by Florina Lungu | Jul 23, 2025 | Anxiety and Depression, Mental Health, Mind-Body Connection
There are days when I sit across from someone in my clinic, and the story they tell me (of anxiety, of racing thoughts, of deep exhaustion) isn’t about what happened to them. It’s about what they keep living, over and over again, in their own mind. It’s not the world...
by Florina Lungu | Jul 15, 2025 | Empowerment and Personal Health, Mental Health, Stress and PTSD
You love what you do. So why are you so exhausted all the time? I’ve seen it in the hospital. I’ve seen it in coaching calls. And sometimes, I’ve seen it in the mirror. The kind of exhaustion that doesn’t scream, but settles in quietly, like fog. You wake up. You show...
by Florina Lungu | Jul 13, 2025 | Mental Health, Mind-Body Connection, Personal Growth
“People are lonelier than ever. They don’t want more content – they want more connection.” I read this in a post by Steven Bartlett last week. I was at the beach. My husband is beside me. My son digging tunnels in the sand. The sun soft. The waves slow. The...
by Florina Lungu | Jun 4, 2025 | Bipolar Disorder, Empowerment and Personal Health, Mental Health
What if the story you believe about bipolar disorder… isn’t true? How would you know? How would you know if the thing you call burnout… The thing you call stress… The thing you call just being difficult… …is actually something else? What if it’s not...
by Florina Lungu | Jun 1, 2025 | Bipolar Disorder, Empowerment and Personal Health, Mental Health
After my last article on the topic, many people reached out. Some shared their own stories quietly, sometimes painfully. Some simply said, “Thank you. I had no idea.” But one message stayed with me. It was from someone who didn’t write about themselves. They wrote...
by Florina Lungu | May 26, 2025 | Addiction, Mental Health, Mind-Body Connection
Imagine a quiet evening. The kids are finally asleep. You slip onto the sofa, the soft pop of the wine bottle marking the end of another long day. You pour a glass, not too much, just enough. It’s your moment. Your ritual. You’ve earned this. But have you ever stopped...