Sometimes, the brain doesn’t accurately analyze reality. Take this scenario:     When this happens for clinical reasons, it’s called “lack o...

  Me:   “Swallow this.”    Patient:   “Are the Stars playing today?”   (coughs and splutters) Me:   “One thing at a time.   Swallow.” ...

Each year, I ask the Lord to give me a word to bless the new year.  (Yeah, I'm cheezey like that.)  I was reflecting and meditating with...

I’m trying to figure out a good metaphor for our abilities.  Working in a rehab hospital reminds me daily that abilities are neither static ...

Name-calling and shame-labeling are popular today.  From major media to comedians to kids on the playground, insults are tossed back and for...

I frequently tell this parable to my patients.  And honestly, I think I could stand to listen to it myself: Bob was driving to work when h...

I often set expectations for myself and fail to meet them: ~I want to wake up earlier.   But I continue to go to bed late.    ~I w...

I have seen in the movies and read in books that true love is about finding joy in each other, about holding hands and giving roses and wr...

Society has attempted to answer this question in a variety of ways, defining a person’s worth by wealth, social class, language, skin colo...

In the United States, our small talk is very direct.  After asking someone’s name and maybe where they are from, the next question is usua...

" T his is W ho I am and T hat's H ow it's G onna B e ” An interview with my friend Sydney My friend Sydney always has...

"I realized very clearly that happiness has nothing to do with the material things which surround us; it dwells in the very depths of...

Communication is connection. For most of us, it's easy. A sideways glance. Hands on hips, feet tapping. A kiss on the cheek. So...