We have had a rough start to the year. What about you? If the New Year has started off well for you, we would love to celebrate something. If you’re also struggling, know that you’re not alone.

There’s a myth that when perimenopause is over, mental health issues simply go away. If you are post-menopause, was that your experience? If your partner is post-menopause, did all of your partner’s issues get resolved?

I've been talking to my Mom lately about the early years including their time in India together and what their experiences were like when they came to the U.S. 

For our discussion on Perimenopause, we will be joined by Dr. Ellen Albertson, who serves on the Medical Advisory Committee for the National Menopause Foundation; Lisa Falcone, CRNP, who is currently in Perimenopause and works as a nurse practitioner at the Lifecycle™ Wellness and Birth Center; and Aisha Sultan, a columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch who has written about her own experience with Perimenopause.

This is a personal look back at the people, projects, and moments that shaped my professional journey — and the lifelong connections that continue to inspire me. It’s my way of celebrating United Way NEXT’s 35th anniversary.

When the doctor mentioned the words bipolar 2 disorder, ADHD, anxiety, and PTSD, all at once the floor crumbled underneath me.

Getting a Mental Health Diagnosis can often bring clarity. What happens when it forces you to reframe long-held beliefs, or contradicts an earlier diagnosis?

Google Gemini made the fewest errors. Most of them were typos, as opposed to hallucinations. ChatGPT made the most errors, with a combination of typos and hallucinations. Most of Perplexity’s errors were egregious hallucinations.

My dad passed away 16 years ago on October 1, 2009 six months after a heart transplant. His last stay in the hospital lasted two and a half weeks. One of the ways I honored his memory was by remembering Paris Thomas, a security guard at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.