Childhood emotional neglect is what a child experiences when their caregiver is unable, or unwilling, to notice and respond to their emotional needs. This type of neglect exists on a spectrum, can be intentional or not, and is understood by many to be a form of emotional abuse.

As Pride month approaches and rainbows start to appear everywhere, I’m filled with a combination of excitement and introspection. The opportunity to celebrate queer identity publicly is a privilege that has always been under threat in our country and around the world. Dating back to The Stonewall Uprising of 1969, Pride month pays tribute to decades of activism.

For some, ChatGPT represents the new frontier of linguistic technology and research. For others, it represents the downfall of humanity and the next step toward impending robotic doom. For others still, it represents a year-old (ancient in internet time) mildly entertaining meme.

Could it be possible that ChatGPT might also be a resource for gender affirming social support? 

“Powerful, enlightening, and hopeful, What My Bones Know is a brave narrative that reckons with the hold of the past over the present, the mind over the body—and examines one woman’s ability to reclaim agency from her trauma.”

For the first time in a long time, I recently finished a book that I couldn’t put down.

I, like most of us who grew up inundated with harmful messaging from “diet culture,” believed for most of my life that the only point of exercising (or at least the biggest point) was to lose weight.

What makes grief so hard? If we all experience loss and the corresponding sorrow that follows, why do we so often feel alone, isolated and unseen in our pain? Yes, grief is unique and personal. Yes, everyone grieves in their own way and on their own timeline. But shouldn’t we be able to find some point of connection in the shared human experience of loss? Generally speaking, modern western culture does a terrible job of acknowledging and supporting grief.

You may have heard the term “neurodiversity”, making the rounds on your favorite social media platforms, as people are increasingly exposed to this concept. But what does it mean, where did it come from, and how can it be helpful? 

Conversations on trauma have been radically evolving over the past few decades. As the mental health field understands more and more about the impact of trauma on attachment and neurodevelopment, especially for children, the question we ask is shifting from “What’s wrong with you?” to “What happened to you?”