I’m a big fan of WNYC’s RadioLab podcasts. In “Atomic Artifacts” they asked the question (paraphrased), “If there’s a cataclysmic event,...

I’ve had trouble accomplishing things since the pandemic started. It was worse at the beginning, but my attention still comes and goes....

I’m tired of having my wings clipped. I’m out of sorts—and then I get mad at myself for being so selfish. Then I get sad about the...

My friend Jim emailed on a Sunday evening. He’d brought out the clippers for the dog then turned them on himself. The photo showed his...

Public health is a scientific and technical, as well as a social (my bolding) and political, endeavor that aims to improve the health and...

I don’t know about you, but I’ve had some down moments during this time, even using all the stress management techniques I know and have...

In the late 1970’s, Britain offered a delightful ad campaign for Courage, the beer. The words “Take Courage” were accompanied by the...

In an earlier post, I wrote about the first stage of grief, denial. You may be having moments of another stage, anger. One psychological...

We sure resent being told we can’t do something. My 96-year-old mother (who’s never willingly gone outside, as far as I know), told me...

What I most enjoyed about getting dressed for work was contemplating the jewelry I’d wear that day. I have a fondness for earrings,...

If you and your spouse are both working from home, you may be experiencing a little too much togetherness. And then there are the kids...

A friend of mine is trying to sell her house in the time of COVID-19. Her realtor (or someone’s) came up with the quip, “Can you see...

Here’s the good news about working from home: the conferencing platforms you’re using to communicate with your team give you a view into...

As a species, our minds run amok when we don’t know what’s happening. Individually and collectively, we speculate based on little (or no)...

For a few years, I started every Monday morning in a small windowless room with my boss, bad coffee, and four colleagues. My coworkers...

Ever been in the situation when someone said something so appalling you were shocked into silence? After you’ve scraped your jaw off the...