Why “Self-Care” Misses the Point (And What Actually Works)
I’m not against bubble baths. If a hot bath and some candles make you feel better, great, do that, nobody’s coming for your candles. That’s not what this…
Aug 18, 2025
Why You and Your Partner Feel Out of Sync
There’s a part of relationships that nobody really prepares you for, and it’s not the big stuff. It’s not conflict, or trust, or anything dramatic. It’s the transition…
Jul 31, 2025
IV Skin and Beauty
An IV skin-and-beauty drip is, almost without exception, a bag of saline with some combination of vitamin C, B vitamins, biotin, and (depending on the clinic) glutathione or…
Jul 7, 2025
Freedom Costs Blood. Mental Health Costs Choices.
Freedom isn’t free. Neither is good mental health. There is no doubt I will never come close to understanding the sacrifice that members of our military have made…
Jun 12, 2025
The Story I’m Telling Myself Is…
One of the most powerful ideas that comes up again and again in therapy, and one that Dr. John returns to often on his podcast “The Dr. John…
Jun 11, 2025
Expectations Hurt Us More Than People Do
Most emotional pain doesn’t come from what someone actually does to us. It comes from what we quietly expected them to do but just didn’t say out loud.…
Jun 8, 2025
Why “Rock Bottom” Is Bullshit
Rock bottom is bullshit. The idea that addicts and depressed people have to lose the marriage, lose the job, lose the house, get the DUI, wake up in…
May 6, 2025
The Real Reason You Keep Self-Sabotaging
People sabotage themselves constantly and they can’t tell you why. Get within sight of something working out and they blow it up. Six months sober, the marriage is…
Apr 30, 2025
IV Immune Support
The IV drip clinic is the chiropractor of the 2020s. Strip-mall storefront, soft lighting, a recliner, a nurse in scrubs, and a thousand-dollar-a-month subscription to feel like you’re…
Apr 29, 2025
The Playlist Changed. So Did We.
Culture rarely shifts quietly. It hums in the background, plays through car speakers, fills gym headphones, and slowly leaks into the way we see ourselves and each other.…
Apr 16, 2025