by Lori Stevic-Rust, PhD ABPP | Aug 9, 2026 | Becoming Real with Dr Lori Podcast
FOR MORE THAN forty years, women have walked into my office and said some version of the same things. I don’t feel like myself anymore. My brain feels foggy. I’m anxious all the time. I can’t sleep. I’m so irritable, and I don’t...
by Lori Stevic-Rust, PhD ABPP | Jul 18, 2026 | All Categories, Becoming Real with Dr Lori Podcast
“This is going to sound terrible.” Whenever someone says that to me, I know we are getting closer to the part of the story they have been afraid to tell. Sometimes the next sentence is, “My mother was never there for me.” Sometimes it is, “My father was abusive.” And...
by Lori Stevic-Rust, PhD ABPP | May 23, 2026 | Becoming Real with Dr Lori Podcast
Listen Now: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube A conversation with Dr. Melodie Yates, her 16-year journey as a caregiver for her husband with Alzheimer’s, and author of Love is an Action Verb Right now, more than 57 million people worldwide are living with...
by Lori Stevic-Rust, PhD ABPP | May 18, 2026 | Becoming Real with Dr Lori Podcast
Listen Now: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Six steps. That’s how far my grandmother’s bedroom was from mine when she came to live with us. Close enough that I could always hear if she needed me. I didn’t call myself a caregiver back...
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...
