Have you ever caught yourself in the middle of a hard moment, hearing a voice in your head that says something like: "You should have figured this out by now"? Or "This is just who you are"? Or the particularly exhausting one: "Just be positive. Others have it worse."

That voice has a name. And it has a bigger impact on your life than most of us realize.

We all have an inner narrator (AKA inner critic — we all have one. Mine is called Matilda.) It runs continuously, interpreting our e...

If you have ever felt like you were living on a treadmill, overwhelmed by world events, taking care of everyone else’s needs with no time to even register your own, you may be sliding into emotional numbness…and you are not alone.

So many people "seem" like they have it together: navigating stress, meeting goals at work, attending to family responsibilities, nothing is falling through the cracks… They handle it all, "I'll just eat lunch at my desk, so I can leave on time." Or not ask for hel...