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A Toehold

Most of the problems we face in our life do not have simple solutions. For someone struggling with weight, for example, there are likely a

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Nobody Wants This

I frequently talk with patients who do not want to take medication. It’s pretty understandable; nobody wants to take pills. No one wants to start

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Outsourced

I am often taken with the power of stories to convey better, with deeper meaning, and more efficiently, complex or difficult to explain ideas. A

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Tragedy and Triumph

While substance abuse is horrible, and being trapped in it is a pretty awful experience for everyone involved, there is often a silver lining. Many

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Closing Time

We all know what we should be doing—exercising more, eating better, spending less time on our phones—but most of us don’t. If I were an

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One Story, Two Ways

This first story is a classic Buddhist parable: One day the Buddha was resting with a group of monks in the woods. They had just

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