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This is true on an individual level, as well as a familial and societal level too. It takes a great deal of care about other human beings to struggle to find a better world. For if we do not care, then who will? If we…

Quote from Gabor Maté’s Scattered Minds, “Self-regulation is not the absence of anxiety, at least not in the very beginning, but a person’s ability to tolerate her own anxiety.” I think a common misconception about health and healing is that it is the absence of…

I have struggled with my reflections on what it means to be an American today as we celebrate our nationally recognized independence day. But I cannot celebrate when I know not everyone truly gained their freedom that day. That Black people were still enslaved, that…

There is so much harm that can come from one person dismissing another’s pain. Siblings, even identical twins can and often do have different lived experiences with their parents. I n families, there can be a dynamic where one child is always seen as the…

Many of us, perhaps all of us, have deep-rooted stories about who we think we are, or who we think we should be, and those stories may stand in the way of our happiness. I would say this applies to almost all of us. We…

My father was a man who was in touch with his feelings. He could talk to anyone. He wanted what was best for me and worked hard to provide me with a good education. I know I learned my work ethic from him. However, he…