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Gradually and Suddenly

“How did you go bankrupt?”“Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” Hemingway was talking about money, but he could’ve been describing almost anything that falls apart—our health,

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Sorting Stress into Buckets

“Stress” is one of the most frequent reasons I hear when people try to describe what ails them, and what limits taking care of ourselves.

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Mind the Gap

When it comes to taking care of our health, my job is often less about delivering new information and more about helping people problem-solve, reframe

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Choose Your Difficulty

I recently had a conversation with a patient about how hard recovery is– facing challenges, embracing honesty– there’s a whole suite of difficulties involved. And

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How to Be Miserable

Turn a world map upside down, and the almost automatic sense of understanding that we have about the globe feels less intuitive. We have to

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