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My heart is aching a little today. I’m also angry and frustrated though I can’t blame anyone but myself. I know better and yet there is...

by Nicola O'Hanlon On days when it’s all too much, remember life is transient and living is all about change. The idea that life is...

It never struck me that there’s a difference between kindness and people-pleasing. Not until I spoke at length to my therapist a few...

When it comes to overcoming alcohol addiction, the journey is never easy. The path can be riddled with obstacles, but it is also filled...

It’s taken me a lifetime to get a handle on addiction and even begin to fully understand it. I have made my understanding of it personal,...

The best advice I can give when trying to deal with a person you love more than anything in this world, but whose entire being is being...

Sue had a job and a life that she loved. She got along with her boss and coworkers. She had a satisfying relationship with her parents...

What Is Family?

Can an app really help your mental health? There’s a lot we don’t know about the effectiveness of mental health apps, but some early...

When Matt Marr’s father died a few years ago, he was crushed. But he’d also been preparing for the loss for decades. As a young gay man,...

What Is Codependency? Codependency, also known as relationship addiction, involves sacrificing one’s own needs to focus on the needs of a...

What Is Self-Care? Many people think of self-care as a luxury, but it is actually at the core of your physical, mental, and emotional...

Written by Amye Archer, MFA Diet culture hides in plain sight In the past, “diet culture” acted as an umbrella term for outdated values...

AAT is a therapy that uses animals alongside a more traditional therapeutic approach to help people struggling with certain mental health...

This is your reminder to banish the Four Horsemen in your relationship if they’ve started to creep back in. Here’s a refresher of each...

Lee, a licensed school social worker in Pennsylvania, found her calling early in life. “In high school I always rooted for the underdog,...

The first time I had a panic attack, I didn’t know I was having one. I was sitting on a tour bus in the Cayman Islands with my family,...

According to a recent Pew Research Center survey, around 1% of US adults are nonbinary, and one in five adults say they know someone who...

When Seattle-based author Kristi Coulter quit drinking in her 40s, she began to take stock of the volume of alcohol all around her. It...

I’m generally a happy, positive person when I’m not experiencing bipolar depression. I take my meds every day and I go to therapy once a...