I made the decision to be honest about my feelings and to bring up the idea of pursuing a romantic relationship with my patient, but I left the decision on how to proceed in her hands. I made it clear that, if she never brought it up again, neither would…

To answer that question, let’s lay down our stone-casting arms, and put on our warm fuzzy plush empathy sweaters — It’s been said that a woman’s greatest fear is that a man will kill her, while a man’s greatest fear is that a woman will laugh at him. It’s easy to look at these two things these two experiences and fall into the trap of comparing & contrasting them, categorizing…

Being loyal to the wrong person is betraying yourself Once, I believed cheating was one of the few acts which was never justifiable under any circumstances. Life challenged that belief (and many others) during my divorce: my ex-wife had not limited herself to only one man for over ten years…

It was never about winning the case; it was about refusing to remain silent — When I first began hearing about the details in the relationship between these two celebrities, my first reaction was sympathy for Johnny Depp: I know from experience that, as a man, when an ex-romantic partner publicly discusses personal details of your relationship that portray you in a negative light, you…

Many of us think we are — here’s how to know for sure — It’s called “the Wobegon effect” — after the fictional Lake Wobegon, where “all the children are well-behaved, the women are good-looking, and the men are rich.” We all have a tendency to over-estimate our own abilities and under-estimate our shortcomings; in reality, in every category, almost half of us are…

Every day, a physician in America commits suicide. Dr. Deelshad Joomun became the first female interventional nephrologist in the United States. She cared deeply & passionately about her work, having dedicated her life to helping others, motivated not by profit or fame but by the strength of her conviction &…

Sifting through the ashes in search of gold I’ve never known real love. Filial love — love from my parents, love to my sons — yes. Universal love — the kind our Creator feels for all creation — well, kinda by definition, yes. Erotic, sexual love, infatuation, puppy love, brotherly…

A law that does not account for the circumstances of how it came to be broken is not upholding justice, but creating injustice “There can be no justice so long as law is absolute. Even life itself is an exercise in exceptions.” …