by Jeremy Topin | Oct 3, 2017 | Balance, Change, Parenting
Words Spin Float Flutter Suspend Arrange and align into thoughts Need to write them Say them, project them Face them Not the time Not the place They fade away Retreat Hibernate And the ache...
by Jeremy Topin | Sep 7, 2017 | Balance, Parenting
If I knew then, what I know now… I would hug them more. For longer. Squeeze harder. I would listen more and react less. I would be sillier and goofier with them and pay less attention to the thoughts of others. I would cave in more often when they would ask for...
by Jeremy Topin | Aug 30, 2017 | Balance, Parenting
I’m not sure when Facebook added the THIS DAY ___ YEARS AGO feature, reminding us what we had posted on this day in years past. It is often nice to reminisce about a concert a year ago or some silly family event that a picture captured perfectly. I often stop for a...
by Jeremy Topin | Aug 4, 2017 | Balance, Change, Medicine, Parenting
“Why don’t people’s hearts tell them to continue to follow their dreams?” the boy asked the alchemist. “Because that’s what makes the heart suffer most, and hearts don’t like to suffer.” ...
by Jeremy Topin | Jul 30, 2017 | Balance, End of life, End of Life Care, Medical Education, Medicine
“This was published first in the Washington Post electronically on 7/29/2017 and will come out in print this Tuesday. Click here for the link. The comments so far in the paper have overall been quite emotional and angry in their response. I am happy to...
by Jeremy Topin | Jul 20, 2017 | Balance, Burnout, Healthcare Reform, Medical
Uncertainty. In particular, diagnostic uncertainty, would keep me awake at night, early in my career as a freshly minted critical care doctor. Patients who deteriorated without explanation or haziness on CT Scans without an identified cause, fanned the flames of my...
