When Love Feels Like Control: Understanding Coercive Control in Relationships
July 15, 2026 SpringSource: Eating, Weight & Mood Disorders
Coercive control in relationships is a pattern of emotional and psychological abuse that can be difficult to recognize but deeply impacts mental health and personal autonomy. Many people experiencing coercive control do not initially identify it as abuse. Instead, it can feel like confusion, anxiety, or a growing sense of losing yourself in a relationship. […]
Emotional Exhaustion: Why Life Feels So Heavy and How to Find Your Way Back
July 11, 2026 SpringSource: Eating, Weight & Mood Disorders
There are moments in life when many of us begin to wonder if something is wrong with us.We feel emotionally drained. Our patience is shorter than it used to be. We struggle to concentrate. Small decisions can feel overwhelming. We cry more easily, withdraw from the people we love, or feel a heaviness we don’t […]
A Genderqueer Therapist on Rural LGBTQIA+ Care
June 30, 2026 SpringSource: Eating, Weight & Mood Disorders
Lexi Pettengill, LSW (she/they) | Therapist, SpringSource I identify as a genderqueer, non-binary therapist. One of my specialties is LGBTQIA+ affirming mental health care, and I grew up in a small town in the rural Midwest, which means I hold two perspectives on this topic at once: the clinical one, and the deeply personal one. […]
June 21, 2026 SpringSource: Eating, Weight & Mood Disorders
Interdisciplinary GLP-1 Care The use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1s) has increased significantly in recent years, redefining approaches to weight management. A 2025 poll found that 1 in 8 U.S. adults, approximately 12% of the population, were taking a GLP-1 medication, underscoring the growing clinical and cultural demand for these treatments. As GLP-1 use […]
When You’re Worried About Someone You Love: A Guide to Reaching Out for Therapy on Their Behalf
June 16, 2026 SpringSource: Eating, Weight & Mood Disorders
If you are reading this, chances are there is someone in your life you are concerned about. A partner who has been withdrawing. A child who doesn’t seem like themselves. A close friend whose relationship with food, mood, or their own well-being has shifted in ways that worry you. You may have tried to bring […]
When a Parent Is on Ozempic: What Families With Teenagers Need to Know
June 9, 2026 SpringSource: Eating, Weight & Mood Disorders
By now, GLP-1 receptor agonists (Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro) are part of the cultural conversation in a way that few medications ever become. Roughly 13.3% of U.S. consumers are currently using GLP-1 medications, with projections that adoption could reach 21% by 2030 as access improves and use becomes more socially accepted. That means millions of households […]
Belonging and Mental Health: Why Pride Is About More Than Identity
June 1, 2026 SpringSource: Eating, Weight & Mood Disorders
Most LGBTQIA+ people can remember the first moment they felt truly seen and accepted for who they are. Maybe it was a friend or family member who did not flinch. A community that did not require explanations. A relationship where the armor finally came off. A space where the careful calculations that had become second […]
Why Do I Keep People-Pleasing? Understanding Self-Abandonment and How to Stop
May 29, 2026 SpringSource: Eating, Weight & Mood Disorders
She had been dreading the family gathering for weeks. Her sister, someone she loves and mostly gets along with well, had a way of making every shared occasion feel like something to survive. Not because she meant any harm. Because she carried her own anxiety like weather, and wherever she went, everyone else got rained […]
Scared to Stop Your GLP-1? Understanding Concerns About Weight Regain
May 8, 2026 SpringSource: Eating, Weight & Mood Disorders
If you are taking a GLP-1 medication like Wegovy or Zepbound, there is a good chance you have already thought about what happens when you stop. Maybe your prescription costs more than your budget can sustain long-term. Maybe your insurance coverage is uncertain. Maybe you are simply wondering, with yourself or with your doctors, whether […]
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