As we all continue to deal with the pandemic, let’s pause and consider one of the reactions many of us have had: seeking out comfort foods. The definition of a comfort food from Google’s Oxford Dictionary: “Food that provides consolation or a feeling of well-being, typically any with a high sugar or other carbohydrate content and […]
Another Source of a Public Health Crisis
We have been focused on COVID-19 for the past year and a half in our country. Going into COVID-19 we were extremely concerned as a nation about what we called the Opioid Crisis where thousands were suffering from addiction and deaths due to drug overdose. As we entered the pandemic, we suspected that due to […]
Reflections on the “Wisdom of Trauma”
I have been deeply moved by a documentary entitled The Wisdom of Trauma by world-renowned author and speaker Dr. Gabor Maté that was briefly available for free online. In it he offered viewers opportunities to appreciate the depth of pain, loss and desperation that are hallmark symptoms of trauma. His compassion was especially moving towards […]
