For the last year, I have been speaking about psychological resilience, almost by accident. I didn’t really intend to lecture; I started...

We live in a quarantined area, and have been instructed to stay home as much as possible. I have never been so grateful to live in a...

One night I was 17, my friends Joe, Peter, and I watched Monty Python’s The Life of Brian. (As with all Monty Python, this is not a film...

What do you think is the most difficult psychotherapy to do well? Child therapy? Treating the terminally ill? No. There is one request...

When you think of a surgeon, what comes to mind? A man striding in his white coat, barking imperiously, staff trailing behind? A...

(Reprinted from February 11, 2019) I used to dread Valentine’s Day, the holiday of the loved and desired. My friend Hannah would dress...

A month ago, I wrote about my client, whom I witnessed being diagnosed with a brain tumor. (https://www.lisedeguire.com/post/why-your-the...

The easiest part of writing my memoir turned out to be… writing my memoir. To be clear, it was not actually easy to write. I have no...

Time and time again, the villain winds up being burned. Doug and I grin at each other and hoot, “Just another maladjusted burn victim!"

My husband and I recently reviewed the old holiday specials and made a list of what we learned from them. Hilarity ensued.