by Florina Lungu | Apr 16, 2025 | Empowerment and Personal Health, Mind and Body Health, Stress and PTSD
It was a Tuesday morning. Or at least I thought it was. I was in my third year of residency, working 28-hour shifts back-to-back. My badge said “doctor,” but I felt like a ghost moving through hospital halls. The fluorescent lights above flickered the same way they...
by Florina Lungu | Mar 9, 2025 | Empowerment and Personal Health, Mental Health, Stress and PTSD
The air in the room felt heavy. He sat across from me, head down, exhaustion etched into every line of his face. “I don’t know what’s wrong,” he said, voice barely above a whisper. “I’m doing everything they told me to. Hustling. Putting in the hours. But I feel…...
by Florina Lungu | Feb 24, 2025 | Bipolar Disorder, Mental Health, Mind-Body Connection, Stress and PTSD
Anger can feel like a wildfire, unpredictable and consuming everything in its path. For those living with borderline personality disorder (BPD), anger often becomes a familiar, overwhelming presence. It spills over into relationships, decisions, and even how they see...
by Florina Lungu | Feb 16, 2025 | Empowerment and Personal Health, Mental Health, Mindset, Stress and PTSD
Clara sat across from me, her fingers wrapped tightly around her coffee cup. She looked exhausted. Not just physically, but the kind of exhaustion that settles deep in your bones. The kind that comes from living for everyone except yourself. “I should be happy,” she...
by Florina Lungu | Feb 3, 2025 | Empowerment and Personal Health, Mental Health, Mindset, Stress and PTSD
Life has a way of testing us. Problems grow like shadows, stretching larger and darker, eclipsing the light we once relied on. When you’re in that place—lost in the overwhelm—it’s easy to wonder: Is help even for me? Is therapy for me? Let me start here: therapy isn’t...
by Florina Lungu | Dec 30, 2024 | Empowerment and Personal Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, Stress and PTSD
Ten years ago, I had a brush with mortality that changed the way I see life. I was in a car accident. My friend was driving her car on a highway in Romania. It was a rainy day, the kind where the world outside the window feels blurry and muted. We were heading to a...