by Nicolay Kreidler | Jan 12, 2023 | Sexuality, Spirituality, Trust, Uncategorized, Work Life Purpose
Since I’m gearing up to teach the Memoir As Medicine class with Nancy Aronie, I wanted to take a moment to write you all a love story. It’s about my long term friend and now romantic partner, who you all may know from his work as the medical director of...
by Lissa Rankin | Aug 22, 2017 | Mental Health, Spirituality
My dear friends, I just survived one of the most intense ordeals of my life. A series of traumas—one after the other over the past two years—have threatened to level me in a way that is reminiscent of the Perfect Storm that led me to leave medicine ten years ago. That...
by Lissa Rankin | Feb 18, 2017 | Spirituality
I used to make decisions in a very cognitive way, the way most of us are taught to make good decisions in our culture. Responsible decision-making for most of us goes something like this: Consider options. Research. Analyze pros/cons. Anticipate and calculate the...
by Lissa Rankin | Dec 5, 2015 | Spirituality
I never thought much about the difference between awe and mystery until I started hanging out at the proverbial kitchen table of Kitchen Table Wisdom author Rachel Naomi Remen, MD. Soon after I bellied up to that table, awe and mystery, along with a side dish of...
by Lissa Rankin | Nov 25, 2015 | Relationships, Spirituality
Last Thanksgiving, I wrote about Radical Gratitude, and this Thanksgiving I feel it calling me again. Usually, when we talk about gratitude, we express gratitude for our blessings. I’m grateful for my beautiful daughter Siena. I’m grateful that I live by the ocean...
