Cara Zeisloft, LCSW

I am offering a therapy group next month for childbearing parents navigating a difficult postpartum course and who could use an extra space for support. Infants are welcome but not required. Details at carazeisloftlcsw.com/groups, or phone me at 510-594-4331.

Sleeping enough is one of the easiest and cheapest ways of supporting good mental health.

... and psychotherapy is one of the best places to revisit and change early attachment patterns.

And for the dozens of other reasons the article outlines, sleep is key. It is one relatively easy and affordable way to help yourself feel much, much better.

These steps are a fair amount of emotional heavy lifting, and are important.

Written by my smart colleague, Deb Lyman.

Good job on this thing called life.

Physical movement, taking care of yet another thing. It's elegant, really, how simple this is.

Yes, children, and the adults, too.

I'm very interested in how screens impact our lives, in every realm from sleep patterns to emotional regulation to quality of relationships. This is also a classic example of adding good things as a parent instead of taking things away.