Dharma Spring

This is a time of year when many hit a wall.

We know depression and anxiety have been up as much as threefold since the start of the pandemic, and long months of darkness and winter remain ahead of us.

Radio Boston takes listener calls with Omar Ruiz, a marriage and family therapist and the owner of TalkThinkThrive counseling services in Wellesley, and Claire Willis, a clinical social worker and the co-founder of the Boston nonprofit "Facing Cancer Together." Willis's latest book is "Opening To Grief: Finding Your Way From Loss To Peace."

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With A Long January Ahead Of Us, We're Facing A Pandemic Mental Health Crisis Depression and anxiety have been up as much as threefold since the start of the pandemic, and long months of darkness and winter remain ahead of us. We take listener calls.

On the Trail of Birth and Death “How many times have I felt that I couldn’t bear the heartbreak,” says Barbara Gates. “But here I am still hiking strong.”