Recovery Burnout: When Recovery Itself Is Exhausting

You’re doing the work. So why does healing feel so hard right now? You May Have Recovery Burnout Meet recovery burnout. You’ve been going to therapy. Attending your meetings. Journaling, meditating, doing all the things you’re “supposed” to do. And yet, somewhere along the way, you started dreading the very routines that were supposed to […]
What To Say When Your Daughter’s Struggling

What To Say When Your Daughter’s Struggling(and What Not to) If your daughter’s struggling, you are not alone. You’ve probably replayed the moment a hundred times. Maybe she came to you after dinner, voice quiet. Maybe it was a text you weren’t expecting. Maybe she broke down in the car. However it happened, your daughter […]
What Is The Vagus Nerve

The Vagus Nerve Is Having a Moment — But Does It Actually Work for Anxiety? If you’ve spent any time on wellness social media accounts lately, you’ve almost certainly seen someone clipping a little device to their ear, humming in a low tone, or doing elaborate breathing exercises — all in the name of “stimulating […]
The Loneliness Epidemic in 2026

The Loneliness Epidemic: Why So Many of Us Feel Invisible — And What Actually Helps You can have 800 friends on Facebook, a full work calendar, and a partner sleeping next to you — and still feel completely alone. That gap between the life that looks connected and the life that feels connected is at […]
The 7 Relationships That Shape Your Life

The 7 Relationships That Shape Your Life — And Why Healing Them Changes Everything I’ve spent most of my adult life thinking about relationships. As a daughter. As a partner. As someone in recovery. As a writer and advocate who has sat with hundreds of stories of families broken apart and — sometimes, beautifully — […]
AI And Therapy: What Parents Need to Know

AI And Therapy: Is Your Daughter Using AI Instead of a Therapist? Do AI and therapy go hand in hand? We’re not so sure. Ever caught your daughter in her room with the door closed? She’s on her phone — but she’s not scrolling TikTok or texting her friends. She’s typing her feelings into an […]