Why Burnout Is Not Just Being Tired — And When It Needs Professional Help
You are tired. But this is not the kind of tired that sleep fixes. You slept last night — maybe even a full eight hours — and you woke up feeling exactly the same. The alarm goes off and the first thought is not what am I doing today but I cannot do this anymore. The tasks that used to feel manageable now feel mountainous. The people who used to
The Psychology of Regret — Why We Torture Ourselves Over Roads Not Taken and How to Stop
Matt Damon turned down the lead role in Avatar. James Cameron offered him ten percent of the film's profits. The movie went on to gross 2.8 billion dollars. Damon told a Cannes Film Festival audience — I will go down in history as the actor who turned down more money than any actor has ever turned down. He has told the story repeatedly across years of interviews, each time circling
Mercury Is in Retrograde — But Is That Really Why You Feel Anxious?
Mercury is in retrograde again. Your phone glitched. Your ex texted. A conversation with your partner went sideways for no apparent reason. You feel foggy, anxious, and slightly off — like the world tilted two degrees and nobody else seems to notice. And somewhere in the back of your mind you are either blaming a planet or rolling your eyes at the people who do. Either way you are reading
It Is Mental Health Awareness Month — Here Is What Montana Needs to Know
Every May the country pauses to talk about mental health. Social media fills with green ribbons and awareness campaigns. Companies post about self-care. Celebrities share their stories. And then June arrives and the conversation mostly stops. But in Montana mental health is not a once-a-year conversation. It is an every-day crisis that does not end when the awareness month does. Montana has the second highest suicide rate in the country.
My Adult Children Won’t Speak to Each Other — What Can I Do?
You raised them in the same house. They shared bedrooms and birthday parties and holidays around the same table. They fought as kids — all siblings do — but you always assumed they would grow up and figure it out. That one day they would be friends. That your family would stay whole. And now your adult children will not speak to each other. Maybe it started with a disagreement
Am I Grieving or Am I Depressed — How to Tell the Difference
Someone you loved is gone. Maybe they died. Maybe the marriage ended. Maybe the friendship dissolved. Maybe you lost a pregnancy, a career, a home, or a version of yourself that you will never get back. And now you feel terrible — a deep, heavy, pervasive terrible that has settled into your bones and will not leave. You cry. You cannot sleep. You have no energy. Nothing feels interesting or
