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By Ron Epstein

Seeing starts with awareness, noticing what we see, and being open to noticing what we don’t.

By Mick Krasner
“I don’t know where we are going, but I know exactly how to get there.” ~ Shangaan Tsonga tribe lion tracker.

By Ron Epstein, MD

“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” F Scott Fitzgerald

By Mick Krasner, MD

For 30 days In April and May of 2023, I walked the Camino de Santiago de Compostela for over 800 kilometers in Northern Spain. There are several pilgrim paths on the Camino, and I walked the Camino del Norte which hugs the northern coastline of the Iberian peninsula before turning inland for the final few days before arriving in Santiago

By Ron Epstein, MD

When I am teaching, I frequently quote Shunryu Suzuki-Roshi’s aphorism “The most important thing is to remember the most important thing.”

By Mick Krasner, MD

On a recent holiday traveling with eight of my family members, I was reminded of the song by the classic rock band, Cream, ‘Strange Brew’. How I got there, at least as far as I can trace the sequence of thoughts that led me, was first a reflection on how very different and at the same time very similar a group of closely or loosely related human beings can be,

By Ron Epstein, MD

I have just completed two weeks of inpatient service in palliative care. The work is fraught, filled with challenges and unsolvable problems faced by those with intolerable suffering…

By Mick Krasner, MD

There are leaders, and there are those who lead. Leaders hold a position of power or authority. Those who lead inspire us. We follow those who lead not for them but for ourselves. And it is those who start with “why” that can inspire those around them or find others who inspire them.
Simon Sinek- author of Start with Why

By Ron Epstein, MD

In addition to my teaching and clinical work, I lead research teams devoted to helping patients and their families have a voice in their care and helping clinicians develop the skills to communicate effectively,

By Mick Krasner, MD

New Year’s resolutions bother me. Always have. Perhaps that is in part because I have trouble committing to something that I wish to change about myself.