Stop Scratching: Just Pull the Handle

Following my three-month stint at Hazelden in 2012, I decided to give meditation a shot. Now, for someone like me, giving something a "shot" used to mean go all fucking in. (It still does, but now I am way more aware of when I'm dancing in

"You Were Essentially Unapproachable": A Lesson in Blind Spots.

"You Were Essentially Unapproachable": A Lesson in Blind Spots.

In 2009, as the program director of general surgery, I used funds from my endowed chair to create a nascent leadership program for the surgical residents at the University of Minnesota. My vision was based on my belief (dramatically strengthened by my work coaching surgeons) that surgical training programs should

There Is Only Today

There Is Only Today

I have had many times when things were not fine. Like seriously not fine. We all have. They can slowly build until there is a real problem, or they can come upon us like a sudden tsunami. When you have lived 71 years and have been through many moments when

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