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For minor setbacks, maybe Elsa had it right: let it go. But not every difficult feeling is a minor setback. When we're experiencing something deeper, pressure to “look on the bright side” can stop feeling encouraging and start feeling smothering. And sometimes that pressure doesn't even come from other people. We learn to do it to ourselves. Someone asks how we're doing and, almost automatically, we say: “Fine.” But what might happen if we didn't?

If you ever played The Sims, you probably remember those little needs bars. Your Sim could be getting on with their day while, in the background, their energy, hunger, comfort or fun was getting lower and lower. You could keep giving them things to do and, for a while, they would. Until they wouldn’t. Children obviously don’t have handy needs bars floating above their heads, but it can be a surprisingly useful way to think about something called after-school restraint colla

In K‑Pop Demon Hunters, the spotlight falls on the girl group HUNTR/X, dancing, singing, and slaying literal demons in glitter and platform boots. It's a high-stakes story about saving the world on stage. But one of the most important characters? He never sets foot onstage. His name is Bobby. And the world needs more people who show up like him.

In the expansive universe of Star Wars, the character of Darth Maul stands as an embodiment of darkness and vengeance. But what if a different path had been chosen for him? What if Darth Maul had the opportunity to undergo therapy and heal from his past trauma? In this alternate exploration, we delve into how therapy could have potentially altered Maul's destiny, leading him toward redemption instead of the dark side.

7 in 10 adults in the U.S. have experienced a traumatic event, and many of those considering therapy can feel anxious about the idea of speaking about what happened. Here’s something important to know: not wanting to talk about it, or not being able to verbalize it, does not mean you can’t be helped. Therapeutic approaches such as EMDR work in a way that you don’t have to tell the full story out loud to heal.

Public health and mental health are often discussed as separate issues, but they are deeply interconnected. Public health focuses on the conditions that allow communities to thrive, such as safe housing, clean air, access to care, stable income, and supportive social environments. Mental health is shaped by these same conditions.