Empathy can be defined as walking in someone else’s shoes, really feeling their suffering. Certain professions attract empaths:...

I heard Dobie Gray’s version of “The In Crowd” on an oldies station a few days ago. Great song. I love the refrain, “I don’t care where...

I was on Zoom with Barcelona, Spain, friends Anne and Alex. I’ve mentioned Anne before; she consulted with NASA on how to keep astronauts...

It all started when I got an alert from my cellular carrier that I would be out of data before the end of the billing period. With...

RBG exemplified purpose in her extraordinary life. But all of us need purpose to feel fulfilled. Has Covid thrown you off what is meaningful

Amazing what focus will do.

I’m savoring Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights, as I slowly make my way through one year’s worth of almost-daily “essayettes.” He’s written...

We're in what William Bridges called the Neutral Zone: we've left the known for the unknown and can't go back.

The problem with the huge numbers were seeing related to COVID-19 cases and deaths is we're overwhelmed and disconnected.

Being kind has its rewards.

If you're anxious, it may have something to do with your empathy.

When I wake up, I’ve always got a song in my head. Dream fragments or first thoughts prompt my brain’s search for lyrics. If I get only...

The following blog post comes from my friend, Anne Kearney, whom you might remember from an earlier post on living in small spaces. This...

Initially it was fun to see everyone in their Hollywood Squares, especially if virtual meetings were new to you. Soon the thrill of...

At the beginning of sheltering in place, I found it difficult to track time. Didn’t I go to the store two weeks ago? It turns out it’d...

I’m a big fan of WNYC’s RadioLab podcasts. In “Atomic Artifacts” they asked the question (paraphrased), “If there’s a cataclysmic event,...

Public health is a scientific and technical, as well as a social (my bolding) and political, endeavor that aims to improve the health and...

In the late 1970’s, Britain offered a delightful ad campaign for Courage, the beer. The words “Take Courage” were accompanied by the...

In an earlier post, I wrote about the first stage of grief, denial. You may be having moments of another stage, anger. One psychological...

We sure resent being told we can’t do something. My 96-year-old mother (who’s never willingly gone outside, as far as I know), told me...