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Four Decades of Resilience: One Family’s Perspective on Our Mental Health System
My daily work keeps me busy with priorities focused on developing strategies and initiatives launching and commercializing holistic therapies that have vast potential to impact lives in the mental health space. Healthcare has always been endlessly fascinating to me, but this work is especially close to my heart. Over the last four decades, my family […] -
Major Depressive Disorder with a Seasonal Pattern
Major Depressive Disorder with a Seasonal Pattern (formerly known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD) is characterized by recurrent episodes of depression in late fall and winter, alternating with periods of normal mood the rest of the year. Researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health were the first to suggest this condition was a […] -
How EMDR Healed My Trauma
It is through my own experience with loud sound as the most healing salve I have ever known that I recognize how deeply many of us want to feel better. -
Finding Treatment and Breaking the Cycle of Intergenerational Depression
The important thing is to ask for help and muster up the strength to follow through. -
The Reality of “High Functioning” Depression
I seemingly had my life “in order,” but in reality, I was barely hanging on. -
His Story Continues
My brother’s story is forever a part of my story, to be shared through me. -
7 Lessons I Learned as a Survivor of a Friend’s Suicide
By continuing to learn from my friend's death, I can honor his memory and make a positive impact in the world. -
How My Relationships with My Caregivers Has Helped Me Navigate Schizoaffective Disorder
Maintaining good relationships with my caregivers is a vital part of being a mentally healthy adult. -
Hearing Voices and Turning Them Off Through Meditation
I took a leap of faith, and I had no clue how long it might take to develop the skills required to overcome this challenging symptom.
