by Lori Stevic-Rust, PhD ABPP | Feb 4, 2026 | All Categories, Personal Reflections
Written on Rosa Parks Day — a reminder that ordinary people change the world. I’m writing this letter to you today with that courage in mind. My sweet girls, I don’t know how old you’ll be when you read this. Maybe you’ll still be young. Maybe you’ll already be...
by Lori Stevic-Rust, PhD ABPP | Jan 25, 2026 | All Categories, Personal Reflections
When Silence Stops Being Abstract I remember setting up the camera and positioning the chairs in Rena’s living room, aware of a subtle but unmistakable shift in the air. It felt as though we had crossed into a space where casual conversation no longer belonged. I sat...
by Lori Stevic-Rust, PhD ABPP | Jan 18, 2026 | Caregiving, News
Let’s Talk About Talking About It Caregiving, Silence, and What We Hold Back The Quiet Calculations We Make Every Day I’ve been thinking a lot about silence this week. About that quiet, constant calculation so many of us are doing—often without realizing it—deciding...
by Lori Stevic-Rust, PhD ABPP | Jan 6, 2026 | Personal Reflections
One Year One year ago We released you into the ocean, salt and sky receiving what your body could no longer carry. As you were leaving, I could here your song— Here I am, Lord. It is I, Lord. Not whispered. Summoned –(as only you could) As if you were calling God by...
by Lori Stevic-Rust, PhD ABPP | Dec 28, 2025 | Personal Reflections, Self-Discovery
Turning the Page If reflection marks anything, it marks our responsibility. Not the kind that demands resolutions or reinvention—but the quieter responsibility of paying attention. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about why the end of a year pulls us in this way. We...
