Dopamine Addiction?

Are We Addicted to Dopamine? These days, dopamine is taking the blame for just about everything—our phones, our procrastination, our inability to watch a movie without also scrolling Instagram. It’s the supposed villain behind short attention spans and compulsive...

Negativity Bias

Why Your Brain Has a Bad News Bias (and What That Has to Do with Depression, Anxiety, and Trauma) Have you ever had a perfectly decent day—maybe even a good one—but all you can think about is the awkward thing you said in a meeting? Or the one unread message that...

Somatic & Experiential Therapies

Sometimes I have a challenging time writing educational material about mental health. It is not because I don’t feel I have valuable information to share or that I don’t think providing this type of information is not helpful. It is because ultimately I am...

Sunday Scaries

Are you familiar with the “Sunday Scaries”? Sunday scares are known as that uneasy feeling of dread that creeps in as the weekend winds down and the workweek looms ahead. If you’ve experienced this, you’re not alone. It’s a common phenomenon, especially in today’s...