Alex Barankevych

I realize that, while I may have made great strides and had great awakenings in a short time, it has been a long-term process. All ...

I was diagnosed with bipolar II disorder, exacerbated by postpartum depression shortly after my son was born. When I first heard my psychiatrist say I ...

I was luckier than most when the global pandemic erupted in early 2020. I had a car, and I lived near the country. I was ...

I decided what I would prefer to learn from the entire experience is that the pandemic prompted deeper conversations about mental health. It highlighted the ...

I want to share what I wish I had known then, and the lessons I learned the hard way.

Self-care is the obvious answer to mental health recovery, but it isn’t as obvious what self-care looks like, because it looks completely different for different ...

As a motivated and ambitious person, I was fully subscribed to the achiever mentality, perpetually running on the hamster wheel. I wanted the success, the ...

From the waist down I look more like I feel – stained pajama bottoms and slippers, legs unshaven. I am barely able to drag myself ...

From the food choices we make, to what we put on our plate, our brain demands the most energy from our food. Dr. Bonnie J. ...