Mental health
Mental health is just as important as physical health. Allow our contributors to give expert guidance and tips on steps you can take to improve your mental well-being. Learn about different therapeutic approaches and self-care practices that can support your mental health.
Watering Your Inner Garden From Soul Compost to Full-Court Bloom
This piece asserts that life’s greatest challenges can be transformed into catalysts for growth, not permanent wounds. By integrating lived experience with local understanding of the mental health crisis, I present...
The Power of Relocation
Are you depressed, stuck, or carrying a constant heaviness you can’t seem to shake? Maybe the problem isn’t entirely you. Maybe it’s where you are. I truly believe some people are geographically...
Understanding Neurodiversity Through a Relational Lens
As conversations around ADHD and autism continue to grow, many people are reexamining long-held feelings of shame, difference, and self-understanding. This article explores neurodiversity through...
Digital Expression vs. Family Silence and How Social Media is Shaping Adolescent Identity
Today’s adolescents are growing up in a world where identity development no longer happens only in classrooms, friend groups, or family systems. Increasingly, it unfolds online through curated photos...
The War Inside Your Brain
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and this year I wanted to do something different. Instead of speaking about teenagers, I asked one to speak for herself. Parthnia, my co-author, is 14 years old.
Why You Feel Empty Even When Your Life Looks Full
A person can have a full calendar, meaningful responsibilities, loving relationships, professional accomplishments, and a life that appears stable from the outside, yet still feel strangely absent from...
Why We Need to Take a Closer Look at Our Diagnosis Happy Culture
Let’s get one thing straight, for now and forever. We are all neurodivergent. Period. Do you have a brain? Yes? Me too. Do our two brains perform similar, if not exactly the same, functions with respect to...
Why You Stopped Trusting Your Intuition and How to Reconnect With It
You call it a gut feeling. Science calls it somatic intelligence. The ancients called it divine. What if they were all pointing at the same thing, and what if we've been trained to ignore it? You are standing in...
Fear and Self-Doubt Will Always Be There and Here is What to Do About It
Everyone is talking about AI taking over the world. But what about the voice inside your own head that has been running the show for years? The one that tells you that you cannot do it, that it is not for you...
Emotional Paralysis and When Your Heart and Head Are at a Standoff
We’ve all been told that "the truth will set you free." But what they don’t tell you is that sometimes, the truth feels like a cage. You know exactly what you think. You know exactly how you feel...
The Real Guide to Choosing Rehab Centers in Los Angeles
Finding addiction treatment is rarely a straightforward process. Between the sheer volume of options, the emotional weight of the moment, and the pressure to act quickly, many families end up...
Everyone Got Cannabis Wrong and It Cost More Lives Than You Think
For decades, cannabis was framed as a dangerous “gateway drug,” blamed for leading people toward addiction, dysfunction, and harder substances. This article challenges that narrative by exploring the deeper...
The Importance of Values in Mental Health, Identity, and Decision Making
Human values are the deeply held principles that guide behavior, shape identity, and influence decision-making. Across psychology, neuroscience, counseling, and behavioral science, research...
Understanding the Gut-Brain
What if your thoughts weren’t entirely your own? What if your mood, cravings, stress responses, and even parts of your personality were being influenced by something non-human living inside you? Science is...
Challenges and Solutions for Immature Parenting in Pediatric Psychiatry
Immature parental styles, marked by emotional unavailability, inconsistency, and self-centered responses, present significant hurdles in pediatric psychiatry. These patterns foster child psychiatry insecurity...
