I’d like to invite you on a journey, my friends. It’s not a journey to any exotic land, unfortunately - at least not for a while yet -...

Many of you have probably heard of the old debate around how human behavior moves through generations concisely described as nature...

I love to organize information. I love to categorize and make lists and even describe my past in phases. But what I’ve been thinking...

Dunbar’s number refers to a theory that primates - including humans - are limited by their brain size to a certain number of social...

We are all in this together. Whether you like it or not, this doesn’t really seem like something with which you can disagree or argue. I...

For nearly two and a half years now, with only a brief break late in 2018, I have been in therapy. Although I’ve never asked in all this...

Have you ever called someone smart? Been called smart yourself? Probably most of us have. But have you ever stopped to think about what...

There is no end to the advice out there in the ether about how to live life well. Sometimes I admit to personally rolling my eyes - I...

My first trip abroad was just after I graduated pharmacy school. It was my gift to myself for getting through those five grueling years....

Bowie sang about it, so did Tupac and Charles Bradley and many others, including my personal favorite, Langhorne Slim. Obviously, things...

I’ve found myself feeling nostalgic quite a bit lately. I mean, sure, sure, sure, everybody’s feeling nostalgic about the “pre-corona”...

Right, remember how I mentioned last week that I had subscribed to Disney+? So is it really a surprise that I haven’t been able to get...

This week it’s all about the good things. This week I am choosing to be humbled by the resilience of human beings, their desire to help...

In the insurance biz, we often use the term whole health. It refers to the idea that to keep our members healthier, we have to think not...

I wrote a little recently about ordinary moments and routine and how in times of struggle, I can sometimes find solace there. Ordinary...

I hemmed and hawed a little about what to write today. I hesitate to write doom and gloom because we don’t need any more of that, but so...

This morning I got up, I read the news as I made my coffee, I sat in my chair to read and write. All of this is just as I do every...

Here’s how I used to read. Once I started a book, I had to finish it. Even if it was awful, even if I felt nothing or felt terrible. And...

Alright, I think I’m a little obsessed. I feel like I’ve been reading and/or thinking about Elizabeth Gilbert now nearly non-stop for...

I’ve gotten some gems of advice from people about skiing over the years. Once, I ended up on an otherwise deserted run with a ski...