by Dr. Susan Biali | Jun 24, 2026 | Examine your life, Reflections for Your Journey
Years ago, I spent a milestone birthday week in Florence and experienced unbearable jet lag. Smartphones weren’t a thing, and the only available internet connection was a computer in a locked common area. I’d long finished the couple of books I’d brought and spent my...
by Dr. Susan Biali | Nov 6, 2025 | Mental Health
Over a decade ago, I wrote a post about dealing with a difficult person for my Psychology Today Prescriptions for Life Blog: “Don’t Try to Reason with Unreasonable People”. It’s the most popular piece I’ve ever written. A year prior,...
by Dr. Susan Biali | May 22, 2025 | Health and Nutrition, Mental Health, Neuroscience
I’ve had insomnia on and off since I can remember. It got worse in the last decade, due to a combination of a difficult life situation and, I assumed, getting older. A particularly hard season found me waking up at 3 am, unable to fall back asleep. The less you...
by Dr. Susan Biali | Sep 11, 2024 | Burnout / Workplace
As a doctor obsessed with whole human well-being for more than two decades, I was touched and encouraged to witness another physician, Dr. Vivek Murthy, the U.S. Surgeon General, sounding the alarm on “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation.” I watched him tour the...
by Dr. Susan Biali | Jul 29, 2024 | Burnout / Workplace
Do you keep adding items to your work “plate”, that have no business being there? Do you struggle to find time to reflect, strategize, and plan? You’re probably overfunctioning. The great news is that when you become aware of this pattern, you’ll free up time and...
by Dr. Susan Biali | May 11, 2023 | Health and Nutrition
I’ve had trouble sleeping since 2013. That was a very difficult year. A series of traumatic experiences made it much harder than usual for my brain and body to fall asleep and stay asleep. As life improved, and I got support to help me heal from the things that had...
