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What Are You Really Craving? The Connection Between Food, Alcohol, and Shame
Have you ever noticed that when you try to give something up, you suddenly seem to want it more?
Maybe you've decided to ...
Monday: I am NEVER doing this again.
Friday: It really wasn't that bad. I'll just have one.
Same week. Same you. Both completely sincere.
So which one is lying?
Neither. There's a third party in y...
Wine o'clock. Mommy juice. "I earned this."
Somewhere along the way, a drink became the default way women unwind. And if it feels like
everyone around you is reaching for one, you're not imagining it....
It's Monday morning. You were out with everyone all weekend — dinner Friday, a get-together Saturday, maybe a little Sunday Funday, hoping the mimosas would fix what last night broke. Totally normal s...
What If High Cortisol Isn’t Your Problem?
If you’re tired all the time, waking up exhausted, feeling wired at night, or struggling with brain fog and mood changes, you’ve probably heard the same ...
Chris Asher was meticulous and tracked everything. He trained 10 to 15 hours a week for half Iron Man distance triathlons, competed at the world championships in obstacle course racing, and earned USA...
Kristina is a licensed clinical marriage and family therapist and founder of In Our Nature Therapy in Annapolis. She came to this work the same way a lot of us come to the work that matters most to us...
Maria Winters is 49 years old, a licensed mental health therapist with over two decades of experience, one of the most energetic and engaging people I know, and she still gets told she's boring becaus...
I Spent $400 on a Hangover IV. Let's Talk About That.
Toward the end of my drinking, I got really good at damage control.
After a heavy night I'd wake up completely wrecked. Dehydrated, anxious, fog...
I grew up serving hors d'oeuvres at my parents' cocktail parties in the 1970s.
I thought it was the coolest thing. Sophisticated adults laughing, drinking. And something got logged in my brain early:...
You told yourself last Monday would be different.
Maybe you made it a few days. Maybe you didn't make it past Wednesday. Either way, you're here — and part of you is probably asking the same question ...
Why Am I Working So Hard to Keep This in My Life?
A woman in one of my groups asked a question last week that I cannot stop thinking about.
She said, "Why am I working so hard to keep this substance...
