Lady Docs Corner Cafe Blog - December 2014

I met my mother in law Betsy more than twenty years ago.  She was in her sixties, well read, well rounded, quite brilliant.  She graduated from Sarah Lawrence, Barbara Walters’ alma mater, and later had a Master degree in Psychology and was in the same class with Golda Meir’s sister.  She lived a privileged life growing up in Boston before getting married to my father ...

The end of the year is a good time to think of what we'd like to change - about ourselves, our relationships with others, our time management … All through the year, I try to tease out these ideas with patients.  Often they mention the things they CAN'T change - not enough time, they don't have the money, my spouse/kids/friends don't like that kind of food, etc. But let's ...

Last Sunday, my husband and I went to the Maryland Youth Orchestra’s concert at Strathmore, a well known music hall in Bethesda, Maryland.  Our Goddaughter and her two younger brothers were playing in this highly competitive orchestra.  As I looked at the three different groups of performers (each a different age group), I realized more than 80% of them were Asian, and ...

I don’t know how many holiday parties you and your family plan to attend this year, but that time is coming soon.  Thanksgiving is over, but we have two more high calorie consumption holidays to go through.  So far, I will have 6 holiday events to go to in December, starting on the first weekend of the month!  These events are all with our good friends, so we find it hard ...

I woke up suddenly this morning after a nightmare. As usual with nightmares, it didn’t make much sense, but I knew what it was about --Ferguson, Missouri and the deaths of young African American youths and men. I had spent all weekend reading editorials about “why whites just don’t get it” and I finally got it, as the mother of 2 young men, I think I FINALLY got it. ...