In collaboration with researchers at Dartmough, I recently published a state-of-the-art narrative review on peer support in the journal mHealth, which is freely accessible here. Peer support, or finding help from others in a similar situation, can be a very powerful way of coping when things go wrong. Sharing your thoughts, feelings, and emotions, helps you to feel less alone and realize that others are in similar situations. Peer support discussions can also provide different solutions to the problems that you are encountering from other people who have tried them and found them to be successful. Peer support often happens in groups or 1:1 meetings in person, but can also occur online and even through mobile applications. Find someone to talk to about what you are going through, and listen in return. You may find yourself growing, learning, and indeed becoming happier.
The Fern Hill Center is a website where you can access my mindfulness and guided imagery recordings and practices. These practices focus on mentalizing, or understanding your mind and that of others, and deep connection with your world. The recordings are based on those I utilize in my research to reduce stress and improve well-being.
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Peer Support is Essential
I am a psychiatrist, researcher, and Director of Health Aging Studies at Mass General Hospital. I serve on the faculties of Harvard Medical School and MIT. My passion is to share practices that help people improve happiness through connection, increase empathy, and promote a sense of real wholeness. I find meaning in seeing patients in clinical practice, making new scientific discoveries, teaching students, and learning more about our world. Read more.
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Resilience is the ability to bounce back stronger in the face of stress. Life can sometimes (or often!) feel overwhelming. Here you can receive a video talk that provides tools I have taught on resilience at Harvard Medical School.
