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 | Dec 16, 2022 | Mental Health, Reflections for Your Journey
Do you struggle with worrying and wish you knew how to heal anxiety? I know what that’s like, because I’ve experienced it myself. And I have good news: your brain has a marvellous ability to change and adapt to new information. You can learn how to actively play...
by Dr. Susan Biali | Dec 7, 2022 | Mental Health, Reflections for Your Journey
Are you going through a crisis in your life? It’s easy to feel like you’re spinning out of control, and that there’s nothing you can do to make it better. Sometimes it can feel so overwhelming, that you just want to curl up in a ball and wait until it all goes away. I...
by Dr. Susan Biali | Mar 7, 2022 | Health and Nutrition, Mental Health
We are living in exceptionally difficult times. Last week, just when we thought we might finally get a reprieve from all things COVID, Russia invaded Ukraine. A friend posted this on social media: “Why am I so exhausted?” she asked. “I have been for...
by Dr. Susan Biali | Feb 14, 2022 | Health and Nutrition, Mental Health
I woke up with anxiety the other day. I hadn’t gotten enough sleep, so that was probably the main cause, but I’ve also been unusually busy with work. As I got up and started to move around, I could feel that telltale flutter of anxiety in my chest. It wasn’t tied to...
