The Cloud 9 Newsletter

By Chris Cantergiani This past Friday marked World Mental Health Day, and a friend posted something on Facebook that stopped me mid-scroll. He shared an AI-generated image of himself with his younger self, explaining that he'd heard a therapist suggest this exercise for anyone struggling with childhood trauma. The idea was simple but profound: use AI to create a picture of your present self doing something fun with your younger self. Even without childhood trauma, he noted, i

by Chris Cantergiani I've been listening to a lot of David Bowie this month. Part of his 1982 song "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" keeps running through my head in particular. “It’s just the fear of losing you”, Bowie croons, in a baritone rumble. “And I’ve been putting out fire…” Dramatic pause…. Then that visceral moment where his voice leaps an entire octave on the words "with gasoline."It's brilliant and unsettling—you feel something shift when he punches those words. It

by Chris Cantergiani, MFT on September 2nd, 2025 Sometimes the universe conspires to teach us exactly what we need to learn, even when...

“All the world’s a stage, And all the men & women merely players.” - William Shakespeare When families come in, we often hear about how...

by Chris Cantergiani, MFT on August 18th, 2025 "There's an article in the Wall Street Journal about your exact situation!" It was my...

by Chris Cantergiani, MFT on August 4th, 2025 Over the weekend I was reading an article about Cleveland being a stand-in for Metropolis...