By Dr. Michael Lennox This beautiful piece was written by my very first best friend in the whole wide world. Michael and I became dear...

“Your test results were negative.” This call was welcome news from my doctor, but also surprising. I had seen Dr. Jones (not his real...

by Marc Kaye I asked myself, “Self, are you resilient?" I heard a voice. He sounded a bit like Kevin Hart. He said, "Hell, ya! You raised...

In elementary school, my life divided into two clear zones. There were areas in which I excelled, and areas in which I was pitiful....

Guest Blog by Caryn Anthony I am honored to publish this beautiful piece by my dear friend, Caryn Anthony, about loss and how to truly...

Guest blog by Carol Campos. I am honored to publish this beautiful piece by Carol Campos about love, addiction, co-dependency, recovery...

It has been a year since COVID stopped us in our tracks...a year of loss, isolation and death... a terrible year. And yet. It has also...

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As we enter the holiday season, worry hangs in the air. There is the obvious anxiety about our health and the health of our loved ones....

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“I heard some other girls talking about her. They said, ‘Why does she wear short sleeve shirts when she is scarred like that? I felt bad."

This hour was a highlight of my life and I will never forget it. It was like attending my own funeral but obviously, a whole lot better.

It is time for Flashback Girl to don her little yellow cape and attempt to fly.

Tension burns a different fire inside me now. I need to speak the truth for me and for my brother. I survived my childhood; he did not.

Forty-eight hours is a long time to wait if you might possibly have a life-threatening illness. It was also a long time to think.

I think Flashback Girl has great value on how to survive and thrive through horrible times. And right now is a horrible time for all of us.

Resilient people tend to be socially adept, able to handle complex situations, able to make and keep connections with others.

Life had a calm empty-nest rhythm. Then, this spring, everything changed. We had not planned to shelter together with our grown children....

I have known many heroes. There was my surgeon, Dr. John Constable, who saved my life when I was little, and provided me with kindness...