by Dr Aletta | Apr 12, 2026 | Adulting, Good Therapy, Happiness, Health Psychology, Parenting, Positive Psych, Relationships, Self-Care
Into Act III of my life, and I still struggle with adulting. Not kidding. It sucks. I tell myself I should be better than this, but I’m not. I’m like a lot, maybe most, human beings, I think. When the going gets tough, I want a blankie and something silly on TV to... 
by Dr Aletta | Mar 1, 2026 | Body/Mind, Depression, Health Psychology, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Self-Care, Self-Esteem
It’s deep winter in the deep north. We’ve been going through the longest below 30F streak in years. The days are getting longer but somehow Western New York missed the memo. I like getting up early, I really do, but that means getting up in the dark. So I get out of... 
by Dr Aletta | Feb 9, 2026 | Good Therapy, Video
Yesterday I was forced to take a pause in the middle of the day. Outside my Explore What’s Next office in Elmwood Village, just off Gates Circle, the winds howled, the snow blew, the windows rattled. Kids stayed home from school, snow plows moved methodically... 
by Dr Aletta | Jan 25, 2026 | Life Candy, Life Matters, Well-Being
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes When I was six years old I wrote a story about a rabbit.That’s all I remember about it. My mom thought it was genius and rewarded me with lots of hugs and smiles. That was my first memory of the power of writing. Most of my life I’ve... 
by Dr Aletta | Sep 29, 2025 | Body/Mind, Chronic Illness
Living with chronic illness affects so many of us. We all have stories to tell. How it first sunk in that something wasn’t right. That the discomfort we were experiencing wasn’t going away. Maybe the fatigue or pain would lift for a few days, bringing hope that maybe...
