Antidepressant medications. I work with them every day. As a social worker (and psychotherapist), I work closely with medical and...

Today is January 1st. It is not only the start of a new year, but the start of a new decade. Millions of people across the globe have...

Everyone's wired a little bit different. I, like my father, am wired a bit on the neurotic side (sorry Dad, but a tiger can't change its...

This morning, July 4th, I woke up in an unusually anxious state. I sat for a while, in the quiet, and tried to put my finger on what was...

Nearly every day I wake up and I think about dying. I don’t mean in a suicidal sense, but dying in the sense of realizing how finite our...

We walk through our lives day in and day out, fulfilling roles and wearing hats. We are mom, teacher, CEO, grandma, doctor, and countless...

If you've ever spent any time with a four year old, you know that they ask more questions than you might've thought possible. Research...

Accepting criticism is not something that comes easily to many of us, particularly those of us who trend towards perfectionism and people...

There are hundreds of personality tests out there, some people buy into them and some people don’t. If you’re like my brother and find...

Tomorrow marks my 30th birthday, and it feels like the right age to me. Hell, some days my preferences make me feel more like 70 than 30...