Our kids are not even close to being okay. I’m astonished at how many patients I’m currently treating that have been directly or indirectly impacted by suicide or Fentanyl poisoning. Recently, a patient’s high school senior experimented with an opioid and never woke...
How to cope with and manage your devastating grief and trauma.We grieve once more as a country with the senseless mounting loss of life. Another school shooting where students and teachers perished. This trauma is jarring and profoundly devastating. Through my...
What we need to do now. Another school shooting, this one at Oxford High School in Michigan, where a 15-year-old killed three fellow students and injured seven others and a teacher. According to Education Week, in 2021 there have been 28 school shootings resulting in...
Help to foster valuable lessons amid devastating tragedy. This marks the 20th anniversary of the tragic events that occurred in New York on September 11, 2001. Kids all over the country will learn about, hear about, and observe tributes and commemorations marking this...
10 things to think about that will mindfully awaken you. A name and brief bio are offered on several media outlets of the victims from the Atlanta, Georgia and Boulder, Colorado mass shootings. I teeter on wanting to know more about each of them, and not wanting to...
I had the honor of interviewing anti-racism experts and advocates on critical questions regarding racism. I found that these were the most common questions that came up among my non-black/brown patients, friends, and colleagues. (1) It’s insulting to respond to “Black...
Paying homage to Martin Luther King Jr's mission and legacy. Martin Luther King Jr. epitomized a person who tapped into his passion and purpose. He proactively advocated for civil and human rights which resulted in the celebration of his birthday as a day of...
It will help you gain insight, awareness, and conscientiousness. A pandemic is a disease that spreads across countries and affects a large number of people. We know it all too well with Covid-19 which is devastating the world. Racism shares similar elements as how...
Today marks the 19th anniversary of the tragic events that occurred in New York on September 11, 2001. Kids all over the country will learn about, hear about and observe tributes and commemorations marking this anniversary. Most of our children will have faint...
My 16-year-old son Foster had the honor of interning this summer for Parley For The Oceans in NYC and also attended their program called Ocean Uprise in Hawaii, “an immersive approach to environmental education with the goal of inspiring marine conservation and...
