Marvin Behavioral Health: Blog

The Marvin Blog

Resources, perspectives, and updates from the Marvin team. We write for the healthcare workers, clinicians, and leaders navigating the real human side of this work: burnout, mental health, resilience, and what it actually takes to build a sustainable career in medicine.

Why provider fit matters in mental health care

For LGBTQ+ healthcare workers, people of color, first-generation professionals, international clinicians, and others whose identities may shape how they move through the workplace, fit can carry even more weight. It may matter whether a counselor understands identity, culture, family dynamics, discrimination, faith, language, or the subtle exhaustion of having to explain yourself before you can even begin.

How to Navigate Anger, Shame, or Frustration in Just a Few Minutes

Ever been advised, “Just give it 15 minutes?” It turns out, you might need even less time to let a difficult feeling run its course. According to neuroscientist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, there is a rough duration to the physiological experience of an emotional feeling: about 90 seconds. That duration...

The Most “Wonderful” Time of the Year: One Therapist’s Approach to Navigating the Holiday Blues

The holidays can be a time of great togetherness and joy—but if you don’t exactly feel that way, you might experience a sense of isolation and withdrawal...

Three Ways to Identify Your Personal Stress Triggers

Stress may feel like a routine part of everyday life, but it doesn’t have to be. Here are ways to conceptualize your stressors so you have more command over them.Yes, it may feel like the sky is falling…but which part exactly?..