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Writers & Resilience
Guest blog by David R. Roth Resilience is commonly used to describe the capacity to overcome things like trauma, tragedy, or oppressive...
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Angels who leave Christmas trees
When I was four years old, an angel left me my very own Christmas tree. I lay on a soft twin bed, tucked in the corner of a wood-paneled...
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What We Learned from Rudolph, Frosty and Charlie Brown
Every year when I was little, I eagerly awaited the TV holiday specials. They ran only once a year, and if you missed them, that was it....
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A Tough Fall
(Part 5 in the series Choosing More Surgery) I spoke to a psychic two weeks before my recent operations. The psychic is a friend, an...
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How to Actually Have a Happy Thanksgiving
(As currently featured in Psychology Today) Are you excited about Thanksgiving? Are you looking forward to getting together with your...
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Somewhere Over My Rainbow(s)
(Part 4 in the series Choosing More Surgery) I have always loved “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” I identify with Dorothy in The Wizard of...
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Why Me? Why Not Me?
(This is Part 3 in the series "Choosing More Surgery." See here for Part 1 and here for Part 2) “How are you doing today?” asked my...
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I Hate Walter: Choosing more surgery (Part II)
(For Part I of this series, click here) “You need to make friends with it,” advised my surgeon. She smiled at me, her long straight...
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Staying Alive: Lessons from my Brother's Suicide
(Re-released in memory of my brother, and in honor of National Suicide Prevention Month.) Chances are, you never met my brother. There...
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Books that Heal
When I was 28 years old, I briefly dated a surgical resident. Perhaps like all surgeons, he was smart, decisive, and pleased with...
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