Stay Connected While Keeping Your Distance
As a psychiatrist, I recognize how valuable everyday interactions are for mental health. We are deeply social creatures who need others as much as we need air to breathe. Studies show that frequent positive...
The Best Tool I Know to Manage Anxiety
Not being able to predict how something will turn out—a job, a relationship, a health concern, or even a pandemic—is stressful and can be paralyzing. As a patient of mine explained, “It’s the not...
When the World Feels Out of Control, Here Is What You Can Control
Why are we so afraid of COVID-19? It's “the mix of miscalibrated emotion and limited knowledge” explains psychologist David DeSteno. Fear thrives on uncertainty and, at this point, there is so much we don’t know.
How deadly is...
Why Talking to Yourself is a Really Good Idea
People who refer to themselves in the third person are often considered weirdos. If I were to say aloud, “Go Samantha. You can do it!” before lifting a large weight at the gym, fellow...
Not For The Purell-Obsessed
Why do some people get the flu while others get through the entire winter without ever needing a Kleenex? General health, genetics, and environment influence immunity but what else is involved? According to researchers...
How to Better Advocate for Yourself
"While I’m proud of my accomplishments, I have a hard time talking about them. I think it comes off as bragging or false modesty or that I’m “selling” myself. How can I better advocate for myself?"
Self-promotion can be...