When someone we love dies after a long illness or in old age, the people closest to them can experience something called anticipatory grief. This means coming to terms with their death before it actually happens.

Grief is one of the most complicated experiences we go through as human beings. It's also one of the most universal experiences, yet somehow there's still no clear blueprint for how to move through it.

It's natural to want to show up for someone you love. When a partner, friend, or family member struggles, most of us want to ease their pain and help however we can.

These days, keeping a healthy line between work and the rest of your life is harder than it used to be. With the constant connectivity of smartphones and laptops, work has a way of following us home, whether we work remotely or not.

We tend to think of mental and physical health as two separate things, almost as if what happens in our minds stays there. But our minds and bodies are deeply intertwined, and anxiety is a clear example of just how far that connection reaches.

Anxiety is more than a feeling in your mind. It’s also a response from your nervous system.

Being a working mom means holding down a job and running a household at the same time, and somehow we've come to expect women to do this without missing a beat.

We hear it all the time: depression is “more than just sadness.” But unless you’ve lived through it, that phrase doesn’t really tell you much.

Anxiety doesn't just live in your mind. When your thoughts start racing and catastrophizing, your body follows right along. It tightens your face and shoulder muscles and floods itself with cortisol and adrenaline, putting your whole system on high alert.

At some point in life, almost everyone experiences anxiety, and probably more than once. It’s woven into our biology as a natural response meant to protect us.

Grief is one of those experiences that touches nearly every life at some point. And yet, for all its universality, grief and mourning remain shrouded in silence.

Being a woman is a wonderful thing, but it’s also complicated in ways that are invisible to others. Women navigate a unique set of biological, social, and psychological pressures that men simply don’t face in the same way.

Parenting a teenager is one of life’s most rewarding and most challenging experiences. Adolescence is a time of enormous change: bodies are changing, emotions are running high, friend groups are evolving, and teens are beginning to figure out who they are.

When most people picture an anxiety attack, they imagine someone who is visibly panicked and overwhelmed by emotion. But anxiety doesn’t always show up that way, especially in men.

Your job is one of the most common sources of stress in daily life. Even in a comfortable role, you’ll have days that feel overwhelming.

Many people will experience a period of depression at some point in their lives. For some, antidepressants may not feel like the right fit.

We're living through uncertain and, let's be honest, scary times. The political system feels fraught. We’re seeing the impacts of climate change.

Most of us treat our emotions the way we treat the weather—unpredictable forces that simply happen to us. When we wake up feeling anxious or defeated, we assume the feeling itself is an undeniable truth.

First responders are prone to experiencing acute and chronic trauma, burnout, and compassion fatigue. Acute trauma happens after a single traumatizing event, while chronic trauma happens because of repeated exposure.

The core idea behind EMDR therapy is that traumatic experiences can become “stuck” in the brain’s processing mechanisms. When trauma doesn’t get processed correctly, it can lead to symptoms like intrusive thoughts, flashbacks, reactivity to triggers, and avoiding places and things that are reminiscent of the trauma.