by Kat Zommers | Apr 25, 2023
Recently the New York Times published an article, “Lean into Negative Emotions. It’s the Healthy Thing to Do.” It spoke to current research, suggesting that our perspective on our emotions can substantially affect our mental health. I wasn’t surprised to see this...
by Kat Zommers | Mar 14, 2023
Our kids are not even close to being okay. I’m astonished at how many patients I’m currently treating that have been directly or indirectly impacted by suicide or Fentanyl poisoning. Recently, a patient’s high school senior experimented with an opioid and never woke...
by Kat Zommers | Feb 15, 2023
We form positive and negative habits throughout our lives. And once a habit is formed, it’s hard to break free of it. It’s as if our brain stops fully participating in decision making and relies on our automatic routines. Our brains form neural pathways that get...
by Kat Zommers | Jan 5, 2023
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics, Americans born in 2021 can expect to live for just 76.1 years, the lowest life expectancy since 1996. This is the biggest two-year decline—2.7 years in total—in...
by Kat Zommers | Dec 7, 2022
With holidays and a new year approaching, we have moments to contemplate how we want to move forward and approach our lives. We always have choices; even inaction is an action taken. Self-affirming mantras help to center and ground us so that we’re pausing,...
by Kat Zommers | Nov 3, 2022
The latest statistics from the National Institute of Mental Health reports that approximately 18% of American adults ages 18- 54 have an anxiety disorder in a given year, and approximately 10% of individuals ages 18 and over, will suffer from a depressive illness. The...
