Family’s Political Divides

Although the 2024 U.S. election has ended, many are still carrying the weight of months of political stress, regardless of the candidate they supported. Nearly 70 percent of American adults report feeling this strain (American Psychological Association, 2024). Tensions remain high, divides persist, and, perhaps most painfully, those divides are affecting relationships with friends and […]