I will be the first to admit that I have had to do some hard work recently, and that until the past couple of weeks, I was not always act...

I visited India in my early twenties. When I first got there, I didn’t think I would be able to handle it. I had never really traveled be...

How did you feel when you clicked on this article? Hopeful? Anxious? Overwhelmed? My email inbox and social media feeds have been full of...

Until the past few days, I was feeling both very detached about the news continuing to overwhelm my inbox, and simultaneously feeling afr...

When you think of troublemaking middle schoolers, you might picture them doing things like smoking or talking back to adults. When I was ...

Sometimes things come up in our relationships that we have to confront. This can be really heavy and scary, especially since most of us d...

I like to plan things and solve problems. These are great for a resume, but sometimes these attributes are surprisingly unhelpful. For ex...

The holidays bring up a lot of emotions for people of all ages. As adults, it can feel like a lot for us to coordinate travel or host gue...

As Halloween approaches, I’ve been thinking about costumes and masks. The ones we wear when we go to a costume party, yes, and also the o...

Because I’m a therapist, people often assume that I have it all together, or else that I’m a complete mess. I think (and hope) that I dis...

Recently, I woke up thirsty in the middle of the night, and when I was getting out of bed to get water, I somehow caught my leg on the fo...

At the start of June, I began looking for a quote or an image that we could use to celebrate Pride on Take Root Therapy’s Instagram accou...

“I should really call my friend back.” “I should start doing yoga.” “I should want to spend time with my family.” “They should know why I...

“I want to get over this relationship," “I want to feel more confident,” “I want to make a change in my career.” Folks start up therapy f...

Self-care is exactly what it sounds like: caring for yourself. It sounds simple in theory, but in reality, sometimes caring for yourself ...

“He just gets me.” “I see you.” “I hear what she’s saying.” Things we say about and to our loved ones often have to do with feeling seen ...

The first month of the new year can bring a burst of energy towards reframing or reorganizing our lives in specific ways. Often, this bur...

By now, all of us have heard the term “self-care.” We may have even said it under our breath to ourselves while trying to schedule in tim...

Even though Los Angeles is as sunny as ever, the winter holidays are, in fact, upon us. This time of year, my social media feeds and inbo...

Feel weird? Out of place? Different? Well, you’re not alone. So many of us feel like we don’t belong, or like we’re outsiders looking in ...