When you can't sleep, you're desperate for help. And there's a booming industry waiting to tell you all the ways a lack of sleep can ruin your health -- and to sell you fancy gadgets to help you finally doze off.
Read moreHow to Help a Teen Who Can’t Sleep
Jun Cen
Nearly a quarter of adolescents grapple with insomnia. Experts say small habit changes can make a big difference.
Read moreI’m a Couples Therapist. Something New Is Happening in Relationships.
Dina Litovsky for The New York Times
I’ve come to see that one of the most pernicious issues couples struggle with is working through wrongdoing and blame.
Read moreHow to Be There When Mother’s Day Isn’t Easy
“The holiday itself was established to honor someone who’s mother died,” says Meghan Riordan Jarvis, a clinical psychotherapist with experience in the fields of trauma, grief, and loss. “But we’ve morphed it into taking our mothers to brunch.”
Read moreSLP Series: The Taboo of Menstruation
Most people, including those who menstruate, are taught about the menstrual cycle in middle school. This is at an age when learning about anatomy, reproduction, and sexual health is not necessarily welcomed with open arms. While sex and reproductive education at school address education of the menstrual cycle, it is often culture, media, religion, and familial norms that shape one’s emotional experience and relationship to menstruation.
Read moreWomen Have Been Mislead About Menopause
Marta Blue for The New York Times
Imagine that there was a treatment for all these symptoms that doctors often overlooked. The scenario seems unlikely, and yet it’s a depressingly accurate picture of menopausal care for women. There is a treatment, hardly obscure, known as menopausal hormone therapy.
Read moreLean Into Negative Emotions. It’s the Healthy Thing to Do.
Jérôme Berthier
When we perceive our emotions as bad, we pile more bad feelings onto our existing ones..
Read moreWhy Does Your Mood Change Before Your Period?
Here’s a deep dive into why your mood changes before your period begins.
Read moreThe menstrual gap in mental health
We often talk about the physical symptoms of periods, but the psychological impact of menstruation often gets left out of the conversation.
Read moreDid pandemic stress change women’s periods?
New research suggests that higher stress levels during the pandemic were associated with more changes to women’s menstrual cycles.
Read moreSeeking Relationship, Therapy Required
Camille Deschiens
For some singles, a potential partner who isn’t working on their mental health is not an option.
Read moreThe Phones We Love Too Much
Phone love can go too far — so far that it can interfere with human love.
Read moreHow to Set Boundaries With a Difficult Family Member
Jing Wei
Here are her strategies for setting boundaries with a difficult family member
Read moreHow to Tell the Difference Between Regular Distraction and A.D.H.D.
TikTok is leading many adults to question if they have A.D.H.D. If a video (or article) has you thinking you may have undiagnosed A.D.H.D., here’s what to consider.
Read moreHow Therapy-Speak Took Over Dating
Illustrations by Marta Cerdà Alimbau
A growing number of people now broadcast intimate, specific details, including proclamations about their mental health
Read moreHow My Wife and I Took Back Our Sundays
One day a week, we do absolutely nothing.
Read moreMy Boyfriend Loves Me, but He’s Not Affectionate Enough
Bianca Bagnarelli
Most people come in making a case for why the other person needs to improve. Spoiler: That never helps.
Read moreSex? After Kids? Tell Me More, Esther Perel
Dr. Becky consults with the renowned couples therapist, Esther Perel, to talk about what parents can do to rekindle their desires.
Read moreWhy does it hurt so much when we get ghosted?
Lucy Jones
Caring about what people think is a protective process, designed to help us build a net of belongingness and safeguard us against the loss of love.
Read moreHow to Save Yourself From ‘Task Paralysis’
Janik Söllner
These expert tips can help you snap out of your frozen state and bring your control center back online.
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