Women leaders are often told, implicitly and explicitly, that success requires mastering a version of leadership that was never designed with them in mind. The message is subtle but relentless: be decisive, but not abrasive; warm, but not soft; ambitious, but not neglectful; present at work, fully available at home, emotionally attuned everywhere. This is the double bind. For women who are also mothers, partners, and primary organizers of daily life, this is not merely

Sextortion reports involving children jumped from 34,000 in 2023 to 54,000 in 2024—a 59% increase in one year.⁷ Between October 2024 and March 2025, the FBI reported a 30% increase in sextortion-related tips.⁷ Ryan Last, 17, San Jose. Straight-A student, Eagle Scout, second-degree black belt. Dead after being extorted for $150. He left a note describing how embarrassed he felt.⁸ Gavin Guffey, 17, South Carolina. His father, state representative Brandon Guffey, testified bef

The rise of the #NoContact movement has been attributed to several factors. Mental‑health awareness and therapy‑speak have given younger generations vocabulary to describe experiences such as gaslighting, emotional neglect, and boundary violations. Many adult children no longer accept “love without safety. They cite chronic emotional manipulation, controlling parenting, invalidation, or ongoing abuse as reasons for stepping away. Estrangement rarely results from a single expl

Psychologists have long studied parenting styles along two dimensions: warmth and control.  Permissive parenting is high on warmth but low on demands.  These parents are nurturing and affectionate yet provide few rules or expectations, often acting more like friends than authority figures.  Discipline is rare and inconsistent, and bribery may be used to elicit cooperation. 

Boundary work is some of the hardest relational work you'll do, particularly when you're dealing with addiction, mental health challenges, or long-standing family patterns. Understanding the theory is one thing. Actually implementing boundaries while managing your nervous system, tolerating discomfort, and grieving idealized relationships is entirely different.

Let's say it: being in treatment while everyone else is home celebrating is brutal. (Brutal is the nicest word I could think of.) You're in a facility instead of at your family's table. You're in group therapy on Christmas morning while your siblings are opening presents. And if one more person tells you "this is a gift you're giving yourself," you might lose it. I've worked with hundreds of people spending the holidays in treatment—I, and we, are right now. The lonelines

The empty chair at the table. The stocking you’re not sure whether to hang. The questions from relatives you aren’t ready to answer. If your child is in treatment this holiday season, you are facing a grueling emotional journey. You made the agonizing choice to get them help, and now you’re feeling the weight of that decision during a season that demands "joy." I want to tell you what I tell every family I work with: Everything you are feeling right now is normal. 

In early 2024, parents began hearing whispers about 764, an online network of nihilistic predators using social-gaming platforms to manipulate children into creating sexual and violent content. By mid-2025 law-enforcement officials were sounding alarms. FBI Assistant Director David Scott, who heads the counterterrorism division, called the rise of 764 “one of the most disturbing things we’re seeing.” This article is a call to arms for every parent.

The 2018 Supreme Court decision reversed PASPA (Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act), which had protected professional and college sports leagues from point-shaving rings and kept physical distance between gamblers and casinos. What followed was predictable if you understand systems dynamics.

Getting help doesn't mean your child is broken or you've failed as a parent. It means you're being proactive about health. You wouldn't hesitate to see a doctor for a persistent physical symptom.

I've been working in addiction treatment for fifteen years. I've treated over two thousand individuals. Some of the most severe addiction cases I've seen have been among the most successful people you'd ever meet. That surprises people. We have this image of addiction as something that happens when lives are falling apart. But with high-functioning individuals, addiction looks completely different. It looks like success, right up until it doesn't.

I spent years running one of the country's most respected treatment centers. We had beautiful facilities, talented clinicians, and research-backed protocols. We helped thousands of families. But here's what kept me up at night: I watched too many families leave with hope, only to struggle once they returned home because the​ care they received was excellent,​ but it wasn't built for their specific reality.

Drawing on over a decade of experience as a clinical social worker, Yasmin E. Sorte founded YES Consulting to provide families with the insi

NARM targets the impact of trauma on the development of the self, focusing on the healing of attachment wounds.

This approach emphasizes the role of unconscious processes, childhood experiences & internal conflicts in shaping behavior and mental health

This roadmap is a tool that helps identify and understand the subtle, often overlooked signs of relapse.