I write about the stuff
I was raised not to talk about.

The long, unglamorous middle of mental health recovery — the part where you're medicated and in therapy and still, sometimes, barely holding it together.

Increasing access alone won't fix the maternal mental health crisis. For many mothers, internalized stigma — not a lack of services — stops them from getting care.

The national conversation on homelessness focuses on tents, sidewalks, and shelters — and misses the root cause for so many people on the streets: untreated serious mental illness.

Mental health is an invisible architect that shapes our inner lives and the world around us — and my newsletter will explore how it intersects with life today through a public health lens.

The risks of untreated depression during pregnancy — and what happens when the research doesn't give you a clear answer.

The stigma and shame that surrounds mothers when they most need support still exists — even as the evidence on SSRIs during pregnancy continues to evolve.

Crushed after the suicides of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, I wrote this to help myself — and others — make sense of our loss.

After the Women's March organizers proposed an international strike, I wrote about why this protest fell short of true advocacy for women in helping professions.

Through a graduate school epidemiology assignment, I uncovered that HIV/AIDS cases in the Austin area had increased 40 percent — and the human cost behind the numbers.

The struggles families in Texas face when fighting to get treatment for a loved one with serious mental illness — a story that started with my own family and found its way into print.

I took part in New York City's annual homeless count hoping to understand my brother, who lives on the streets. What I found surprised me.