Memorize poetry to cast away the blues | GUEST COMMENTARY
One way to practice meditation and ward off melancholy is to memorize poems, writes retired psychologist Patricia Steckler.
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The key to combating unhappiness in teens | GUEST COMMENTARY
Teens' brains have been rewired by cellphones and social media to seek constant stimulation, writes Patricia Steckler.
We begin to forget as we get older. But we can learn to live with it. | GUEST COMMENTARY
Becoming forgetful is part of getting older, but we can learn to laugh about it, writes Patricia Steckler.
There’s still too much stigma around mental health struggles | GUEST COMMENTARY
The more we disclose our symptoms to friends, family and professionals, the more likely we’ll find support and receive appropriate treatment for these genuine maladies.
Don’t expect others to ‘get over’ their grief | GUEST COMMENTARY
The expectation that one should find closure a year after suffering trauma is commonplace. Somehow, the notion exists that people grieving losses ranging from betrayal, divorce, breakup, emigration, racism and...
Why do we define the widowed by their loss? | GUEST COMMENTARY
“I’m a widow now,” my friend said to me, adding, “It’s an awful term.” Her words stuck. I'd never before considered what the word widow felt like to widowed spouses.
In a Black man’s story, I understood the significance of my white privilege | GUEST COMMENTARY
When he told his story, Marquise teared up, as did many in our group. I thought how unlikely this would ever happen to me as a white woman.
Gratitude for ‘Finding Fellowship’ | GUEST COMMENTARY
PBS “Finding Fellowship” documentary commemorates Quince Orchard’s journey from a community of segregated churches to a newly united, integrated one and offers words of wisdom we can all learn from.
Another war, another forced relocation. Why can’t we make room for peace on this vast planet? | GUEST COMMENTARY
I'm confused. In second grade in the 1950s, my teacher taught us that Columbus discovered America. We learned about the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria, the three ships...
Go gray or keep dyeing? It’s just hair; why do I care so much? | GUEST COMMENTARY
Gray roots seep down my hairline. I look like I'm wearing an ill-fitting, off-white yarmulke. I scan the heads of other older women at my neighborhood Starbucks while waiting for...