Ah, the notion of falling apart – it’s like attending a masquerade ball where every guest is simultaneously the belle of the ball and the clown. This delightful paradox, where beauty meets fear in an...
A Clinical Essay on Embodied Continuity and Social Emergence Introduction Rubedo is the fourth and final stage in the classical alchemical model of transformation. Translated as “the reddening,” it...
The language of emotions is everywhere. Children are encouraged to “name their feelings.” Workplaces train employees in empathy. Leaders are praised for vulnerability. Social media overflows with...
🎬 The Nervous System Diaries Cortisol is a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal glands. It is essential for survival. It mobilizes energy, regulates metabolism, suppresses inflammation, and helps...
Mental Health Is in Crisis, and Our Systems Are Still Failing to Care Let’s start here:Someone is in pain. Not the kind you post about.The kind that comes quietly, slowly—or sometimes all at once.The...
You came like tide—unseen, then known,Wearing down the edges of my stone.Salt-laced wind in a voice I chased,A taste of ruin I could not waste. You scattered both the salt and seed,In cracks where...
🕊️ How Silence Is a Symptom — And a Form of Survival By Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D. People die in silence every single day. Not because they were not in pain.Not because they did not give...
An Invitation from the Calabash Family. Dear Readers🥳, Mental health is one of the most essential aspects of overall well-being, yet it remains one of the most misunderstood. Every day, people ask...
Introduction Emotional literacy is not evenly distributed. While the capacity to feel, name, and regulate emotion is universal in potential, it is differentially nurtured—and often differentially...
Introduction Emotional literacy is often conceptualized as a cognitive achievement: the capacity to identify, label, and articulate emotional states. But long before emotion becomes word, it lives in...