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With a Psy.D. in clinical psychology and an M.S. in social sciences, I explore the intersection of science, psychology, somatics, global geopolitics, & social justice
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MISDIAGNOSED: How the Body’s “Sentinel Systems” Mimic Anxiety (opens the original)
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In 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its most recent mental health data. Close to 5.8 percent of the global population, or 470 million people, have some form of anxiety disorder. And since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the numbers have spiked, particularly in young people, women, and people under socioeconomic duress.Then they dropped a bombshell. People with pre-existing physical conditions like asthma, cancer and heart disease were more likely to develop mental health is
Lindsay Clancy and the War on American Motherhood (opens the original)
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Last fall, my close friend Charlotte was days away from her summer vacation in Paris when she sent me an odd text: “Are strange reactions to a cortisone shot common?” She’d been feeling “off” for several days. “Maybe it’s my new ADHD medication,” she wondered. “Or Covid.”That brief exchange triggered an inner alarm system I’d honed through my decades of clinical work. After several rounds of texting, an urgent picture emerged. She’d been unable to sleep, had a racing heart, felt “unhinged,” and
The Anti-Inflammatory Power of Abdominal Vagus Nerve Stimulation (opens the original)
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Years ago, before leaving on a teaching trip to Asia, I went to my local travel clinic to update my shots. They gave me 8 inoculations, including a polio booster. A few hours later, halfway through the first class in my Thursday night teaching lineup, I felt a dramatic shift. My heart rate spiked. My blood pressure nosedived, and I felt dizzy. My limbs began to shake with chills. I asked a colleague taking the class to teach for a few minutes while I sat on a bolster, wrapped in a yoga blanket,
Fragile Boundaries: Hypermobility, EDS, and the Cyclospora Outbreak (opens the original)
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Across the U.S., cyclospora infections are rapidly accelerating. The uptick of infections relates to three key issues: government-driven cuts in scientific research, public health policies and communication, and the impact of outbreaks on people with chronic illnesses.This column will explore the cyclosporiasis outbreak, what we can all do to protect ourselves, and addresses infection through the lens of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, or EDS.The Biggest (And Quietest) Outbreak in U.S. HistoryFirst, wha
Campaign Breakers: Political Games, the Platner Affair, & the Enabling of Sexual Violence (opens the original)
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This week has been tough one to metabolize for survivors of sexual assault.I’m talking, of course, about the implosion of the Graham Platner campaign.The consultants behind Graham Platner, the politicians who endorsed him, and the voters who traded their integrity to support him ignored multiple red flags—a Nazi tattoo, a history of violent and misogynistic statements, sexting a dozen women while married—to put Graham Platner in power.The death knell for his campaign sounded this week, when Jenn
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