Category: News Article
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Quoted in Rachel Friedman’s Vox article: The 30-something life crisis
Check out the original article in Vox. If you like the piece, I’d highly recommend Friedman’s book, And Then We Grew Up. “I know I’m getting older because my Kindle is turning into a self-help library,” says comedian Ali Wong in her Netflix special Baby Cobra. My own early-30s self-help library was brimming with advice: on how to…
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Featured in Psychology Today’s How to Help Your Family Thrive: Cohesion
See Forrest Talley’s full article on Psychology Today. Consistency in parental expectations builds cohesion by reducing anxiety (fears arise when expectations frequently change, making children uncertain of how they are to win parental approval – consistency is the antidote for such fears). Anxiety is corrosive. It wears away at family morale, tears at the fabric of family cohesion,…
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Quoted in the Huffington Post’s 13 Signs You’re Sabotaging Your Own Progress in Therapy
Check out Krissy Brady’s full article in the Huffington Post. Therapy can be a super rewarding way to sift through the emotional baggage that’s holding you back. But because it involves being vulnerable and diving into some pretty murky subjects and feelings, you might find yourself indulging in self-sabotaging behaviors that halt your progress ― and…
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Featured in Kaitlyn Wylde’s New York Times article “What Does Having a Boyfriend Have to Do With Sleep?”
Owen Dennis Riley, 17, has never had a girlfriend. But he plays a boyfriend to at least half a million subscribers on YouTube. He brings you gifts on Valentine’s Day and soup when you’re sick. He serenades you, if you’re into that sort of thing. Most important, he wants to help you get a good…
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Quoted in NBC News article: Ghosting, gaslighting, orbiting: How putting a name to a bad behavior can help you heal
See Danielle Page’s full NBC News article. The thing about gaslighting is that it’s extremely hard to tell when it’s happening to you — which is by design. It’s a form of psychological manipulation where a person makes you question your own sanity — and it’s something I’ve experienced firsthand. Thinking I was losing my mind, I took…