No, You Don’t Need To Get Over Your Ego. You Might Actually Need To Strengthen It.
“Your ego is the problem,” says the guy on stage from the lotus position. “You have to transcend your ego,” he bellows, while claiming he has the 411 direct dial to God and seeming clueless about how egotistical such a claim might be. While informing you that the...
It’s Not Selfish To Put Your Needs First When You’re “Relationsick”
I’ve been writing a lot lately about corruption in the spirituality, wellness, and energy healing spaces, something I figured out about a decade ago, when I quietly shifted my health care and healing work towards more ethical, grounded, and non-bypassing...
15 Ways To Protect Yourself From Getting Hooked By A Charismatic Leader
I’ll never forget the way I felt when Aisha/Pema Salem took the stage at SAND. I’d been listening to these boring old white male non-dual teachers all day. I was there with my BFF Dennis, and Dennis kept saying, “Listening to these guys talk about spiritual...
How Power Destroys Empathy & Compassion
In 2007, after twelve years of training to become a doctor, I left the hospital, only seven years after completing my training. Why? Because, in my estimation, to rise in the medical hierarchy requires trading in empathy and compassion for power- and it’s a bad...
Coping With The Extent Of American Misogyny In The Wake Of The Epstein Files
After a week of shocking Epstein revelations, the powers that be are trying to change the subject. I’m no scholar in Middle East politics, so I won’t say anything other than I’m anti-genocide, I’m pro-human rights, and I don’t believe there’s any excuse for mass...
The Woman Who Was Loyal To Her Suffering
I’m about to co-teach a writing workshop with Memoir As Medicine author Nancy Slonim Aronie. It’s called ENOUGH ALREADY, and it’s inspired by Nancy’s cousin Zelda. Learn more about ENOUGH ALREADY here. Zelda told Nancy that when she was a kid, she...
Improve Your Relationships, Improve Your Health
As Jeff Rediger and I finish up the final edits of our book RELATIONSICK, about the adverse health implications of unbalanced, non-reciprocal, or narcissistic relationships, I’ve found myself pondering why so few people talk about the very strong scientific link...
When Our Mentors, Heroes & Gurus Wind Up In The Epstein Files Or Otherwise Let Us Down
Yesterday, I wrote a Facebook post (you can read it here) about Deepak Chopra and Peter Attia in the Epstein files. It got over 350 comments in less than 24 hours, and so many of them were heartbreaking. The post included disturbing quotes from Epstein files...