Over the past decade, my work has appeared in major publications that explore mental health, courage, trauma, resilience, and what it means to return to yourself. Below is a curated selection of my writing and expert contributions.
Selected Published Articles
Below are a few curated pieces that reflect the themes I often write about. More to come.
What Tough Compassion Looks Like in Real Life
Exploring what it means to hold boundaries, truth, and compassion at the same time.
Verywell Mind — Supporting First Responders’ Mental Health
A deep dive into trauma, burnout, resilience, and the psychological impact of frontline work — with guidance for first responders and those who support them.
Choosing Therapy — Existential Crisis: Signs, Causes & How to Overcome
A clear, grounded guide to understanding existential crisis — what triggers it, how it feels, and the deeper meaning behind it. Offers practical steps to navigate identity shifts, uncertainty, and the search for purpose
Spirituality & Health — The Good Quit
A reflective, soulful piece on intuition, endings, and the quiet wisdom behind knowing when it’s time to walk away. Explores how quitting can be an act of deep self-trust and spiritual clarity.
Parade Magazine — Moral Support: What It Is and Why It Matters
A gentle, research-informed guide to offering emotional support without losing yourself. Breaks down what meaningful support looks like — and what people actually need during hard times.
Popsugar — Managing Anxiety Beyond Exercise and Meditation
Real-world, therapist-approved tools for anxiety when meditation, yoga, or deep breathing just aren’t cutting it. Practical, relatable, and immediately usable.
Authority Magazine (Medium) — Telehealth Best Practices
An in-depth interview exploring how to provide meaningful, connected care when clients aren’t physically in the room. This piece includes Dian’s well-known guidance: “Do not be afraid of the answer,” inviting deeper therapeutic honesty and intuition in digital practice.
Yahoo — Therapists Share 18 Unique Ways to Manage Stress & Anxiety
A widely shared, therapist-backed collection of practical grounding tools and stress-relief techniques. This piece highlights creative, evidence-informed ways to regulate the nervous system in daily life.
Other Publications by Dian Grier, LCSW
- GoodWord News — Therapist-Approved Products for Stress & Anxiety Read Article
- SingleCare — Teen Mental Health Read Article
- OhMyStress — Coping With Reopening Anxiety Read Article
- SelectDateSociety — Why Do I Fall in Love So Fast? Read Article
- Fingerprint for Success — Assertiveness Training Read Article
- Silk and Sonder:17 Tips for Keeping a Journal You’ll Want to Write: Read Article
Substack
I’ll be publishing deeper essays, behind-the-scenes writing updates, and serialized chapters from When the Mystic Meets the Ground on Substack soon. If you’d like to join early: