What To Do If You’re Watching Someone Grieve
Death and family mourning were part of my everyday awareness, as I grew up the daughter of a much beloved funeral director. Wakes, cemetery plots, grave markers, funeral arrangements, caskets… all of it was part of my daily world. Dinner conversation would touch...How Can You Be Vulnerable As An Adult When You Were Never Safe As A Child?
It’s no wonder why being vulnerable is so hard for so many. You learn to feel safe in the families you grow up in. If you were lucky, you had two fairly healthy parents who supported each other’s strengths, who had compassion for one another during their...262 SelfWork: Do You Choose Happiness? And If So, Do You Choose Depression?
Perhaps one of the most complex concepts in mental health is the concept of choice. More specifically, there’s a huge and dramatic debate over the idea that someone “chooses” depression or anxiety. I myself have panic disorder as many of you know and it riles me up a...259 SelfWork: Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder
In today’s episode, sponsored by Athletic Greens, I want to talk about borderline personality disorder, but in a different way than I have before on SelfWork. I’ve mostly written about what it’s like to try to love someone with a serious personality disorder, like...257 SelfWork: Is Your Brain Broken When You’re Depressed? A Conversation with Dr. Caroline Leaf
There are some people who are both humble and brilliant and Dr. Caroline Leaf is one of those people. She’s a world renowned Neuroscientist, mental health and mind expert, bestselling author of Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess and host of Cleaning Up The Mental...Dr. Margaret’s Book Now Available!
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