Long-Term Wellness

Morning routine for mental health: evidence-informed habits with light, movement, brief journaling, and breakfast that support mood without becoming a chore.

When Priya finished her twenty-week course of CBT for panic disorder, her therapist did something Priya later realized was rare: she scheduled a follow-up for six weeks out, then another for three months after that, then one for the six-month mark. By the time the year was over, Priya had used four “tune-up” sessions and … Read more

What peer support specialists do, how they differ from sponsors and therapists, certification, insurance coverage, and how to find a certified peer in your area.

The Question No One Asks You have done the work. Weekly therapy sessions. maybe medication. Perhaps an intensive outpatient program or a partial hospitalization stay when things got really bad. You have learned coping skills you never knew existed. You have confronted painful truths. You have spent time and money and emotional energy on your mental … Read more

Why mental health and chronic illness need integrated care – collaborative care models, behavioral health for cancer, diabetes, cardiac, and chronic pain, and how to find a clinician.

Diane had been a senior project manager at a Fortune 200 logistics company for nine years before her panic disorder caught up with her. The HR welcome packet she had filed away on her first day mentioned an Employee Assistance Program, a “wellness portal,” and something called “Spring Health” she had never opened. After her … Read more

Elena got COVID for the third time in February 2023. The acute illness was mild — a sore throat, three days on the couch, back to work the following week. By April she could not finish a sentence without losing the thread. By June she was crying every morning, sleeping eleven hours and waking exhausted, … Read more

The Mental Health Infrastructure That Costs Nothing and Predicts the Most The longest-running study of human flourishing in history, the Harvard Study of Adult Development, has tracked hundreds of men over more than eight decades. The single most consistent finding from the study is that the quality of close relationships, more than wealth, fame, intelligence, … Read more

Sam bought an Oura ring three months into his anxiety treatment because his therapist had asked him to track sleep. By week two he was checking his readiness score before deciding whether he could handle a difficult work meeting. By week six he was canceling plans on days the ring told him his HRV was … Read more

The first time Marcus tried to stop sertraline, he did what his prescriber suggested: cut the 100 mg dose in half for two weeks, then stop. By day six of the lower dose he was dizzy whenever he turned his head. By day three of zero he was crying in his car at lunch, sleeping … Read more