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 | Sep 24, 2025 | Chronic Illness, Health Psychology, Self-Care
How to live a good, meaningful life despite having a chronic illness is a topic dear to my heart. In my mid-twenties I suddenly found myself in the hospital with undiagnosed kidney disease. From that point on my life took a completely unexpected turn. What... 
by Dr Aletta | Aug 12, 2020 | Body/Mind, Chronic Illness, Health Psychology, Self-Care, Uncategorized
In the old movie Broadcast News, the Holly Hunter character, I forget her name, would take time for herself every morning to cry. She just cried. There was no apparent trigger, no reason or justification ever given for why this intelligent, intense, professional woman... 
by Shannon King | Sep 14, 2018 | Body/Mind, Chronic Illness, Health Psychology
Most of us have had the experience at one time or another of leaving an appointment with a physician feeling completely overwhelmed by what we have just gone through; from not understanding the medical language of your provider or not recalling the information shared... ![Read This & Live Longer]()
by Dr Aletta | Apr 24, 2008 | Body/Mind, Health Psychology
Do you want to live forever? Me neither. Would you like to Live Longer? I’d like to, however, live to maybe 125. Yeah, 125 has a nice ring to it. What are my chances? I would think pretty good based on both my grandmothers living to almost 100. But my...
