Dr. Judith Joseph

But the first step is really acknowledging it.

The second is venting.

So that's when you actually start talking about it.

So some people have someone to talk to, but others don't feel just ready yet.

If you have a therapist, great, but good luck with that.

The wait list is very long, at least in America.

But you can start venting by writing.

You could start, I had one patient who was a singer and she would just start belting out notes.

Some people express it in art, but get it out.

And the definition of venting is like, you're letting out air, but we have to let it out because then we're holding it all in.

And there's that saying that the body keeps the score, right?

And then the third is values.

I used to think that

collecting all these degrees was important.

I have two Ivy League degrees.

I have all these certifications.

You go to my office, it's degrees everywhere.

I used to think that was what was important in life.

But I'm an island girl at heart.

And when I visit Trinidad and I put my feet in the sand and I look at the water, I'm like, wow, I value nature.