As AI tools like Chat GPT become more integrated into daily life, more people are using them for emotional support, reflection, journaling, problem-solving, and even quasi-therapeutic conversations. While caution is absolutely warranted, especially around replacing actual psychotherapy with AI, the growing wave of warnings about “chatbot therapy” may unintentionally create shame or secrecy around something many clients are already doing.

One of the biggest obstacles to exercise is not the workout itself — it’s getting started. Recent research and reporting suggest that shifting your mindset away from “I have to complete everything” and toward “I just need to begin” can dramatically reduce avoidance and increase follow-through.

The “emotional hangover” can include anxiety, irritability, shame, sadness, racing thoughts, and heightened emotional sensitivity the next day.

Affirming care is not simply about acceptance. It is about creating an environment where your identity is recognized as an essential and valuable part of who you are.

Many women enter perimenopause without realizing what’s happening. What starts as trouble sleeping, mood changes, or unexpected fatigue can feel easy to dismiss or mislabel as everyday stress. But as highlighted in a recent NPR article, this stage of life is often far more complex—and far less recognized—than it should be.

Polyamory is often imagined as a kind of emotional abundance, where connection flows freely and love refuses to be limited. It carries a sense of openness that feels almost ideal. But behind that openness is a more complicated reality.

It’s an incredibly hard subject — but their choice to be direct and compassionate highlights something universal: children benefit when we’re honest with them, even about life’s hardest truths.

Trauma therapy doesn’t just stir up emotions — it often activates the body too.

Reflections on Healing Back Pain by John Sarno

Abigail Shrier’s Bad Therapy warns against overpathologizing childhood. Discover why parents—not therapy—should guide normal struggles, and why fewer cases mean better care.

Why our attempts to shield children from hardship so often achieve the opposite, and how compassionate honesty can help

I loved this recent TIME essay on AI and therapy. It captures something many people misunderstand about what makes therapy work.

NPR recently published an insightful article about why so many therapists are choosing to leave insurance networks — and it resonated deeply with what we see in our field.

Talking about illness and death isn’t easy. But naming it openly is one way we honor the depth of the therapeutic relationship. If you have questions or concerns about this, please bring them up—we welcome the conversation.

Feeling overwhelmed? Discover why true self-care isn’t withdrawal, but action: when you feel the worst, that’s the moment to connect, contribute, and reclaim your agency.

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Learn how physical movement can complement the emotional work of psychotherapy, why it works, and how to get started

What happens when you return to a therapist years later? Explore how transference shifts, therapists grow, and therapy feels new again.

So much advice about sleep can feel like another list of rules: no screens, no caffeine, no blue light. But this piece focuses on things that feel doable—small comforts that meet you where you are, rather than scolding you for not being perfectly relaxed.

Grief is not a linear process—it changes shape over time, and it often lives alongside joy, memory, and meaning

Learn why asking “Do you want advice or just to talk?” can strengthen relationships—and make help more meaningful.