Growing up, older, and wiser with John Cusack’s Movies I am a big film nerd. I got into film school and then decided to not go and become a psychologists instead. Looking back at my psychologist colleagues throughout the years, I wonder what made me make that turn. […]
Seeking freedom Circle upon circle there’s no exit Running through the hoops No way to bend the mind The circles strangle For they are perfectly round Round and round With no way out The road ends at the beginning Concentric circles sound so pretty Prettyily we talk Mightily […]
What is your ICD 10 Code: selfie obsession, extreme eye rolling or sucked into jet engine? Today’s post, which is also my 1000th post (a grand thank you to you all), is a bit inside baseball. I work in the non-profit healthcare field. Which is a bit of […]
Stand tall and smell the world When you travel from city to city, country to country, your sense become heightened. It is as if you are Spiderman swinging from one side to the other. Our eyes take in the splendor of the architecture, the fashion, the people. We […]
The practice of medicine is the practice of fear When I was pregnant I was severely traumatized repeatedly. Every week was a new set of tests, dozens of vials of blood taken from me, and numerous consults. Based on that you would be led to believe that when […]
There is a recent “news story” of a couple that billed their no-show wedding guests that had RSVP yes. This story has many weighing in on whether it is tackier to say you are going to an event and then do not show up (without any apologies beforehand) […]
Beware of the Psychological Chicken Little of the Workplace In some workplaces (ok many these days) there is a sense of fear. There is a fear of being let go and of restructuring. There is even the fear of job promotion as many are afraid they will fail […]
A spiced-filled outing Because of my varied life contexts throughout my years, I have made friends that probably wouldn’t be friends with one another. I have my preppy friends. I have my Wall Street friends. I have my psychologist friends. I have ny social justice friends and those […]
The Spoon On this day when the Sun, Earth and Moon create a rare supermoon coinciding with a total lunar eclipse, I recall with fondness my mother. I think of her singing Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse of the Heart and how events like these would get her superstitions all […]
Time, time, time Breaking fast Breaking hard Time, time, time Won’t be kind to the killer of souls Breaking fast Breaking hard The eardrums ring Time, time, time Won’t be kind to the takers Ringing eardrums Rattling heart Breaking hard Time, time, time Won’t be kind to the […]
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