How to Align Your Life With Your Values When You Feel Misaligned
Halfway through a conversation, someone will say it like they are apologizing for taking up space: “I don’t know what’s wrong. Everything is fine. I just feel off.” If you read this, you will leave with three things: a name for the pattern you might be stuck in, a shift in how you interpret the […]
How to End Screen Time Without Meltdowns (Without Power Struggles)
So it is 6:12 p.m., and I am already counting the minutes to dinner in my head, and the tablet is doing what it does. Bright, sticky, louder than it looks. If you read this, you will leave with the pattern behind most screen-time meltdowns, the small flip that changes what “time’s up” means in […]
Positive Screen Time for Kids: Age-Based Guide (Babies to Teens)
Because it always starts the same way. A parent says, “It was just ten minutes, so I could cook,” and then we are talking about bedtime fights, dry eyes, and a child who can’t shift gears when the screen goes off. If you read this, you’ll leave with three things that tend to help more […]
Is Gen Z Really Selfish? Gen Z Mental Health, Therapy Speak, and Emotional Boundaries
I keep watching the same thing happen in different relationships. Someone uses therapy speak, the conversation ends fast, and the awkward part begins. The silence. The second-guessing. The feeling that nobody agreed on what just happened. If you read this, you will leave with a name for that moment, you will see the flip point […]
What to Leave Behind in 2025: A Psychologist’s Reflection (Without the Guilt)
Around this time of year, I start hearing the same kind of story in different voices. Someone describes a small choice, like not replying right away, cancelling a plan, taking a day off. Nothing dramatic. And then it lands. Their face changes. The guilt hits first, then the story hits. If you read this, you […]
Eco-Anxiety by Generation: Coping Strategies for Gen Z to Boomers
Eco-anxiety isn’t just worry; it’s chronic fear, helplessness, or grief in the face of the climate crisis. But the way a Gen Z activist copes is wildly different from a Baby Boomer looking back. Nearly every generation feels the emotional weight of a changing planet. Eco-anxiety is the fear and worry about the future of […]