07 Sep Cartoons are often funny because we want them to be true
I saw this on Twitter today. I get it - people want to feel listened to rather than lectured. It also highlights the difference between empathy and sympathy. I come...
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16 Aug IPU : Photos from the International Pop Underground, 1991
[caption id="attachment_26522" align="alignnone" width="800"] self portrait on the first day of the festival[/caption] My memory is more metaphorical than factual. I had it in my head that my band Sleepyhead went...
01 Jul Garbage In Garbage Out.
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”- Upton Sinclair This quote is often bandied about when people who believe...
29 Jun The Definition of Pain
The following definition of pain was established in 2017 by a taxonomy task force of the International Association for the Study of Pain: "Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional...
22 Jun Dr Sarno Was a Trauma Informed Care Pioneer
Recently I saw a tweet from an editor seeking science/medicine pitches because he was taking over a new full-time role at a newspaper. I sent him a note with a...
02 Apr Melissa’s Dr Sarno Story
I will be 55 years old in a few weeks. White. Jewish. Grew up in Queens, then Long Island. Attended SUNY at Albany and received my J.D. from Fordham University...