Is Anxiety a Friend or Foe? A Look at Inside Out 2

Is Anxiety a Friend or Foe? A Look at Inside Out 2

,Anxiety | Inside Out 2 | Mental Health & Pop Culture San Francisco psychologist Alexis Lopez, PsyD, reflects on the portrayal of anxiety in Inside Out 2, and her own experiences with anxiety as a young person from an immigrant family. (Some plot spoilers ahead,...
Are You Lonely? How To Tell, And What You Can Do About It

Are You Lonely? How To Tell, And What You Can Do About It

Managing Loneliness | Mental Health Tips Feeling isolated, invisible, and insignificant? These emotional experiences are now so common our Surgeon General has addressed the current loneliness epidemic as a public health crisis. Nearly half of American adults report...
Understanding Asexuality

Understanding Asexuality

,LGBTQIA+ Identities | Asexuality | Pride Month 2024 As we celebrate Pride month this year, I’d like to give some attention to a few identities that often get overlooked: Asexuality, or what we call the Asexual Spectrum (Aspec). This encompasses identities such...