July 2021

Step 1: Try a News Fast This is the first of a 5-part series covering simple steps you can take today to reduce your overall anxiety.  If you’re anything like me, the last year (I’m writing this in July of 2021) has been anything but peaceful and serene.  I’ve never considered myself an anxious person.  […]

The other night I spent 2 hours awake in the middle of an anxiety attack worried about my puppy Porter.  He had a little incident at the dog park.  He got scared and he started to growl and snap at the other dogs.  Now intellectually I know that he’s young and, with all of the

I wear a helmet when I ride my horse. Since I’m well beyond the 18-year-old age cutoff that my barn requires, I don’t have to, but, remember, I work in a hospital emergency department.  I’ve seen the results of even minor falls causing serious head injuries.  So I wear my helmet for two reasons: 1.

I feel like I’ve been having the same conversation repeatedly.  It feels like we’re finally nearing the end of the social distancing requirements that were imposed on us all by Covid-19 and now we have a chance to “get back to normal.”   It’s time to go out again.  It’s time to get together again.  Yet