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It's that time of year again...Mental Health Awareness month.

As a practicing psychologist, I am quite literally in the business of mental health. 

And yet, I hate it.

Not my job. I am fascinated by the brain, and I love helping others learn how their minds work and using that...

Normally I don't have trouble coming up with topics for blog posts. I've either read or experienced something that sparks an idea, had a thought-provoking conversation, or seen a trend in my clinical practice (people seem to hit walls around the same time. It's kind of amazing, actually.). I have...

We often focus on dealing with internal experiences like thoughts and feelings as a way to increase happiness and life satisfaction. That's important work to do, and we do a lot of it at Peak Mind. Understanding your mind and how to make it work for you rather than against you is HUGELY...

My mom and I are close. I’ve always adored her but, when I was younger, I scoffed a bit at (what I used to call) her Zen-Buddha-karma hippie interests. Like meditation. She was into yoga before it was cool, so I was exposed to it as a teen in the mid-90s. I didn’t mind yoga as...

Several years ago, over a shared steak dinner at a local restaurant, a friend and I talked about all kinds of things ranging from physics to depression. I happened to share this little exercise I use regularly at work called Daily 3-2-1 (full disclosure, I learned it from Dr....

You're probably expecting something related to love or relationships in honor of Valentine's Day. Sorry to disappoint, but I've got other things to share today. I don’t know about you, but it seems like nearly everyone (self included) has hit a wall in the past week or two. The...

Since 1950, rates of anxiety and depression have rapidly increased in the U.S. and around the globe, to the point that we now have a mental health crisis on our hands. Improvement in testing and diagnosis does not explain this increase. Rather, changes in our diet, environment, and lifestyle...

It’s a fact of life that we’re all going to experience adversity and suffering in our lives. So many factors and events are outside of our control, and despite our best efforts to create the perfect life, tragedy still occurs. 

But, psychological research shows us that it...

I've got an important question for you. Between the things you want to do and things you have to do, there just aren’t enough hours in the day to get it all done. So what do you sacrifice?

If you’re like a lot of people, you sacrifice things...

I stumbled upon this week’s guest on Lewis Howes’ podcast, ‘The School of Greatness,’ and I was only about 5 minutes into that episode when I realized that she needed to be on our show as well.  

This week, we’re speaking with Dr. Margaret Rutherford...

Full Interview:

Bonus Episode (hands-on exercise):

So many of us have experienced trauma, depression, anxiety, and other painful feelings and events. But answer this:

When you have those experiences, do you tend to try to get rid of or avoid those painful feelings, or do you lean into them?

On...