What Is Trauma-Informed Care?

Trauma-informed care is a phrase that appears in therapy, healthcare, schools, and social services. But what does it mean exactly? It sounds like it should be obvious: care that takes trauma into account.
How to Deal with Anxiety About War

There’s something uniquely destabilizing about war anxiety. It’s not like worrying about a job interview or a health scare, when the fear is personal, and the outcome is at least somewhat under your control.
Cross-Cultural Marriage Challenges

Falling in love across cultures is beautiful. You get to experience the world through someone else’s lens. You’re building something that combines two different sets of traditions and values.
How ADHD Can Impact Your Sex Life

ADHD gets talked about a lot in the context of work, school, and productivity. What doesn’t come up as often is how it plays out in intimate relationships, specifically in the bedroom.
The Role of Self-Criticism in Depression

Most people understand depression as sadness. While sadness is part of it, one of the most consistent and corrosive features of depression is the inner critic.
How to Heal Attachment Trauma

Attachment trauma is one of those things that’s easy to overlook because it doesn’t always announce itself the way other trauma does. There’s no single event to point to.
What Is Success Anxiety?

Performance anxiety is the fear of failing at something that matters. Success anxiety is a little different and a lot less talked about.
Signs You’re Ignoring Your Depression

Depression doesn’t always look like what you see in movies. It’s not always someone crying in a dark room or unable to get out of bed.
Why Therapy Is Becoming a “Green Flag” in Relationships

Not long ago, admitting you were in therapy might have felt like something you’d whisper, if you even said it at all. There was a quiet stigma around the idea that needing help meant something was deeply wrong with you.
Navigating Sexual Expectations in Marriage

Marriage brings two people together with two entirely different histories, needs, comfort levels, and ideas about what intimacy is supposed to look like. The conversation about sexual expectations in marriage is largely left to the two of you to figure out in real time.