Meghana Suchak PhD, LLC

06/28/2021

Today Paula Stone Williams is a pastoral counselor and woman — but for the first 60 years of her life, Williams identified as male. After coming out as transgender in December 2012, Williams was swiftly fired from a position as an evangelical Christian leader. In this talk, she reflects about the ...

06/25/2021

Crying, going at it for hours and hours, calling them an as***le or a bitch... here's a guide to what's generally normal, and what's more concerning.

06/16/2021

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/02/1002446604/the-importance-of-mourning-losses-even-when-they-seem-small?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr&fbclid=IwAR0IntQbHVF3slnTXgq1tMI5Js3EfziksJMHc_1XGR3MzGanqMsGT9XkttE

It's normal to grieve when someone close to you dies. But what about the feelings that come with the loss of a job, or a long-awaited milestone? That's grief too, experts say — and it's normal.

06/07/2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/03/well/mind/clutter-stress-procrastination-psychology.html?action=click&module=At%20Home&pgtype=Homepage

A cluttered home can be a stressful home, researchers are learning.

06/06/2021

https://www.rewire.org/microaggressions-interracial-relationship/?fbclid=IwAR0oghXZuNo0Q3BxXOW4hhjLY7hj_MmCzuq4D_iuIqwz8gGCN9comkxpEyQ

Her partner was kind and intelligent, but relationships do not exist in a vacuum.

05/17/2021

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/17/997462169/thousands-of-people-are-dying-from-working-long-hours-a-new-who-study-finds

The global study, which the WHO calls the first of its kind, found that more than 745,000 people died in 2016 from overwork that resulted in stroke and heart disease.

04/22/2021

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p09fc6tx/the-truth-behind-the-nordic-myth-of-endless-wealth

In the Divine Comedy, Dante goes down the circles of Hell meeting the world’s most illustrious sinners. 700 years after his death, this series explores the contemporary meaning of the seven cardinal sins. This episode examines greed. How does Finland, which has repeatedly been ranked the world’s...

04/06/2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/well/family/grief-family-estrangement.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Well

Some have regrets over unfinished business. For others, the end of an unhappy and complicated relationship just comes as a relief.

02/14/2021

What is jealousy? What drives it, and why do we secretly love it? No study has ever been able to capture its "loneliness, longevity, grim thrill" -- that is, says Parul Sehgal, except for fiction. In an eloquent meditation she scours pages from literature to show how jealousy is not so different fro...

02/07/2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOn9HVQdOGc

It can be hard to know what we really need from a relationship. But the task becomes much simpler if we keep in mind that every relationship requires just th...

01/30/2021

https://ideas.ted.com/one-way-to-calm-an-anxious-mind-notice-when-youre-doing-ok/?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=2021-1-30&fbclid=IwAR1ChX-6KRKkh6JOr2i1x7A55BEtvUSJavX1HOovJdAofHCl-6QSXWB54xQ

Here’s a simple yet powerful way to build well-being and resources in your brain and your body, says Rick Hanson and his coauthors.