When Your Partner Struggles: Supporting Moms Whose Partners Face Mental Health Challenges
When Your Partner Struggles: Supporting Moms Whose Partners Face Mental Health Challenges Motherhood is demanding in ways that stretch even the most grounded person. Add a partner struggling with mental health challenges—depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder—and the emotional load can become overwhelming. Many moms in this situation feel torn: managing the needs of their children, […]
The Beautiful Mess of Female Friendships: Intimacy, Fragility, and What Women Really Value
The Beautiful Mess of Female Friendships: Intimacy, Fragility, and What Women Really Value Female friendships are often portrayed as either soul-bonding sanctuaries or dramatic battlegrounds. In truth, they are both—and everything in between. Research in psychology and sociology has long underscored the emotional depth, complexity, and developmental importance of women’s relationships with each other. But […]
Growing Pains: How Big Life Transitions Can Impact Depression and Anxiety in Young Adults
Growing Pains: How Big Life Transitions Can Impact Depression and Anxiety in Young Adults There’s this quiet myth we tend to believe in early adulthood: that big life moments—graduating, landing a job, moving to a new city, finding “your people”—will feel triumphant and clear. That we’ll step into our next chapter like the lead in […]
Unsolicited Advice & Over-Involved In-Laws: A Survival Guide for New Parents
Unsolicited Advice & Over-Involved In-Laws: A Survival Guide for New Parents Becoming a parent turns your life upside down in a beautiful, chaotic, sleep-deprived way. You’re figuring out how to keep a tiny human alive, function on 2.5 hours of sleep at a time, and hopefully you have time to shower once in a while. […]
Why Relationship Transitions Feel So Messy
Why Relationship Transitions Feel So Messy Relational transitions strike at our core needs: to belong, to be seen, to feel safe. When those needs are up in the air—during a breakup, a shift in roles, or even a long-overdue conversation—we feel untethered. Welcome to the life of the living! And when parenting enters the scene? […]
Deserving: The Psychological Economy of Self-Worth
Deserving: The Psychological Economy of Self-Worth As therapists, we often talk about relationships: between partners, between parents and children, between people and the world around them. But the most enduring relationship—the one that shapes all others—is the relationship we have with ourselves. This internal relationship is not created in a vacuum. It begins early, forming […]
Life in the In-Between: Why Transitions Make Us Sweat
Life in the In-Between: Why Transitions Make Us Sweat (and How to Breathe Through Them) Whether it’s changing jobs, starting a family, moving cities, or finally deciding to not attend every family gathering because of how they affect you until the next unsettling occurrence at the next event—life transitions are inevitable. They’re also tricky, they can be […]
Surviving Infidelity: Quit or Fight?
Surviving Infidelity: How to know when to call it quits and when to fight the good fight and save it Picture This: One day you find yourself in a happy and peaceful and fulfilling relationship, and the next day your world is upended as you look at your partner who you don’t even recognize anymore […]
Myths That Destroy Couples
Myths That Destroy Couples: Debunking Common Relationship Misconceptions Relationships are complex, and while every couple is unique, there are certain myths that can harm relationships and prevent couples from thriving. These myths often stem from unrealistic expectations, societal pressures, and outdated beliefs that can erode trust, intimacy, and communication. Understanding and debunking these myths is […]
Infertility: The Silent Struggle & What to Do
Infertility and the Silent Struggle What to consider when having trouble conceiving and what to do Infertility is a condition that affects millions of people worldwide, disrupting their ability to conceive and start a family. For many individuals and couples, infertility can be emotionally, physically, and financially overwhelming. While much attention is given to the […]