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Resilience—the capacity to adapt, recover, and keep moving forward—is a mental skillset that matters more than ever in a world defined by rapid change, economic uncertainty, and constant information overload. For people who feel anxious about what lies ahead, future-proofing...

As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and author of the book, Calming Teenage Anxiety: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Your Teenager Cope with Worry, I am frequently asked about the relationship between adolescent anxiety and current social media use. While...

I used to think rest days were for quitters. Then plantar fasciitis—and too many injuries—taught me otherwise. In a fitness culture that glorifies the grind, doing nothing feels like giving up. But what if your rest days are the most...

I'm 63 and I've been an athlete my whole life. Running, skiing, cycling, Pilates—if it involved movement, I was all in. But somewhere in my mid-50s, my body started sending me different messages. The endless cardio that used to work...

Life’s challenges arrive with terrible timing. Nobody schedules a crisis, a setback, a detour, or an unraveling. Yet across countless stories—ordinary people, public figures, and the quiet heroes living next door—difficulty often becomes the spark that reshapes identity, opens possibilities,...

It’s true that you can’t diagnose anyone on the spot, but this guide will help you spot a narcissist, or at least someone with those tendencies, quickly. Narcissists can mask well, present polished personas, and mirror your energy to seem...

Let’s face it. Digital technology like the internet, smartphones, social media, laptops, tablets, email, wearables, streaming, has disrupted our way of living in just 20 years. With many upsides for sure, but at what cost? Global depression rates have been...

In perimenopause and menopause, women experience an increase in inflammation due to decreased estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. Typically, progesterone and estrogen have anti-inflammatory effects on the body, but when the reduction in these hormones occurs, this causes a general increase...

If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that times are hard. In modern society, we are triggered on a daily basis by various stressors: the news, driving to work, a call from the principal’s office, worrying about...

It's summertime, the weather is warm, the kids are out of school, and perhaps you have a long-awaited vacation planned — which means you’re probably making plans to head to the beach. Did you know that there are proven therapeutic...