Dear Fellow Humans, May was Mental Health Awareness Month, and one thing I’ve really wanted to talk about is the impact our phones are having on our brains, mental health, and relationships. Let me start by saying: I do not believe smartphones are all bad. Personally, I love that I can play Wordle with my family and listen to music instantly but I also think many of us, including myself, are stuck in an unhealthy relationship with our phones. A Therapist’s Compulsive Phone Use First, let’s...

Dear fellow humans, Let’s talk about our middle emotional experiences — those normal, everyday mood fluctuations that live in the wide, ordinary, very human space between ecstatic and depressed. Because somewhere along the way, many of us started believing that if we aren’t happy and energized, something must be wrong. Or maybe you’re like me and you’ve experienced clinical depression before, so now there’s a sensitivity — even anxiety — around any low emotional state. If you’re not “up,”...

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