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Dr. Melanie McNally, LLC

Clinical Psychologist and Brain Coach | White House Panelist | Author

02/02/2026

No place I’d rather be.

01/28/2026

Mental health is shaped by the world around us. Psychologists do more than support individuals, we have a responsibility to challenge injustice, advocate for safer communities, and fight for policies that protect everyone’s well-being. Healing happens when we stand together for change.

01/26/2026

So proud to be part of a profession that isn’t afraid to speak the truth and do what’s right. Thank you for being an association that advocates for the well being of all. Psychologists have a responsibility to help others understand how mental health is interwoven into every aspect of our society, including atrocities committed by governments. Abolish ice and stand up to white supremacy in all its forms.

01/25/2026

Historian taught us that fascist regimes foster overwhelm, confusion, panic, and fear. That’s to be expected. It’s supposed to paralyze us into obedience and compliance. Don’t fall for it. Pick one thing you can do, no matter how small it may seem and then DO IT. And then put that on repeat. Feel your feelings and then pick an action and follow through. Again and again and again. Yesterday, I felt paralyzed and all I could do was call my senators. Today, I feel angry and I’ll be donating to

01/17/2026

This book is incredible. If you are someone with a complicated relationship with your mom, food, your body, or self-worth, then this is an absolute must read. It’s insightful, funny, and relatable. I will be recommending this book to so many clients. I absolutely loved it.

01/08/2026

I was recently interviewed by and spoke about how to handle layoff anxiety. I talk about what makes someone prone to anxiety spirals and loops and tips for dealing with office pessimism. The article also includes how to escape your own layoff related worries. While we can’t control the world, we can control our reaction to it.

01/03/2026

Sean and our neighbor freed the neighbor’s truck yesterday and I’ve never been more excited. And then to make things even better, the propane truck stopped by and refilled our tanks today, which is a huge relief. We went into town and stocked up on groceries, did some more blowing on our driveway so no more trucks will get stuck, cleared another set of stairs, and got the snow off the firewood. Tomorrow, we have one more trail to blow, but then there will be time for cross country skiing and snowshoeing. Even though it’s a lot of work to get caught up from a blizzard, it is incredibly rewarding. I love it up here.

01/02/2026

Have you ever missed a class or assignment in college and then it turns out it was the most important class/assignment and now you’re basically failing the class and have to do all of this catch-up work? That’s what’s happening with us and winter right now. We left town with a minor snow warning hanging over our heads, but once we were gone, it had escalated to one of the biggest blizzards to hit the UP in years.

We watched helplessly from afar as our neighbors navigated the plowing, checking on our house, and making sure the cats stayed warm. The power was out for three days and for some reason, our 4 year old generator decided to stop working. This generator is normally a lifesaver and automatically kicks on when the power goes out, but this time around, it didn’t. This would’ve meant a freezing cold house for the cats, and possibly, freezing pipes. But luckily, our amazing neighbor fixed it and got it going again (he also got his truck stuck on the drive heading up to our house. A tree saved it from going into the creek.)

We ended our trip early and waited for a break in the weather to head back up north. We still had to drive the last 30 miles through white out conditions and then I managed to get our truck stuck just a half mile from our house on our drive.

We spent eight hours digging our house out from the snow, even though our neighbors had blown for us while we were away. We managed to get our truck out from the snow, but our neighbors is still stuck and the tow truck isn’t able to get to it.

In the pictures, the red truck is ours and the blue truck is our neighbors. The snowblower you see is the one we use for our deck, a hand-me-down from Sean‘s brother that really comes in handy. Sean has a much bigger snow blower for the driveway.

Oh, and did I mention that our propane tank is almost empty, which we need to fuel our stove, generator, and furnace? But we can’t refill it until we get the neighbor’s truck out of the way.

So yeah, I would say we’re failing winter right now. But we’re in the process of doing all of the catch-up work to bring our grade back up again.

12/20/2025

The more I see ChatGPT and AI out in the world, the more I want to retreat into nature and human connection. I don’t want your lame one liners with the Dr. Seuss style writing that is so obviously ChatGPT. I don’t wanna hear how you think AI is the greatest thing ever. (Although I’m more than happy to get in a conversation with you about what caused my perspective to shift.) I wanna be around people who can think critically and who enjoy the cognitive gymnastics that go into problem-solving and abstract thinking and relationship management. I want to talk to people about books that they’ve actually read (not headlines they scrolled past). If you’re talking about using AI for automations, productivity, marketing, and hacking, don’t bother me. I’m definitely not your person. Is anyone else so sick of hearing about AI that they’re ready to go completely analog?

12/07/2025

This book has completely changed my perspective on AI. While the book focuses on OpenAI, the company that runs ChatGPT, the journalist really shows how similar the large AI companies are. It’s a thick book that I will be processing for a while, but here are my main big takeaways:
- OpenAI and the other large AI companies will not disclose how they trained their models. There’s a lot of evidence showing they steal copyrighted material and private user data, but who really knows the extent of how bad it is since they won’t share that and no one is making them.
- they take advantage of countries in turmoil and deplete their resources for the technology to support these models, as well as exploit labor by paying people unsustainable wages. Once they’ve depleted the people and the land, they leave that country and go onto the next one.
- the large AI models are trained by white American tech bros with very limited and narrow world views. The models are filled with racial and gender bias because of this. (not to mention that they also comb every corner of the Internet so they have enough data to train the models. So when you ask ChatGPT a question, the answers are even being pulled from Reddit comments.)
- they hide behind this grandiose idea that AI is going to make humanity so much better by curing cancer and solving climate change and then use that as an excuse to not have to disclose the environmental impact of the data centers and the technology (or even to disclose where they’re getting the data from to train these models).
- the large AI companies just seem to be in a competition to become the most powerful and wealthy people. But it doesn’t have to be this way. There are examples of smaller AI companies who get consent from data providers (people actually sign agreements for their data to be used and they know exactly what it will be used for) and they use significantly less natural resources to run very specific models targeting very specific tasks.
- there’s so much more that I could go on and on, but I’ll stop here. Please read this book and then reach out to me. I’m dying to talk to people about it!

11/29/2025

Cozy has been taken to a whole new level this year. Last year, we spent the holidays setting up the new house in Columbus and while it was wonderful to be down there, there’s just nothing like being in the woods for the first big snowfall of the season. Sean made us the best Thanksgiving feast he has yet to create, which is saying a lot because he really knows how to cook. 100% vegan and 100% homemade: chimichurri sauce to go on top of the vegan roast, garlic mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, wild rice, roasted brussels sprouts with toasted almonds, buttermilk biscuits, roasted veggies with a spicy marinade, and an apple crisp for dessert. Cooking is his love language and it’s safe to say he sure does love me. 💗💗💗

11/08/2025

I’m not anti-AI, but I’m becoming increasingly concerned about the way people are using it to manage their mental health. Chatbots and AI cannot provide therapy, yet many people think that is exactly what it’s doing.

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