Why Don’t Men Go to Therapy? A Montana Look at Men’s Mental Health
June is Men's Mental Health Awareness Month — a good moment to talk honestly about something Montana men have been carrying in silence for a very long time. Here is the picture most of us already recognize. A man is struggling. Maybe he is more irritable than usual, drinking a little more, sleeping a little worse, pulling away from the people who love him. Maybe he has been carrying something
ADHD in Women: Why So Many Were Missed — and What the Signs Really Look Like
It often starts late at night. A woman comes across a list of ADHD symptoms — maybe in an article, maybe in a video that someone shared — and a strange feeling washes over her. It is not the cartoon picture of a hyperactive little boy bouncing off the walls. It is something quieter and far more familiar. The chronic overwhelm. The piles of half-finished projects. The forgotten appointments and
Falling in Love With a Chatbot: Is It Healthy to Love an AI — and What Does It Mean for the Human Heart?
In late 2025, a woman in western Japan put on a white gown and a bridal tiara and walked down the aisle to marry the love of her life — an artificial intelligence displayed on her phone screen. The ceremony was not legally binding, but to her it was entirely real. The wedding planner who arranged it said he facilitates at least one such marriage to an AI companion every
My Spouse Refuses Couples Therapy — Now What? A Montana Therapist’s Guide
You have reached the point where you know your relationship needs help. You have probably known it for a while. So you gather your courage, bring up couples therapy — and your partner says no. Maybe a flat no. Maybe a "we don't need a stranger in our business" no. Maybe a "you're the one with the problem" no. It is one of the most frustrating and lonely places to
Understanding Grief: How Loss Lives in the Body, and How We Learn to Live Again
Grief is the price we pay for having loved. It arrives in many forms — the death of a spouse after fifty years, a parent slipping away in hospice, a child driving off to college and leaving a silence in the house you did not expect. Some losses are sudden and violent. Some come slowly, watched and dreaded for months. All of them change us. If you are grieving right
Why Are We So Lonely? Smartphones, Dopamine, and Finding Real Connection in Montana
Here is a strange feature of modern life: we are more connected than any humans in history, and many of us have never felt more alone. We carry a device that can reach almost anyone on earth in seconds. We can watch thousands of people talk to us through a screen every single day. And yet loneliness has become so widespread that public health officials describe it as an epidemic.