“Self-care” is now out there as a thing. It might sound mysterious or weird or like it probably has nothing to do with you or it sounds like it has to doRead More…

The many and varied forms of anxiety.

Why Are More American Teenagers Than Ever Suffering From Extreme Anxiety? It’s their relationship to technology and specifically, social media. This is our everyday world, too.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is leading a one-year global campaign on depression called “Depression, Let’s Talk.” One of the highlights? World Mental Health Day. WHO estimates more than 300 million peopleRead More…

Watch Prince William and Lady Gaga FaceTime on Mental Health. The Heads Together Campaign, recently launched by Prince William, Kate Middleton and Prince Harry wants to “change the conversation about mental health.”Read More…

This post was originally published on My 100 Day Plans, a civic action campaign in response to Trump’s first 100 days. As a guest blogger, I wrote about the importance of everydayRead More…

Not that long ago, we often whispered the word “cancer” when we were willing or forced to speak about it and shunned anyone, whole communities, children… we even suspected could have HIV/AIDS.Read More…

Depression is your mind playing tricks on you, about yourself. If you have thoughts like these, don’t believe them: I’m disgusting. I’m a loser. I’m a failure. I’m worthless. No one caresRead More…

We know that physical symptoms mean something is not right with our body and we require attention. We identify our symptoms, seek medical advice or intervention and find ways to take careRead More…

I co-authored this article in The Huffington Post with Meredith Haberfeld, CEO of ThinkHuman. It’s about how we complain. There are costs to complaining. There IS something to downloading our experience andRead More…