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Advice February 17, 2026
Raising Girls With A Healthy Body Image In An Appearance-Obsessed World
Many of us remember what it felt like to grow up being fixated on our bodies. Our daughters are navigating...
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Advice February 17, 2026
Waiting At EWR
In my last two articles in this series, I focused on the acronym EWR, which, aside from being the call...
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Advice February 12, 2026
The Medicare Charge That Might Be Shrinking Your Social Security Checks
By Jack Strulowitz A few months ago, a client called with concern in her voice. After being semi-retired for several...
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Advice February 10, 2026
Before We Pathologize Anxiety
Anxiety is real. For many people it’s painful, disruptive, and deserving of serious care and support. This is not an...
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Advice February 10, 2026
Why Anxiety Feels Louder Than Ever
Years ago, Jerry Seinfeld joked that people were more afraid of public speaking than death. In other words, at a...
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Advice February 4, 2026
Safe Space
By Jessica Steinmetz, LMHC, CASAC-G Clinical Director of The Safe Foundation Thoughtful Answers To The Things We Don’t Say Out...
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Advice February 4, 2026
Angry Emails: Parents, Estrangement And The Need For Someone To Blame
Since publishing my recent article on family estrangement, I’ve received a number of emails from parents. Some were thoughtful and...
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Advice February 3, 2026
Flying Into EWR
When I travel east, I generally land in Newark, where the airport call-letters are EWR. Whenever I travel to lecture,...
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Advice January 28, 2026
Dating Was Never Meant To Look Like This: Rethinking The Shidduch Conversation
By Rachel Tuchman, LMHC We keep talking about the “shidduch crisis” as if it’s some kind of a math problem, but...
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Advice January 28, 2026
The Illusion Of Control
We like to believe we’re in control of our lives. We plan. We calculate. We work harder when things feel...
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Advice January 28, 2026
Self-Care Is Not Selfish: Reframing Plastic Surgery As An Investment In Well-Being
By B. Aviva Preminger, MD, MPH, FACS In recent years, the concept of self-care has extended far beyond bubble baths...
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Advice January 26, 2026
Out Of Breath, Out Of Spirit
We recently read a verse in the Torah that describes how the enslaved Jews in Egypt did not relate to...
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Advice January 26, 2026
MINDBIZ
Dear Esther, I’ve been married for three years and have a one-year-old child. My problem is that my husband has...
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Advice January 21, 2026
Estrangement Isn’t A Trend: It’s A Last Resort
By Rachel Tuchman, LMHC In 2023, I wrote an article in this newspaper called “The Pain of Estrangement” to address...
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Advice January 21, 2026
Is AI Going To Take My Job As A Plastic Surgeon? Why I Don’t Think It Will
By B. Aviva Preminger, MD, MPH, FACS Artificial intelligence is everywhere right now. It writes essays, analyzes images, predicts trends,...
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Advice January 20, 2026
The Birth Of Sacred Love
By Judy Ribner, DNP, CNM She is kneeling in the birth pool, folded forward, hands gripping its edge as though...
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Advice January 20, 2026
DATING FORUM
Question I would like to bring up an issue that I’ve recently had, which I’m sure you’ve probably experienced. And...
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Advice January 20, 2026
Inside Recreate Behavioral Health: A Conversation With Mendel On Personalized Care And Recovery
I meet Mendel on a quiet Wednesday morning at Recreate Behavioral Health. The facility is calm, sunlight streaming through large...
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