At age thirty, an undiscovered mass in her brain ruptured. So did her life. A brain surgery marked only the beginning of a long journey, and when her illness hit a critical stage, it forced her to finally admit the long-suppressed truth: she was vulnerable, she needed help, and she longed to grow. She needed true friendship for the first time.

After the horrific tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, local caregivers, civic leaders, and first responders had the daunting task of navigating emotional and physical trauma as they stitched their community back together. The recovery process takes years, and as the coordinator of the Newtown Recovery and Resiliency Team, Melissa Glaser managed the town’s response.

An expert in assisting businesses to deal with the vagaries of insurance for their employees, while helping those who are aging to live their most vibrant lives.

Learn about the emotional impact of a disease that according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention affects "an estimated 2.7–6.1 million people in the United States....

We all know relationships take work.  But there is reasonable and healthy work and then there's waste of time and hurtful work. Know the difference and know how.

For many, the kind of negative comments she received from a parent would have stopped them in their tracks - but the caring of a teacher, and the guts of a little girl - to try - just try - turned her life towards a future she could never have imagined.

Carole joins Dr. Brewer again for more conversation about life after loss. Many of us have been there - ready to start back into the dating world - while trying to navigate the children who feel compelled to weigh in on who and when to date - or not.  What to do?  What to do?

Anthony never learned how to play an instrument nor read music, yet his acutely tuned ear tells him when there is a sour note played by a violist in a full philharmonic orchestra. The streets of Brooklyn, New York became his first stage as he gathered under the street lamps to harmonize with friends, who later on became known as The Imperials. A teenage heart throb, he set the radio on fire with his smooth, savvy voice that could sing three octaves and a falsetto.

This is a compelling conversation about the frightening, painful life of a young mixed-race girl, growing up in post-war Britain, and her experiences of racism in all its forms from all quarters of society.

Something Happened in Our Town follows two families — one White, one Black — as they discuss a police shooting of a Black man in their community. The conversation aims to answer children's questions about such traumatic events, and to help children identify and counter racial injustice in their own lives. Free, downloadable educator materials (including discussion questions) are available at www.apa.org.