Alexa Wolkoff, lcsw, ryt

09/12/2025

🍁 Croton Recreation Fall 🍂 yoga SUNDAY morning Hatha Yoga starts Sept 28th!
Register: webtrac.crotononhudson-ny.gov/

08/25/2025

2 New groups starting in Sept!
✨2 women’s divorce & single/co-parenting support groups will be running this fall on alternating Wednesday evenings
✨compassionate, trauma-sensitive groups for women- supporting each other through the rocky waters of divorce/co- parenting.
✨groups will encourage processing grief and co-parenting concerns as well as celebrating new beginnings
​✨groups run out of the Hat Factory in Peekskill, NY.
✨a few spots remain
✨a brief intake is required

07/23/2025

Women feel more anger as they age, but they also appear to get better at regulating it, according to a study published this month in the medical journal Menopause.

Researchers found that among women, age was “significantly related” to many anger measures they studied. But as women got older and entered stages of menopause, the anger expression reduced, suggesting that with midlife comes emotion regulation.

Researchers analyzed data from a subset of more than 500 women between the ages of 35 and 55 who were involved in a longtime continuous health study. Participants were predominantly White, educated, married parents, with a median income during the early years of data collection, which began in 1990 and ended in 2013. The average age was 41.6 years old.

The article calls for more research on women’s anger in order to understand its consequences for midlife and older women.

Menopause is a time in life when a person’s menstrual periods stop permanently and reproductive years have ended. Symptoms of the different stages of menopause — which can include hot flashes, night sweats and mood changes — have long been underresearched even though 6,000 women enter this stage of life every day.

Dr. Monica Christmas is associate medical director for The Menopause Society, the nonprofit which publishes the journal Menopause. She said in a statement that the transition to menopause and its intersection with mental health — which can have a significant effect on a person’s personal and professional life — have not always been acknowledged.

“Educating women about the possibility of mood changes during these vulnerable windows and actively managing symptoms can have a profound effect on overall quality of life and health,” she said.

✍️: Barbara Rodriguez, interim health and caregiving reporter
📸: Alona Horkova/Getty Images

06/21/2025

☀️Happy Summer!
☀️Yoga at the Landing with Alexa starts next Sunday 6/29, Croton Landing 9:30-10:30am ☀️This is an all level Hatha class, through . Class runs for 6 consecutive Sundays. Discounts are available for Croton residents. Register at: CrotononHudsonny.gov ☀️

06/15/2025

Happy Father’s Day to all the solid Dads who are fighting to create a safer world for their children, as well as their children’s mothers ❤️

06/02/2025

“To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow – this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.”
– Elizabeth Gilbert
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩵🩷
🌈 🏳️‍🌈

06/01/2025

… we can find freedom in the life the body offers, paying attention to the burn of grief and the pulse of joy, the intensity of an embrace or the taste of butter on toast
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Even as we die, our bodies are capable of more than devolution from illness.

05/26/2025

I’m grateful to have been included in this piece yesterday by . There are many places to find support through the divorce process ❤️‍🩹

04/22/2025

“We must be willing to let go of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” — Joseph Campbell
NEW VIRTUAL divorce support group for co-parenting dads. We will meet every other Monday evening, 7-8:15pm. A brief intake is required.
2 spots left! Pls message to inquire or pass this on.

04/13/2025

Food for the soul ❤️‍🩹

Divorce, death, a big move, illness: Food may not fix anything, but these lovingly prepared meals can bring some much-needed comfort and nourishment. https://nyti.ms/3YeoxVV

04/02/2025

How to help and care for your grieving person ❤️‍🩹
“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing … not healing, not curing… that is a friend who cares”. — Henri Nouwen

03/12/2025

https://endwellproject.org/blog/the-pitt-a-raw-look-at-end-of-life-in-the-er/?mc_cid=b26a25bdda&mc_eid=a3406f261f

On top of being great television, 'The Pitt' takes a raw look at the realities of end-of-life in the ER and is shaping real-world decisions.