Spirituality

I woke up to my dad staring blankly at the wall the morning of October 14, 2004. It was the day before my 23rd birthday. I knew this day was coming, but nothing would prepare me to wake ... Read More

Noble and Elizabeth Harrison are psychotherapists and spouses. Neither role is an easy one, but they have succeeded at both. They know a little about how to keep a relationship alive, having ... Read More

Tara Brach, PhD, clinical psychologist and peace activist, is one of the most widely respected teachers of Buddhist meditation and spiritual awakening. Her teachings, which blend Western ... Read More

I was inspired to write about this after a conversation with someone in my building about personal choice. We were discussing a former tenant who was now homeless and living on the street ... Read More

Children with mental illness have a variety of services available to them through state, community, and private organizations. But when children enter adulthood, they often lose many of ... Read More

Unconditional love is a concept that is bandied about frequently in religious/spiritual and secular contexts. I’ve been thinking of it more frequently as a result of some premarital counseling ... Read More

African-American youth living in disadvantaged neighborhoods are exposed to many conditions that their more advantageous peers are not. For African-American adolescents living in at-risk ... Read More

Mental health problems among homeless youth are nearly ten times the rates found in youth living in stable homes. Homeless youth, classified as children up to their early twenties, live ... Read More

To open the New Year, I’d like to quote something written to me by a Babalawo in the Yoruba faith (the highest level of initiation possible; only a few are chosen). Speaking about what ... Read More

As I sat to write my end-of-the-year complementary and alternative medicine blog post, I questioned the wisdom of discussing prayer for healing, as prayer remains one of the most hotly ... Read More

Religious belief and active involvement in religious practices has been shown to have far-reaching benefits. Religiosity is linked to higher levels of satisfaction and happiness and lower ... Read More

Last month, I discussed some of the unhealthy and ultimately ineffective ways of coping with grief and loss. As I mentioned, failure to grieve as completely as possible can lead to complicated ... Read More