Human lives are complicated. We experience despair, confusion, and isolation, and throughout our lives, we will suffer losses and face dilemmas that are too great to shoulder alone. In these seasons of our lives, we might decide we need help from a professional: it’s...

I’ve been reading a lot of memoirs lately, so this is a slightly different-toned piece. It’s the type of writing I used to do: reflective, narrative, a little personal. It feels a little vulnerable to share. I’m worried it might be awkward for patients and clients,...

I didn’t plan to specialize in hormones. I trained as a naturopathic doctor with a focus on mental health, drawn to questions of mood, anxiety, resilience, and meaning. And hormonal health found me anyway, as a language that explained everything I was already seeing....

“If you try this and hate it, we’ll learn something.” Sometimes a great plan brings no relief. Many patients come into my practice having read, researched, consulted, and asked thoughtful questions for years. They have tried different diets, bought various...

In 2012, Facebook collaborated with university researchers to manipulate the news feeds of almost 700,000 users for a week (Frizell, 2014). Unbeknownst to them, one group of users was shown less positive content from their friends, filling their daily feeds with...