Shireen Rizvi is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and co-wrote the book. Real Skills for Real Life: A DBT Guide to Coping with Stress, Emotions, and Relationships. Jesse Finkelstein/Sonya Barlas/NPR hide title toggle title Jesse Finkelstein/Sonya Barlas/NPR Think about the last time you were distressed. How did you manage? Did you lash out
Health workers treat an Ebola patient at the Rwampara Treatment Center in Ituri, Congo, Thursday, June 18, 2026. Moisés Sawasawa/AP hide title toggle title Moisés Sawasawa/AP BUNIA, Congo — At least 930 people have died from the Ebola outbreak in Congo, the country’s Health Ministry said Monday, with 37 new deaths recorded in a 24-hour
My deeply Southern family raised me to never talk about money. We were poor, sometimes we lived in our car, and sometimes we were hungry. But we never said it out loud. Now, as a single mother of three children with significant medical needs, I have worked several jobs to pay for her children’s care
This September marks 10 years since my father died and I left not only Florida, but the United States. Leaving the country was difficult, but now I am experiencing a new kind of pain: losing my connection to the United States. My relationships with my friends, my family, and my hometown have changed, but so
This essay as they said it is based on a conversation with Enrique González. It has been edited for length and clarity. I lost almost 350 pounds and kept the weight off. When I was a child, I was never small. I was a bigger kid during my teenage years. When I was 21 years
Smoke from massive wildfires in Canada and Minnesota envelops the Washington, DC skyline on July 17, 2026, reducing visibility and casting a colored haze over the Lincoln Memorial. Finn Gomez/Getty Images hide title toggle title Finn Gomez/Getty Images WASHINGTON – Poor air quality persisted Saturday across the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest states, as smoke from
