My Thoughts

While I was reading at my favorite Joe Coffee Cafe on the UWS, my friend Melissa Jones pulled up the chair next to me.  Melissa is a Broadway producer and is about to leave for London where her show, Super You, will open on the West End. Then the show returns to New York for […]

Early this morning, I got a note from Janine Dolan.  Janine is a travel agent known for her customized travel planning and the extra steps she takes in designing trips for her clients.  Janine was planning a trip from New York to Australia.  Since some people aren’t able to sleep on planes, she was looking

My favorite Instagram post of the week included a father’s claim that his three kids were healthy all summer.  Three months of sheer bliss – No stomach aches.  No sniffles.  No coughs or flu.  But then school started, and the nurse called and within a few hours of Day One he had to get in

Loss of Connection In a World Without Community Everyone needs connection.  We want to feel valued and respected.  For generations, people found this in community gatherings.  Regional marketplaces attracted crowds where needs were met, and information exchanged.  Houses of worship (churches, synagogues, and mosques) were at the heart of daily life and members felt cherished

I’ve been getting a lot of correspondence lately.  Patients, colleagues and friends want to draw my attention to the soaring rate of depression in the world today. The articles point out that songwriters mention love far less frequently and hate more often these days.  Newspaper headlines are increasingly harrowing, and news coverage is far more

The rising incidence of chronic pain is one factor that plays a major role in the rise of global unhappiness.  According to a research paper on the prevalence of chronic pain published in the Journal of the International Association for the Study of Pain, more than 1 in 5 adults in America experiences pain on

We are living in high-stress times.  My patients worry about the coronavirus, their kids’ schooling, global politics, and the environment.  Women who have been good at balancing responsibilities, tell me they are anxious and can’t hold up anymore.  Relationships that used to be steady and reliable are cracking. Lingering COVID symptoms like brain fog, fatigue,

I have a patient who I once treated for recurrent urinary tract infections.  Before treatment, her pain was so bad that she had to take a few days off from work every month.   After her initial consultation, she had an excellent response to a simple homeopathic protocol.   Delighted by her results, she referred a co-worker

At the start of the pandemic, I didn’t think I had to worry about COVID-19 if I ate well, rested, exercised and took simple precautions like masking and avoiding indoor crowds. I’ve always been a healthy person with a strong immune system so I felt confident that I’d be okay. Then I got sick after

Another month has passed since my mom’s, dad’s, and aunt’s deaths. I’m reading books about peoples’ experiences of death and dying and connecting more deeply with others who have lost loved ones in the recent past.  Given the pandemic, there is a lot of loss these days.  Especially when I am speaking with my patients,