I often get asked about the difference between self-talk and self-parenting, so let me try to answer some of the most common questions.

Disgust is one of those emotions we don’t talk about much, but it quietly shapes a surprising amount of our lives.

There is a strange psychological reality most of us live with now that no human brain was ever designed for. At any moment, you can know about war across the globe, political conflict in another country, tragedy in a city you have never visited, environmental collapse, economic instability, violence, injustice, and suffering affecting millions of people you will never meet ...all before finishing your morning coffee. At the very same time, your actual life may consist of pack

Most of us know about the three classic “F’s” of the nervous system: fight, flight, and fawn. But what if there’s another “F”? A fourth state that isn’t about protection, but about presence? I call it Flow.

Let’s be honest: few things in life are as frustrating as hearing someone say, “It’s not what you said. ..it ’s how you said it!” The...

Imposter syndrome isn’t a character flaw, a secret incompetence, or a sign you don’t belong. It’s often a failure to connect the dots between an action and the reasons you chose to take it. To start being the adult in the situation.

A few years ago, I sat across from a young woman in my office; let’s call her Claire. She had come in with a pretty typical list of...

Let’s be honest: few things in life are as frustrating as hearing someone say, “It’s not what you said...it’s how you said it!” It’s the phrase that launches a thousand arguments.

Making friends is a lot like fishing: you need the right bait, the right spot, and most of all, a clear sense of what you’re hoping to catch.

A phenomenon, we might call "The Dysphoria Wave,” is marked by a rise in collective unease with traditional norms, including those around gender, family life, purpose, technology, and even the human condition itself.

Anger gets a bad reputation, and that frustrates me. In my practice, so many people wish they never got angry at all- at themselves or other people. But why? In my opinion, anger might just be your knight in shining armor.

Adults are doing adulthood with more fun, more flexibility, and — perhaps most strikingly — more emotional depth than any generation before them. And here’s the twist: they’re doing it with far less shame .

For generations, we’ve measured success by output: hours worked, emails answered, tasks completed. But what happens when those markers end?

It's a done deal. The age of AI isn’t just arriving—it’s already here. And as exciting as it is sometimes, there's also a creeping fear...

The truth is, life is full of contradictions. People are layered. Feelings are messy. Experiences can be both joyful and painful at the same

“Enough” is one of those words we use all the time—without always knowing what we mean by it. But the truth is, “Enough” is personal.

By taking your anxious thoughts and methodically stepping them toward the middle of a probability curve, you can uncover realistic, likely o

The final weeks of winter always seem to drag. The snow has lost its charm, the cold has overstayed its welcome, and the longing for...

I remember the first time I sat across from a client who had just been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. She was in her...

Let’s unpack this together, because what you might call “laziness” could actually be something much deeper.