by Tacianna Indovina | Jan 4, 2019 | Depression, Holidays
Grieving around the holidays is the norm for many, but it’s not just humans who grieve. Jodi Picoult’s “Leaving Time” is one of my favorite books. It’s about a mother-daughter relationship where the mother is an elephant researcher. Already being a huge fan of...
by Dr Aletta | Nov 10, 2010 | Self-Esteem
Reading about celebrities and their experience with illness is always interesting to me. Celebrity can be a bully pulpit. People like Michael J. Fox choose to take their story public as a way to inform, educate and inspire. Katie Couric did the same after her husband...
by Dr Aletta | Nov 19, 2008 | Mental Health
Or What Is Secondary Gain?Monday night my throat closed up as if someone were very deliberately trying to choke me. My temperature spiked up to 102º. For two days I was pretty miserable. Today the choke hold loosened a bit and so far no fever. Probably because...