Your brain is the most valuable tool you have when it comes to navigating a pandemic. Why?... Because it takes a healthy brain to make the best decisions when difficult situations arise. We all face thousands of decisions every single day, some more stressful than others. This stress, compounded by [...]
In 2003, we were many miles apart but still in touch – two decades after being colleagues in a Chicago-area hospital. Stephanie Mayercik, my “wise sage” during our employment years, possessed finely-tuned listening skills, common sense and abundant practical wisdom, a quick wit and sense of humor, and buoyant and [...]
I was simply stunned. This time, it hit close to home. My deceased father had been in a highly invisible group of people ... a group which, in many cultures, is revered and held in esteem. Writing this in a chaotic post-truth era, the words of the Acting White [...]