Mental health

When did we decide that someone has to be unwell enough before their suffering counts? We understand a continuum intuitively in physical health. We recognize risk factors, monitor changes...

For many years, I knew how to look okay even when I wasn't okay. I could smile. I could function. I could support other people. I could keep going. What wasn't always visible was what was happening underneath.

When Amy Schumer revealed publicly that she had lived with trichotillomania since childhood, including wearing a wig to school after pulling out so much of her hair, her story sounded painfully familiar...

A panic attack can feel overwhelming. For many people with panic disorder, though, the attack is just one part of the struggle. The things people do between attacks, like checking, avoiding, planning, escaping...

There is a moment every year when I can smell fall before I can really see it. The air feels different. The mornings are cooler. A crispness that wasn't there a few weeks ago. Then, almost overnight...

How to turn the science of neuroplasticity into meaningful action through personalized training, purposeful repetition, progressive challenge, and the everyday choices that support recovery. Another...

What surviving multiple traumatic brain injuries taught me about identity, neuroplasticity, personalized rehabilitation, and the role survivors and caregivers can play in creating the conditions for...

Throughout your career, you picked up skills, business cards, and contacts, but when and where did you pick up the idea that compulsive behavior would fix the fears you’re feeling? You weren’t born with ...

A deep sense of longing, loneliness, or not fully belonging can remain even when life looks successful and connected from the outside. For some, exploring the possibility of a lost twin can...

For those of you who have not read my previous articles, I was diagnosed with a mental disorder in 2013, at age 31, but it wasn’t until eight years ago that I really started working on my recovery...

AI chatbots never get tired of answering the same question. For someone with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), that's the problem. It used to be Google. Before that, it was a parent, a spouse, a...

Vulnerability is not weakness, but a courageous willingness to be seen, embrace imperfection, and live in alignment with your truth. Through personal stories, reflections, and practical steps, this...

When coming into therapy, the idea of having to “feel” emotions or “talk” about emotions can be a big barrier, prompting us to steer clear of mental health services, especially when many of us have been taught...

Abuse can reshape our understanding of love, safety, identity, and even ourselves, making chaos feel familiar and peace feel foreign. This deeply personal journey explores the hidden patterns of trauma...

You can know logically that you are safe and still feel your heart begin to race. A smell, a sound, a hospital corridor, an unexpected comment, or even a date on the calendar can create a physical reaction...

Grief can feel like a wound. It can also be a receipt for love: a reminder that someone or something mattered. I was twelve when I first sat beside someone dying. Years later, I realised that day had...