What a Panic Attack Actually Feels Like in the Body
A panic attack can feel like a sudden full-body alarm, with a racing heart, chest tightness, dizziness, shaking, nausea, shortness of breath, and a...
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The Inner Smoke Alarm: When Your Anxiety Attacks for no Reason
A patient once sat across from me and said: "I was making toast this morning. Toast. And my heart started racing, my chest got tight, and I had to ...
Rest Is the Boundary Your Body Keeps Asking For
Some of y’all are doing everything “right” and still not sleeping. You’re tired, but wired. You lay down, but your mind keeps working overtime. You...
When 'I'm Fine' Starts to Feel Like a Lie: How CES Therapy Helped Me Face the Hard Truth
There's a version of not-okay that nobody really talks about.
It's not the version that lands you in a hospital, that makes you cry in the shower e...
Why You Wake Up at 3AM and Can't Fall Back Asleep (And What's Actually Happening)
A patient once told me: "I dread going to bed because I know what's coming. I'll fall asleep fine. Then 3AM hits like clockwork, and I'm wide awake...
I Was Skeptical Too: What Made Me Change My Mind About CES Therapy
If you had told me seven years ago that I would become one of the loudest advocates for a brain stimulation tool, I would have laughed.
I was a Psy...
Is This Depression or Just Midlife? (Genuinely Asking)
Here's something nobody tells you about being a midlife woman: sometimes you genuinely cannot tell what's wrong.
Not in a dramatic way. Not in a "I...
Peace Is a Business Decision for Women Who Lead
Some of y’all are carrying a whole company, a whole family, a whole community, then wondering why your body won’t let you sleep.
I used to think I ...