Archive for February 2019
We Are What We Eat: Stay Slim the Japanese Way
I often heard the expression “We are what we eat,” which turned me immediately off from certain foods. Who would like to be a cow? Chicken? Pig? Should I be…
Read MoreThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson – a Pulitzer Prize winner
A couple of months ago I read a book review of Michelle Obama’s book, “Becoming” written by Isabel Wilkerson. Ms. Wilkerson’s review referenced the Great Migration of African Americans from…
Read MoreMentoring Matters
“Show me a successful individual and I’ll show you someone who had real positive influences in his or her life. I don’t care what you do for a living—if you…
Read MoreI Don’t Have Answers About Life and Death and Neither Do You, But Let’s Live Our Life Better.
This morning I went to the funeral of a little boy I delivered two and a half years ago. I have taken care of his mother for quite a few…
Read MoreBad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
I took the advice of one of my patients and read this fascinating book which details the background of a promising Silicon Valley startup, Theranos. When I first heard of the…
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