by Lori Stevic-Rust, PhD ABPP | Mar 22, 2025 | All Categories, Generational Relationships, Personal Reflections, Women's Empowerment
In my house growing up, there were certain words we simply couldn’t say. Shut up was off-limits. Fart was too crude—my mother preferred what she considered a gentler term: fluff. And then, of course, there was the F word—which, as an adult, I tried so hard to get my...
by Lori Stevic-Rust, PhD ABPP | Mar 4, 2025 | Generational Relationships, Women's Empowerment
“Let history remember 2025 as the year the world refused to give up on women’s rights.” #accelerateaction The Magic of Intergenerational Relationships Spending time with my precious granddaughter this weekend was, as always, a reminder of the wonders found...
by Lori Stevic-Rust, PhD ABPP | Feb 16, 2025 | Self-Discovery, Women Entrepreneurs, Women's Empowerment
So, Madonna, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Abraham Lincoln, and I walk into a bar. Why are we hanging out together? Because we are all middle children. Of course, when we walked in, Obama smoothed over a bar fight, Lincoln gave an epic speech about unity, Gates calculated...
by Lori Stevic-Rust, PhD ABPP | Dec 8, 2024 | Personal Reflections, Self-Discovery, Women's Empowerment
It’s my birthday! I’m celebrating my birthday—an ancient tradition deeply rooted in history as a way to honor survival and growth. The origins of this celebration were rooted in a time when high mortality rates made the passing of each year a true achievement....
by Lori Stevic-Rust, PhD ABPP | Nov 10, 2024 | Personal Reflections, Self-Discovery, Uncategorized, Women's Empowerment
I’ve been feeling it too—the sadness, the anger, the fear, all of it. Just like so many of you, I’ve been caught in that whirlwind of emotions that has left me feeling drained, uncertain and unmotivated–struggling with thoughts like “What is the point in trying...
by Lori Stevic-Rust, PhD ABPP | Nov 3, 2024 | News, Personal Reflections, Women's Empowerment
The tension is palpable as this election season intensifies in its final days. I feel it with my clients, in my community, and in my own body. This type of stress is referred to as anticipatory anxiety, the constant worry about what could happen before anything...
