Before I continue down the winding road of my journey through Hazelden and then becoming a house husband, I want to share my thoughts on the patterns of thinking and behaviors that have made me so resilient, at least in the eyes of people like my friend Ann Masten (a

“I have a theory that the moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. I have tried this experiment a thousand times and I have never been disappointed. The more I look at a thing, the

The Insidious Effects of HurryingThe Insidious Effects of Hurrying.pdf583 KBdownload-circle It happened slowly but surely. During my career as an academic surgeon, I became addicted to busyness and urgency, without realizing it was happening, until it seemed like it was too late to do anything about it. The definition

The following lovely vignette came to me via James Clear's newsletter. It highlights how each of us, and not just physicians, in our own unique way, can be kind to others, or the world, by nurturing the unique gifts we all have and directing those gifts to the