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The View from the Top
When I asked my children what this week’s Mindful Monday post should be about, they excitedly shouted, “Las Vegas!” We just returned...
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Turning Nine
This week, my daughter will turn nine years old. Gretchen Rubin, the author of “The Happiness Project,” summarized it nicely: “The days...
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Miracles
My patient sat in front of me, silent. She was a beautiful, elderly woman, always well dressed in bright, matching outfits, and not a...
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Judging Our Pain
Most of my patients are in a great deal of emotional pain. They struggle with depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and other...
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The Magic of Ordinary Minutes
Sometimes, despite our best efforts, life gets very full. We find ourselves overbooked, overscheduled, overcommitted, and with...
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It’s Alright For Now
As a psychiatrist, mother, and writer, I do a lot of “talking” in one form or another. A few months ago, however, I found myself in a...
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Closer to Peace
A dear friend of mine recently lost her mother. She and her mother had a very troubled relationship for a very long time, and they both...
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3:30 AM
The other night, I woke up in a state of panic around 3:30 am. A cloud of parental anxiety was swirling furiously in my head. Self...
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Saying Good Bye
This weekend, we moved out of the home we have lived in for the last seven years. In the midst of moving trucks, packing, and cleaning,...
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Leap of Faith
I wouldn’t necessarily describe myself as a controlling person. I am generally someone who can go with the flow of life circumstances,...
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The Depths of Disappointment
Disappointment visits us in so many forms. Disappointment that we didn’t get that job promotion. Disappointment that we gained five...
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Making Meaning
Victor Frankl was a brilliant Viennese psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, and author of the best selling book, “Man’s Search for...
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Seven Years
I have never been one to be the life of the party. In college and medical school, you would most likely find me studying on a Friday or...
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Loving Just Because
Lately, I find myself preoccupied with minor issues. Even as I am fretting, I am aware that I am sweating the small things. There is a...
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Creating A Home
Whenever I sit down on Sunday evenings to write these posts, it is an opportunity for me to reflect on what has been on my heart and...