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What Goes In Early Goes In Deep
Ina Garten, aka Barefoot Contessa, is known for making everything look beautiful and effortless. In her new memoir, she reveals the struggles—including her difficult childhood—and how she learned to believe in herself.
Photo credit: Ina Garten © 2024
Will Medication Improve My Mood?
For many, antidepressants are a game-changer in managing depression and anxiety. But there are often concerns when it comes to popping a pill.
My Depression Feels Like an Uphill Battle
If you’ve lost hope in your ability to feel better, this is for you.
Real Wellness Doesn’t Come With a Price Tag
The false promise of wellness culture is that if you buy something you’ll feel better.
How to Embrace Uncertainty
What if instead of letting uncertainty dominate us, we embraced it as an unexpected opportunity for growth?
Are AI Companions a Good Thing?
Can AI companions solve our loneliness epidemic or are they warping our ability to create empathic human relationships?
That Numb Feeling Has a Name
When empathy goes too far, it can leave us feeling helpless and numb. Knowing there are different ways to respond to suffering can shield us from something called, empathic distress.
Get Better at Talking Politics with DBT
The DBT toolkit can help you take the heat out of political debate and change the tenor of your conversations.
When Grief Gets Complicated
Research shows that when we’re grieving, especially in a complicated way, our brain is still firing in the same circuits it used when our loved one was alive.
Get More Out of Therapy
Are you feeling stuck in therapy? Here are 5 tips for supercharging your sessions.
3 Good Reads
As therapists, we know that personal stories have the power to connect us, validate our own experiences and help us feel a little less alone.
Book Therapy
Reading someone else's story can offer new perspective, shared understanding and a shift in how you view yourself and others.
The Power of Stories
These memoirs aren’t just books—they’re deeply human accounts of grappling with the mind’s intricacies, relationships and healing.
What is ACT?
ACT can help you accept your thoughts and feelings, commit to values-driven actions and increase psychological flexibility.
Grow the Glow
Happiness is a muscle we can strengthen by amping up what psychologists call our reward sensitivity.
Let’s Talk About CBT
CBT can teach you how to challenge and overcome automatic beliefs you may have about yourself.
Too Much Mental Health Talk?
Could overemphasis on mental health have unintended consequences, particularly for young people?
What is Dysthymia?
This often ignored mood disorder may be the reason you’ve felt down for so long.
6 Pillars of Mental Health
Learn the 6 principles of self care to boost your mood and improve your mental health