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The Hand of God: Part 2
One of the most common defenses you hear from someone accused is it wasn't me. Whether a child or an adult, whether a regular citizen or...
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Apr 4, 20212 min read


Brutal Death
Brutal death is always on a woman’s mind. It’s always lurking somewhere as a possibility. A man might envision such a statement as a...
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Mar 22, 20212 min read


I Don't Believe You
It's amazing how disrespected we can be in our field; especially by other physicians outside of the specialty, when they are dealing with...
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Mar 19, 20213 min read


Why Am I Not Happy?
If you want to be happy, you’ve got to get real with yourself. Happiness isn’t given but is created through the right mindset and health....
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Mar 9, 20213 min read


COVID-19: Our Dark Secret
We love our families. We love spending time with them, they mean the world to us, they enhance and enrich our lives - except when they...
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Mar 3, 20212 min read


How to Attain Peace: Part 2
In How to Attain Peace: Part 1, I spoke about practicing relinquishing control to attain peace. Simple, you say, I’ll stop trying to...
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Feb 26, 20213 min read


How to (jokingly) Raise a Narcissist
None of us think we're a narcissist. Except we are. Being high on the spectrum of narcissism is much more common than we realize, and as...
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Feb 9, 20214 min read


How to Attain Peace: Part 1
In an episode about dying in the wonderful 80's sitcom, The Golden Girls, Sophia the matriarch says, "We're not in this life for peace."...
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Feb 7, 20213 min read


Our Noisy World: Part 2
Do you really listen when someone else speaks? Sure, you may hear them, but are you understanding the intent and meaning of what they...
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Jan 31, 20211 min read


Our Noisy World: Part 1
There's so much noise in the world right now. It blares incessantly. And like moths to a blazing beacon of light, we are tempted by the...
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Jan 28, 20212 min read


Dignity For All
In medicine there is promotion of the God complex. No matter what anyone says, because people are afraid to die and desperate to live,...
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Jan 2, 20212 min read


The Challenge of Change
This has been a year of change. And we've been bucking this year of change. We haven't wanted to accept the pandemic, our practices, or...
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Dec 18, 20202 min read


The "Hand of God," Part 1
Maradona sadly passed away recently and knowing what a good footballer he was, I read about him. I read about his 1986 World Cup "Hand of...
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Nov 30, 20202 min read


Thanksgiving
Are you grateful? Do you give thanks only when you think things are good? Are you waiting to be given what you want in order to be...
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Nov 26, 20201 min read


Faith, Not Fear
When I watch how people have been behaving politically and otherwise - on both sides of the spectrum - I feel sad. What is occurring...
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Nov 12, 20202 min read


Anger: We've Got It All Wrong
We are approaching anger wrong. Yes, there is a trigger and we react. But by the time we are triggered to anger it is too late. By the...
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Oct 22, 20202 min read


What's Your "Culture?"
The reason that death is important is that it's the only thing guaranteed in life. We know it will happen and that we'll cease to exist...
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Sep 10, 20202 min read


What is Comfort Care?
What do you think of when you hear comfort care? Do you think of pulling the plug, doing nothing, or just laying there dying? I suppose...
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Aug 28, 20202 min read


COVID-19: Filling Our Plates
We like to fill our plates. Much of life we approach like a buffet: the more we pile on, the more value we think we get. But we forget...
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Aug 15, 20202 min read


Courage is a Mighty Word
Courage is a mighty word. We love the idea of courage. We look for it in all situations to lift us up from our daily lives. We see many...
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Aug 2, 20202 min read
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