Archives for December 2018

I have had the opportunity to work in inpatient, intensive outpatient, and outpatient settings with some amazing individuals and families struggling with addiction. I often come across articles and research about the opioid epidemic. I thought I would share this article on the history of this national and international crisis. “The head of the FDA at […]

This is an interesting article about how teens need to start later in the day to perform best.  You may think your kid is just lazy when in fact, they need more sleep and need to begin the day later than expected.  I remember sleeping until 11 or 12am on the weekends, trying to catch […]

It is important to be well informed about brain development in children.  Here is an article about the impact of hits to the head during high school football can cause changes in the teenage brain. “It is becoming pretty clear that repetitive impacts to the head, even over a short period of time, can cause […]

Gabor Maté speaks with Joanna Moorhead for The Guardian. “With rising inequality and all the other problems there are right now,” he says, “people are having to question how they live their lives. People in Britain are beginning to realise they paid a huge price internally for all those suppressed emotions.” Part of that price was […]

“Esther Perel is a sex and relationships therapist, the best-selling author of Mating in Captivity, and a consultant for the hit Showtime series The Affair. Her TED Talks on desire and infidelity have been viewed more than 14 million times.” Link to Full Article in Cosmopolitan *TED Talks with Esther Perel Rethinking Infidelity The Secret […]