by Laurence | Sep 28, 2019
This year has had its challenges. I experienced the shocking and traumatic loss of my almost 16-year-old nephew. I also shared in the travesties experienced by my patients. The unexpected and premature loss of my long-term patient’s young adult daughter, a patient...
by Laurence | Aug 6, 2019
A name and brief bio is offered on several media outlets of the victims from the El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio mass shootings. I teeter on wanting to know more about each of them, and not wanting to know. I’m fearful that if I “know” them, my pain will intensify,...
by Laurence | Jul 30, 2019
There is certainly no instruction booklet on how to foster meaningful relationships. The way we first learn is through modeling our parent’s behavior, by process of elimination, and through on the job training when we’re thrust into our social worlds in school and...
by Laurence | Mar 6, 2019
I’m fortunate to be teaching a semester long graduate course on mindfulness. Having expanded my knowledge on the topic, being entrenched in continually researching it, and the incredible curiosity and inquisitiveness of my students which has led to compelling...
