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Four Years Later: Reflections On The Covid Pandemic
Mar 11, 2024
It's hard to believe it's been four years since the world stopped. I'll never forget the terror I felt when I saw the spooky, surreal, apocalyptic images of Times Square completely empty. I remember vividly the tears that flowed when the strictest part of San...
Why Making Art Supports Trauma Healing & Could Save Your Life
Feb 27, 2024
I want to talk to you all about something I rarely talk about these days- ART. I want to talk about it because I used to teach encaustic art classes while also practicing medicine. But I quit teaching art after I left the hospital and started a full-time writing and...
Part 7: Six Steps To Healing Yourself – 44 Revelations About Healing They DID NOT Teach Me In Medical School
Feb 13, 2024
In this series, I’m reviewing the Cliff Notes of everything I should have learned in medical school, but didn’t- and everything I’ve learned since I finished my medical training about healing from my own research and self-study. If you haven’t yet read the first 10...
Part 6: Spirituality, Social Justice, & Health – 44 Revelations About Healing They DID NOT Teach Me In Medical School
Feb 10, 2024
In this series, I’m reviewing the Cliff Notes of everything I should have learned in medical school, but didn’t- and everything I’ve learned since I finished my medical training about healing from my own research and self-study. If you haven’t yet read the first 10...
Part 5: Health In Relationships – 44 Revelations About Healing They DID NOT Teach Me In Medical School
Feb 6, 2024
In this series, I’m reviewing the Cliff Notes of everything I should have learned in medical school, but didn’t- and everything I’ve learned since I finished my medical training about healing from my own research and self-study. If you haven’t yet read the first 10...
Part 4: Ground Healing In Reality, Not Magical Thinking – 44 Revelations About Healing They DID NOT Teach Me In Medical School
Feb 3, 2024
In this series, I’m reviewing the Cliff Notes of everything I should have learned in medical school, but didn’t- and everything I’ve learned since I finished my medical training about healing from my own research and self-study. If you haven’t yet read the first 10...
Why We Need To Breathe…And Then Push…When It Comes To Another Election With Trump In It
Feb 1, 2024
As I watch the primaries unfold, I suspect I'm not the only one having flashbacks. Not only am I flashing back to the utter horror of 2016, when the gloves came off and all the sexist, racist, homophobic, xenophobic Americans got full permission to stop pretending to...
Part 3: Healing The Mind-Body-Spirit Split – 44 Revelations About Healing They DID NOT Teach Me In Medical School
Jan 30, 2024
In this series, I’m reviewing the Cliff Notes of everything I should have learned in medical school, but didn’t- and everything I’ve learned since I finished my medical training about healing from my own research and self-study. If you haven’t yet read the first 10...
Part 2: Whole Health – 44 Revelations About Healing They DID NOT Teach Me In Medical School
Jan 27, 2024
In this 7 part series, I’m reviewing the Cliff Notes of everything I should have learned in medical school, but didn’t- and everything I’ve learned since I finished my medical training about healing from my own research and self-study. If you haven’t read the first...