How Depression Affects the Brain?
There is still a lot to know about how depression affects the brain. Evidence suggests that it can alter the size of certain areas, affect communication between structures, and lead to changes in neurotransmitters and inflammation. Depression is a severe mental...
How to Stop Cheating? When You’ve Created the Rupture
Do you want to know how to stop yourself from cheating? Or prevent it from happening in the future? Check out 3 questions to help you and your partner(s) move forward from infidelity. For our purposes, I’ll define “cheating” or infidelity as any breaking of emotional,...
How to Move Forward from Infidelity? With and Without Them
Y’all. This is a heavy topic and will come in two parts. For the injured and the partner(s) who engaged in infidelity. This post is for the injured, who are looking to move forward from infidelity. If you are the one who cheated, we recommend you to read part two of...
How to Deal with Anxiety and Depression when Starting a New Job?
Starting a new job can be a turning point filled with anticipation and excitement. But as your expectations grow, you might feel insecure or worried about what comes next. That uncertainty can make room for anxiety and depression long before your first day of work....
Making Changes: A Baltimore Therapist’s Reflection
As a professional therapist, I have an odd relationship with the idea of making changes. The desire for change is the primary motivator for people to step into my office. On one hand, I believe deeply in personal metamorphosis and in the dogged human spirit that leads...
How Does Depression Affect Relationships?
We all know how mood can impact our relationships. When we feel frustrated at work or are facing other problems in our lives, that can affect the way we interact with those around us. What about when we are struggling with something severe and persistent? How does...
Holiday(ish) Ideas to Stave Off Cabin Fever in Baltimore
Look, reader. I’m going to level with you about winter. If it snows the right amount, then I might be willing to take a walk through our local woods. Otherwise, I am the sort of super introverted human being who is completely happy spending all of their time hanging...
5 Tips to Help you Reduce Holiday Stress
Many of us already had the first taste of the holiday season, but the frenzy of the festivities is far from over. Soon we will be in the hustle of preparations — gift ideas, decorations, shopping, spending, cooking, cleaning. This pressing list of demands can open the...
4 Tips for Navigating the Holidays when LGBTQ+
For a lot of folks, autumn and winter begin seasons of holidays and celebrations. By the time this is published, likely some of these will have passed: Rosh Hashanah, Diwali, Samhain… (Sorry y’all. Hopefully, this is helpful for folks in the years after it’s written...
Depression and Daylight Savings Time: 3 Tips to Cope
Reflecting on my second year of living in Maryland, there are many things that make this an easy state to love. Specifically, the unabashed state pride and flag that’s plastered on everything from bridges to crocs. Growing up in a fly-over state, such pride is...