Amanda LaMela: Spite runs on peculiar logic: I will accept a loss if yours is bigger. Maybe you keep arguing long after you are exhausted because ending the conversation would feel like letting the other person win. Perhaps you sacrifice your own convenience to make someone who hurt you feel uncomfortable. The cost may be time, money, reputation, closeness, or peace of mind. The desired payoff is that the other person pays too. This post explores the social conditions that embolden spiteful patterns.

Brooke Levy: Part 3 of this series. Maybe you've started noticing your patterns, your nervous system's defaults, the shape you take when things get close. But then you start dating someone, or you're already in a relationship, and suddenly everything you thought you'd sorted out is up in the air again. You're reactive in ways you didn't expect. You're not sure if what you're feeling is about them or about you.

Amanda LaMela: Popular career advice often fails a particular kind of high-achieving, ambitious individual. These high-functioning people are psychologically literate, engage in cognitive reframing, and can recite growth-mindset language fluently. And yet, these strengths and efforts seem to provide inadequate protection from a career-induced existential crisis.

Sydney Kowalski: From Star Wars to Harry Potter, the stories that captivate us often reflect something deeply human: the process of growth and transformation. This post explores Joseph Campbell’s concept of the Hero’s Journey and how its themes of uncertainty, challenge, and self-discovery can mirror our own experiences with life transitions and therapy. Just like the heroes in our favorite stories, we may not always know where our journey will lead, but we don't have to navigate it alone.

Adham Moustafa: Emotions are messages from our bodies, and taking time to feel them can seem dangerous. How do you know when have you actually felt something, and when have you just sealed the lid on it? A container that isn't labeled is hard to identify later. The feeling gets stored anyway, but without a label, you don't know what you're holding when it resurfaces.

Amanda LaMela: Betrayal can take on many forms. Maybe you’ve discovered an affair, a hidden life, or a secret account. This discovery provokes complex and often contradictory emotions, as disoriented confusion meets the gut-punch of certainty. The pain of what your partner did is overwhelming on its own. But often the deep, persisting injury is the loss of trust in yourself. This article is for anyone navigating the aftermath of betrayal.

Dina Borisova: Struggling with mental health in one’s college years is widely recognized as an understandable aspect of college life, often viewed as a normative experience rather than an exception. Despite its normalization, many students experience difficulties at levels that are clinically concerning. This post explores healthy coping strategies to effectively manage stress, maintain balance, and support academic success.

Lily Dean: If you watched television in the mid-2000s, you probably remember the mantra. Before every game, Coach Eric Taylor would look at his high school football team and deliver six words that became a cultural touchstone: "Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose." We tend to think of winning and losing in very rigid terms. But Coach Taylor's philosophy points to something different…

Brooke Levy: Things can look worse before they look better. The uncomfortable part isn’t a sign it’s failing. It’s just what adjusting looks like. Most of us assume we’d recognize a healthy environment if we were in one. That ease would feel like ease. That safety would feel like safety. That our bodies would send some kind of clear signal when something was right. But the nervous system doesn’t work that way.

Sydney Kowalski: As adults, much of our lives becomes centered on what needs to get done. We spend so much time thinking about work, productivity, and what comes next, and so little time doing things that bring us enjoyment. Not to say adults never have fun anymore, but many of us become so focused on obligations that we slowly drift away from hobbies and activities we once loved. Play can help adults cope with stress, reconnect with themselves, foster creativity, and build meaningful connections with others. 

Adham Moustafa: A friend asks you about the outfit they're wearing. It looks good and everyone already confirmed it. Yet your friend hesitates on their choice, and you recognize the discomfort the outfit may cause them throughout the day. What happens when someone is brave enough to name that discomfort? 

Dina Borisova: Trauma coping often includes avoidance patterns that initially help people function, stay productive, or distance themselves from overwhelming emotions. While these strategies can feel adaptive in the short term, they may also keep trauma responses active by preventing deeper processing and integration over time. This post explores the research behind this and how healing can begin.

Lily Dean: If you have ever played a sport, watched a sport, or even just seen a Gatorade commercial, you know the script. The ultimate athletic virtue has been mental toughness for years and years. The harder you push, the more success you will find, or at least that is what the culture has told us. Most of us have internalized that message far beyond the field or the court. This post explores the healthier alternative that sustains people longer both in sport and in life.