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Outside Looking In: Accepting Your Authentic Self and Learning to Belong
Growing up disabled and queer, I spent my entire life feeling like I was on the outside looking in. Whether it was thinking I didn’t fit in or being sure that everybody but me had a date on Saturday night, otherness stuck to me like glue, and it felt as if I’d never...
Gaslighting and You: Avoiding Self-Doubt and Learning to Believe in Yourself Again
“I didn’t know I was being gaslit until years after it happened,” Heath told his therapist. “When I used to tell my husband that something he said hurt me, he’d say that it was “just a joke” and that I was “being too sensitive.” “And how did you feel when he said...
Forgiving Me: Making Peace with Past Mistakes and Finding a Way Forward
“I feel so guilty whenever I think about the days just before my husband died,” Susan said, wiping away a tear with the tissue her therapist handed her. “What do you feel guilty about?” “We had a big fight. He wanted to go to Disney World for two weeks, and I said...
Hard Habits to Break: Creating Strategies for Changing Negative Behaviors
I used to work out three to four times a week. Now, I don’t. I bend over backwards, coming up with irrational reasons not to engage in this behavior despite knowing that regular exercise helps me remain in good health and keeps me looking my best—a circumstance that...
The Money Pit: Strategies for Balancing Finance and a Happy Relationship
The number one thing couples fight about is money. If you’re wondering why, theories abound. But whether one person has a more relaxed attitude towards money matters than the other or a couple disagrees on how their dollars should be spent, their approach to shared...
The Worry Wars Part 2: Conquering (Or at Least Surviving) Global Anxiety
Sometimes, it feels like we live in a dystopian world—as if there’s nothing we can depend on. While the pandemic recedes, political views divide us; war rages across the globe, college campuses are hotbeds of unrest, and democracy appears to hang by a thread. No...