Mad in America

JANUARY 6, 2024

“G et help, you deserve to be happy!” Ads for the for-profit therapy company BetterHelp are everywhere: on television, public radio, podcasts, social media, and in magazines. It’s not surprising for a company that reportedly spent over $100 million on advertising in 2023, making it the country’s projected leading sponsor of podcasts. The messages are appealing, boasting more than 30,000 therapists available by text, phone, chat, or video at an affordable price.

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Work Life

JANUARY 6, 2024

Growing up, it was common in my region of the United States to use the word “guys” with the second-person plural, as in: “How are you guys?” I didn’t think twice about using it until I learned the history of the word “guy” and considered what it meant when used for groups that included women and nonbinary people.

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Mad in America

JANUARY 6, 2024

Below are excerpts from a talk given by Dina Tyler — a psych survivor, family counselor, and cofounder of Bay Area Hearing Voices, among others — at UCSF Grand Rounds last month. “I was and still would be non-compliant. I’ve spent my life creating compassionate alternatives to the traditional mental health system because my hospitalization was really bad.

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Work Life

JANUARY 6, 2024

It’s only been a few days since the new year began and many people are feeling that special sort of deflated that comes after the festive holiday season and the zeal to stick with resolutions. For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s also not helping that daylight is scarce. Thankfully, science has the antidote, particularly for how you can revitalize your relationship with work based on your individual work style.

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Sarah Levitt

JANUARY 6, 2024

I was listening to this podcast while making a pot of soup today. And one of the first things that Dan Harris said really caught my attention. In essence: At this time of year when many of us are setting goals about important things like health, we seem to completely leave out our relationships.

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Work Life

JANUARY 6, 2024

The labor market ended 2023 on a quiet note. The most recent Job Openings and Labor Turnover report suggested the number of open jobs, and the number of people quitting their jobs, fell slightly in November. The final jobs report of 2023 revealed that employers added 216,000 jobs (more than expected) and unemployment held firm at 3.7% in December. However, the past several years have been marked by much louder landmark moments in the labor force.

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Work Life

JANUARY 6, 2024

What is it about the human psyche that makes us always want to be somewhere else? For all our talk about mindfulness, being present, and living in the moment, we spend much of our lives in a fantasy world. It doesn’t seem to matter what we’re doing now; regardless of where our bodies may be, our minds are off climbing distant mountains, lying on white beaches, or sipping cappuccino at a Parisian sidewalk cafe.

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