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Good News about S.A.D

Good News about S.A.D

Does fall fill you with dread, knowing winter follows on its heels? If so, you’re not alone and you might suffer from SAD, or Seasonal Affective Disorder. The following 6 tips are great techniques to help sustain you through the dark days of winter:

Mortified: Share, Cringe, Laugh, Heal

Mortified: Share, Cringe, Laugh, Heal

Mortified is a worldwide storytelling event where adults tell stories about their lives by sharing their most mortifying childhood artifacts (diaries, letters, lyrics, poems, home movies)… in front of total strangers.

This past November 5th, I had the extreme honor of being chosen to bare my soul in pubescent prose in a room full of friends and stranger - though, after the raw reveal of reading my childhood diary pages, the supportive strangers truly felt like friends I just hadn’t met yet.

A Therapist's Guide to Happy Streaming

A Therapist's Guide to Happy Streaming

While I’m not an advocate for mindless binging, I am a strong proponent of mindful streaming! Here’s an exhaustive list of shows that are both enjoyable and intelligent. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll learn.

5 Ways to Relax with your Partner in 15 Minutes or Less

5 Ways to Relax with your Partner in 15 Minutes or Less

How can stressed out couples unwind together? What are some ways busy parents in particular can relax with their partner? Since many parents are on the clock what are some things that they can do? Here are 5 quick ways to connect, even if kids are in the mix!

Mother's Day Tribute and COVID Poetry

Mother's Day Tribute and COVID Poetry

My mother’s expansive heart fueled my compassion, her amazing stories inspired my creativity, her advocacy lit the fire of my activism, and her parental powess provided the base from which all my best mothering instincts are born.

The New Yorker Curates COVID Levity

The New Yorker Curates COVID Levity

It is not always easy to locate joy these days, but we must keep trying. Our spirits must be fed, not only so that we may persist, but so may help help other to do so. To that end, I’m sharing some examples that make me laugh/cry (craugh?). The New Yorker artists are brilliant at creating poignant levity from the ineffable. Here are my current favorites…