A disheartening truth about the realities of being a woman in the U.S. is that, statistically, 40 percent of women in our country experience some form of sexual violence, and 80 percent […]
When writing this piece, at first, I thought to myself, “Piece of cake! I’m a mother, after all!” Then I sat in front of my laptop and stared at the blank screen. […]
Are you obsessively looking at your phone every two minutes? Checking your texts and missed calls? Reviewing the length of his/her texts versus yours and evaluating time lapses between responses to uncover […]
In a world where we women are finally able to provide for ourselves and our children, have a voice in our governance, and choose our purpose and direction in life, California (one […]
While we expect ourselves to be consistently happy, the reality of cultivating happiness is a skill one must acquire throughout life experience. Happiness is not a given, and by no means is […]
As the holidays are upon us, all is quiet like never before. No overpriced trips in decorated hotels, no frosted Disneyland for some Christmas cheer, no drunk relatives from out of state, […]
Having worked in a private practice setting with recovering addicts for 15 years, I have come to realize that our societal relationship to addiction is often flawed, which is why addiction is […]
At birth, our brains come equipped with approximately 100 billion neurons (brain cells), ready to be utilized and wired into a complex network of neural connections. Only half of these nerve cells […]
As the new school year starts, many parents are bracing themselves for the uncharted territory of long-term remote learning while working from home. Spring shutdown was a whirlwind of chaos as we […]
The psychological impact of radical shift in environment and circumstance of any sort entails a process. When we lose a loved one, we go through stages of grief — that is, denial, […]