On Sunday, March 4th, 2012, I found myself in the front passenger seat of my just-leased black Audi A6 with 3 of my 6 children on a drive north of Minneapolis to a destination not of my liking: Hazelden drug rehab center in Center City, Minnesota. I had finally raised
Abstract We surgeons are trained, through our culture and our experience in residency and practice, to tolerate high levels of stress. The key word in that sentence is "tolerate" or endure. Endurance and grit are incredible superpowers that can transform our ability to grow, learn, and adapt. But
Happy New Year! The picture above is from July 2022, during a trip to Florence, Italy. My wife Lea was taking a month-long portrait painting class at the Florence Academy of Art, and we were staying at an Airbnb in the center of Florence. Each morning Lea rode her rental
Abstract A senior monk and a junior monk were traveling together. At one point, they came to a river with a strong current. As the monks were preparing to cross the river, they saw a very young and beautiful woman also attempting to cross. The young woman asked if they