How I met TED“You should do a TED talk,” a literary agent suggested, as I blinked at her. “A TED talk? What would I even talk about? And how do you...
The Problem with "Women Talking"Sarah Polley’s Women Talking is a beautiful ensemble piece, in which women gather to discuss how to handle a violent crisis. The...
Disfigurement: A Call for Awareness(republished, with permission, from the Pennsylvania Psychologist) When I was four years old, I survived a fire which burned away my...
A Dose of Compassion, Doctor's OrdersI have been a patient and a doctor, on both sides of the bed. I have sat with injured people, processing their trauma. I have also been...