Note: The author acknowledges, with great compassion, that this is a challenging topic for the many individuals who make the difficult decision to begin treatment with psychiatric medication. All...

Our Break from the Divine Feminine

To do lists. Email. Facebook. Appointments. Commutes. Packing lunch. Making that call. Hustling for that deadline. Ignoring the elephant of your sexless marriage,...

Is There an Easier Version?

I stared out over the sea of beautiful women from all walks of life. It was an intimate gathering in the West Village, and we were there to talk mental health, healing...

Worried it may be too late to learn about what a healthy gut microbiome looks like? I am.

That’s why studies like this one entitled Subsistence strategies in traditional societies...

Here’s what two renegade doctors have to say about what depression is, what it isn’t, and how to reverse it.

Text excerpted from EATING CLEAN, © 2016 by AMIE VALPONE. Reproduced by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sunrise Nori Wraps with Spicy Tahini Drizzle

Serves 4

If...

Psychiatry: A Very Special Specialty

Psychiatry, unlike other fields of medicine, is based on a highly subjective diagnostic system. Essentially you sit in the office with a physician, and you are...

Turmeric "Coffee" Alternative

In the height of my residency training, I was up to 6 cups of coffee a day. Granted, at least once a week, I was awake for a forced-all-nighter, but I took any...

The following guest post was written by my friend, Ali Shapiro. I hope her thoughts empower you to take ownership of your health and take on a new “Boss” mindset. Enjoy!

Twelve years...

My sordid past

My patients look at me with a mixture of incredulity and disbelief when I try to explain that I’ve been there. I was raised on modern Italian food – pasta, lasagna,...

"Every time I have the thought that I want to harm my husband, I have to spend about 15-20 minutes organizing the utensils in our drawer just perfectly. It's exhausting and so disturbing. I love...