There are so many ways to act on our own behalf: basic trust, saving money, a new perspective, working your body, telling the truth, sleep, finding beauty, laughing, medicine, forgiving, your realRead 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. For many of us, this is our every day 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. This year, mental health in the workplaceRead 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 is a chance to “change the conversation aboutRead 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 were more likely to whisper the word “cancer” than admit our fears; individuals and whole communities with HIV and AIDS were shunned. We have evolved significantly pastRead 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…