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When people hear that I trained at Children’s Hospital of Michigan and completed my postdoctoral fellowship at Michigan Medicine Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) they might assume that a move into private practice would feel anticlimactic — too simple...

Growing up in Michigan, I’d often hear my parents complain about how awful the winters were and how they couldn’t wait for them to be over. As a teenager, I’d snarkily reply, “You’re choosing to live here- you could just move,” without appreciating the many complex...

I knew all the signs and symptoms of perinatal mood and anxiety issues (PMADS), had worked with countless parents around anxiety, depression, and scary thoughts, but I naively never thought I would experience them. It didn’t matter that I had a mental health...

Early Spring in Michigan can be a slog. The weather teases us briefly with opportunities to shed our heavy coats, hats, and gloves, step outside without wincing and then- boom- hail storms and the return of gray skies that make you question every life choice that led...

People assume that being a psychologist means I have my emotional life figured out. And honestly, in a lot of ways I do — just not the way they'd expect. There's an unspoken assumption that we're supposed to model vulnerability, sit with discomfort, and feel our...

Just moments ago I was on my hands and knees scrubbing my dog's underside because she'd rolled in something disgusting in our yard. I was huffing and puffing as I wrangled her, getting completely covered in dog fur, my knees soaked from snow-puddles, getting further...

It was the Thursday before winter break, and I knew with certainty: I would not be finishing everything on my list. Not the emails, not the projects, not the arbitrary deadlines I'd set for myself. My hope—as it always is—had been to clear the decks completely before...

What’s the one thing that- if it didn’t happen- would make this season feel incomplete? When it comes to Thanksgiving- for my youngest daughter- it’s sitting on the couch, watching the Detroit parade,Thursday morning, making bets with the rest of the family about how...

As Thanksgiving approaches, we hear a lot about gratitude—feeling it, expressing it, and being more aware of it. I love this emphasis on gratitude because- as research shows- noticing the good and turning towards it leads to less depression and more contentment and...

Yesterday morning my 9 year-old daughter asked if she could have some more TV-time before leaving the house to walk to school. “Sure,” I replied, since she had already gotten dressed and eaten breakfast, so we had a few minutes to spare. “Just put on your shoes...