by Dr Aletta | Jul 22, 2023 | Adulting, Life Matters, Self-Care, Stress
How To Handle Things When Everything Is Hard On the edge of Bryant Park on 42nd Street, behind the Fifth Avenue New York City Library with the resting lions in front, there’s a restaurant. An assistant editor from Glamour and I walked over from her office in the... 
by Dr Aletta | Jan 31, 2023 | Happiness, Mental Health, Relationships, Self-Care, Self-Esteem
Editor’s Note: If you arrived here without reading Word Of The Year, Gaslighting part one, that’s fine; however, you may want to check it out for some of the back stories on Gaslighting Relationships and why it’s such an important issue for you to... 
by Dr Aletta | Jan 31, 2023 | Adulting, Mental Health, Relationships, Self-Care, Self-Esteem
I just learned that Merriam-Webster chose “gaslighting” to be their Word of the Year. Interesting choice. It certainly does seem as if gaslighting is everywhere. From dating to the workplace to politics you’re either gaslighting or being gaslighted. Gaslit?... 
by Tacianna Indovina | Mar 19, 2019 | Anxiety, Self-Esteem
We’re all faking it. Really. When I got to grad school, I looked around and saw accomplished, eloquent, and well-established men and women. Instead of feeling excited about being able to learn from and get to know these people, I felt flooded with feelings of... 
by Tacianna Indovina | Oct 18, 2018 | Anxiety, Self-Esteem, Stress
Do you get nervous speaking in public? Going to a new group where you might not know anyone? Having to make the dreaded small talk about the weather? Your mind might race, palms might sweat, words might not come out at all or at least not eloquently. We’ve all been...
