Ask people if technology has too much influence in their lives and the vast majority will likely respond with a resounding "Yes!" But if you follow up by asking what they plan to do about it, the answer will likely be a lot less clear. "We need to remember that we have created systems in ...

You drove home from the dorm a month ago. You held it together in the parking lot, mostly. Now it's a Tuesday night and the house is quiet in a way it hasn't been in eighteen years. No thump of a backpack in the hall. No one asking what's for dinner. You catch yourself standing in the doorway ...

It's the small things that catch you off guard. The stairs you used to take two at a time now give you pause. You hand over the car keys, or you're told to. The garden, the golf, the long walks: trimmed back, or gone. Each time, it's not just the activity you lose. It's a piece of who you were. ...

The pain's been there so long you can barely remember life without it. It wakes you at night and greets you in the morning. It's quietly narrowed your world: the things you've stopped doing, the plans you no longer make, the friends you see less because getting there hurts. Somewhere in the ...

Can you think of a time when you were a kid and received a bad grade or made a mistake? Were you scared to tell your parents? Did you think something along the lines of “My parents are going to kill me!” or “I can never tell my parents”? This is a common occurrence in many people’s ...

I’ve been with EveryDay Strong since the very beginning. I did a lot of work with Women United a few years ago and I can remember the first group meeting we had that introduced EveryDay Strong. At the time, I had no idea the impact EveryDay Strong’s message would have on the functionality ...

Somewhere along the way, the days flattened out. The things that used to bring pleasure don't much anymore. You're tired in a way sleep doesn't fix, maybe achy, maybe short with people you love. When it crosses your mind that you might be depressed, you wave it off. Of course you feel this way. ...

You walk into the kitchen and stop. You came in for something, but you can't remember what. A name you've known for 40 years sits on the tip of your tongue and won't come. You misplace your keys again. Underneath the small daily annoyance sits a bigger, quieter fear, one you rarely say out ...

The patterns we carry into adulthood often have their roots in the roles we played in our childhood families. These roles developed as intelligent survival strategies — ways to navigate our family's emotional landscape and secure love, safety and belonging. They helped us make sense of ...

The patterns we carry into adulthood often have their roots in childhood. This doesn't mean we're destined to repeat the past, but understanding where our responses come from can be the first step toward creating the changes we want. The strategies you developed as a child made sense given what ...