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Remedies for Your Most Common PMS Symptoms

Photo by Courtney Nuss on UnsplashEditor’s Note: This article explores ways to find relief for common PMS symptoms through a personal lens and informed opinions, based on research linked throughout. It is not meant to diagnose or cure individualized health concerns. Please...

The Practice That Will Make Your Bad Days Better

Meeting a kindred spirit almost always feels life-giving. When Dr. Anna Roth and I first sat down to record a podcast together in 2019, we talked at length afterward about our own mental health experiences and why we both...

How to Practice Self-Care When Your Partner is Chronically Ill

Photo by Feeh Costa on UnsplashIn sickness and in health.When reciting this particular vow with my now-husband in August, I was blissfully unaware of how soon we’d be facing the sickness part.To make a long story short, just a few weeks after...

The Benefits of Tracking Your Mood Each Day

Photo by @MathildeLangevin on UnsplashHow are you feeling today? No, really. I’m asking in all seriousness.You could answer truthfully (perhaps that’s unlikely), or give me a classic “Fine, thanks.” Regardless, I won’t make you respond…yet. I will, however, tell...

The Importance of Learning to Parent Yourself

Photo by Jakob Owens on UnsplashExactly one year ago, I went for lunch with my mom and younger brother. A crowded Malaysian restaurant, we each stole bites from one another’s entrees and shared an appetizer: a scenario which feels almost unimaginable now....

Perfectionism, Identity, and the Optics of Worthiness

Photo by Klara Kulikova on UnsplashMy husband taught me something about flowers recently. Geranium, he told me, is a fault in wine. We were discussing the floral scent and had agreed that we both liked it. It’s lovely—it’s sweet...

11 Reminders From Your Mom if You’re Having a Bad Day

Photo by Suhyeon Choi on UnsplashSometimes the simplest advice is the hardest to take. I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase “self-parenting” before, and while the concept makes sense at first blush, learning to parent yourself is often a lifelong journey. To make...

What I’ve Learned in 10 Years of Therapy

I have come to always anticipate an October surprise. Against the backdrop of our most gorgeous season, something significantly challenging just about always comes to a head between the months of October and December. Someone quits their job. My...

The Grounding Exercise That Starts My Day on the Best Note

Photo by Nicole Feest at NYLONSADDLE Photography“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift.” – Bil Keane I’m writing this essay two days before my youngest turns three. She is the living embodiment of how fleeting each day...

The Bedtime Routine That Helps Me Shut My Brain Down Each Night

Photo by Chelsey WerthI know what kind of day it’s going to be by how eager I am for my first (and second…and third) cup of coffee when I wake up in the morning. These days, I’m becoming more...

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Remedies for Your Most Common PMS Symptoms

The Practice That Will Make Your Bad Days Better

How to Practice Self-Care When Your Partner is Chronically Ill

The Benefits of Tracking Your Mood Each Day

The Importance of Learning to Parent Yourself

Perfectionism, Identity, and the Optics of Worthiness

11 Reminders From Your Mom if You’re Having a Bad Day

What I’ve Learned in 10 Years of Therapy

The Grounding Exercise That Starts My Day on the Best Note

The Bedtime Routine That Helps Me Shut My Brain Down Each Night

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