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When you’re burned out, the usual mental health advice can start to feel almost insulting. Prioritize self-care? Set more boundaries? Sure, if you were able to do that, you probably wouldn’t be burned out in the first place. While going to therapy for burnout can certainly help, it can also…

We’ve probably all had moments where it feels like our brain is lagging like an early 2000s computer. Sometimes it’s easy to blame that brain fog on a particularly stressful week at work or a couple nights of poor sleep. Other times, the reason for your hazy mind is less…

Maybe you’ve felt it while answering emails, scrolling on your phone, or lying awake at night: that feeling of existential dread. Your brain suddenly starts pulling at threads you didn’t ask for. What am I doing with my life? Will any of this matter in a few years? Is everything…

You’re sitting at work answering emails when you realize you’ve read the same sentence three times and still have no idea what it says. Or you’re parked outside your daughter’s dance class, staring at nothing, realizing you can’t remember the last time you had an hour to yourself—much less what…

You’re folding laundry, sitting in traffic, or halfway through a perfectly fine Tuesday—and suddenly you’re crying. Not because anything happened. Not because you’re particularly sad. You just… are. It’s disorienting. Maybe even a little embarrassing. And the harder you try to figure out what’s wrong, the more elusive the answer…

You don’t need to be in crisis to benefit from therapy. Many people avoid seeking help because they feel their struggles aren’t “serious enough”. Maybe you haven’t experienced major trauma, or your life looks fine from the outside. “A lot of people think that in order for therapy to be…

You’re standing at your kitchen counter, staring at the dishes. Your phone keeps buzzing with work messages. Your kid needs help with homework. And suddenly, you feel it—that heavy, panicky sensation like you’re drowning in responsibilities that should feel manageable. That’s overwhelm: when demand exceeds your capacity. And if you’re…

You’re driving to your parents’ house for the holidays, and that familiar knot tightens in your stomach. You’ve been a successful adult for years—you have your own life, your own family, your own rules. But somehow, the second you walk through their door, you’re 14 again, bracing for criticism. A…

More than 40 million Americans are living with a clinical anxiety disorder. Whether you fall into that camp or not, most of us have experienced stress recently—maybe over a looming work deadline or juggling a sick kid at home. When anxiety is high, we often wonder: How do I make…

Picture a jar full of marbles: Each marble represents a difficult feeling or emotion—grief, anger, or guilt, to name a few. Now, imagine the last person who upset or hurt you: They knock the jar over, the glass shatters, and the marbles spill out all over the floor. They quickly…

Vacations are a wonderful and exciting part of life. They can expose you to new adventures and experiences that can change your life as you know it, or give you the relaxation and time off you need to be the best version of yourself.  However, returning to normal life after…

You’re crushing work deadlines and leading Zoom meetings with ease, but when it comes time to decide on dinner, you freeze. Or maybe you can easily make it through a jam-packed work trip, but as soon as you have a weekend to yourself, you scroll TikTok or rewatch Schitt’s Creek…