Amanda LaMela: You deleted the text thread. You even told your friends, “No, seriously, I’m done.” Then two weeks later, something happened… An on-again, off-again relationship is not just one breakup followed by one thoughtful reunion. For many people, it becomes a repeated cycle of conflict, distance, reunion, and relief, followed by another rupture.

Brooke Levy: Most of the time taking care of a houseplant looks something like this: You find a pot that fits your space, you water it on whatever schedule works for you, you put it somewhere with decent light. You want it to grow. You're just not necessarily thinking about what it needs to grow fully. You're thinking about what fits the shelf. What you can manage. And the plant adapts. It grows to within the limits of its conditions.

Adham Moustafa: Everyone loves the person who is always smiling. They are the first to notice you walked in, the one who makes everyone laugh, the one who gets things done. It becomes easy to assume they are fine. But does anyone ever stop to question what motivates that? 

Amanda LaMela: Not all breakups are created equal. Some are painful but understandable. You grieve, you reflect, and eventually you integrate the experience. However, some breakups feel destabilizing in ways that are hard to describe. This blog post explores different breakup behaviors and why certain endings are uniquely destabilizing.

Dani Saliani: After appearing on a new podcast episode about the same subject, this post continues to explore the health benefits of two of our most spontaneous emotional responses: laughter and crying. Both offer similar health effects in terms of releasing cortisol and other stress hormones, but they offer different approaches to emotional processing. 

Brooke Levy: Somatic Experiencing (SE) is structured around restoring a sense of safety, control, and regulation in the body. But what does that actually look like in a therapy session? This post will break down how SE is typically practiced and why it’s so different from approaches that rely on retelling or reprocessing trauma through words alone.

Dina Borisova: Healing from childhood trauma, in a Psychodynamic sense, does not mean erasing the past or forgetting what occurred. Rather, healing involves transforming how trauma is held internally and relationally, so it no longer powers over one’s emotional life, identity, or relationships in rigid, or originally-defined ways. It can give you a chance to “re-write” these patterns, learned so long ago. This blog post explores how this therapy works and what you could be thinking about as you engage with it.

Anna Kelman: Grief is complicated. It's universal but also deeply personal. Part of that complexity comes from the many reasons we grieve. These feelings have existed as long as humans have, but now we face a new challenge: how do we do something as personal as grieving in the digital age, where we constantly share intimate details of our lives and are surrounded by photos, videos, and messages that remind us of what we've lost?

Lily Dean: "Vienna" by Billy Joel offers insight into a pressure many are feeling these days. We're living in a time where everyone's supposed to be hustling, optimizing, leveling up. There's always another goal, another version of yourself you're supposed to become. "Slow down, you're doing fine."

Alexandra Miceli: According to IFS, we all have ‘parts’ - parts that are not ‘bad’ or ‘broken’, but informative to who we are in the present. Each of us has a core self, that is calm, curious, and compassionate. IFS is not about getting rid of parts, it’s about being curious about them in order to understand why each part of us exists. This post looks at Hawkin’s favorite radio DJ, Robin Buckley, from an IFS viewpoint. Stranger Things spoilers included!

Jesse Chung: With the World Cup coming to our continent, we are reminded of the vast history we will soon carry on. Soccer is often dubbed "The World's Game" because it belongs to everyone. People often focus on the defenders, attackers and goalkeepers, but midfielders hold an essential role in any game. How do players bearing such weight and responsibility avoid getting overwhelmed?

Wesley Higgins: Whether or not you observe Christmas, or any of the other holidays around this time of year, it’s hard not to notice what time of year it is. Especially here in New York City where the avenues are illuminated by red and white strung lights, and department stores showcase happy families exchanging gifts. This post looks at what was coined “The Holiday Syndrome” and how you can support yourself through this time of year.

Amanda LaMela: This post explores the ways in which depression, burnout and music interact. Your Spotify Wrapped can have more insights than just your music taste. Studies have found that music reliably shifts how we feel in the short term, even for people dealing with depression, chronic stress, or trauma. Music can play a meaningful role in helping people cope in the moment, especially as they work through deeper issues in therapy.

Amanda LaMela: Most people expect surgery to take a toll on their bodies. However, many don’t realize how deeply it can affect their minds, moods, and sense of agency. Have you or a loved one ever experienced unexpected waves of sadness, anxiety, fear, numbness, or helplessness after surgery or a medical diagnosis? This blog post explores what you should know.

Anna Kelman: Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a form of depression that follows the natural seasonal progression, emerging primarily during the end of fall and all through the winter months when sunlight exposure decreases. While commonly referred to as the "winter blues," this condition represents a genuine psychological phenomenon with significant impacts on mental health and daily functioning.