The Purpose of Loneliness
You can be lonely whether or not you have a partner, relatives, or many friends. When you have a need and desire to be interpersonally connected and recognize that it’s missing, you may become wrapped in the emotion of loneliness. Emotions, by de...
Sugar and Mental Health
Results from an ongoing study in London that were just published in the scientific journal "Nature" reveal that sugar consumption may have a direct impact on our mental health. The study followed approximately 10,000 individuals who were initially recr...
20 Great Palace Lies about Pregnancy, Motherhood, and Body Image
1. Pregnancy and new motherhood are a glowing time.
2. Having a birth plan determines the way labor and delivery happens.
3. Only un-medicated vaginal births are good.
4. Good mothers (easily) breastfeed.
5. You can (and should) get your baby to sl...
Beating the Holiday Blues, before they hit.
“How am I supposed to make it through the Holidays?” “It is going to be different this year with them not here.” “I do...
9 Tips to Stop Absorbing Other People’s Illnesses
9 Tips to Stop Absorbing Other People’s Illnesses
How can you absorb other people’s illness and pain?
As a psychiatrist I’ve had many patients come to me with panic disorders, chronic depression, fatigue, pain, or my...