by Jeremy Topin | Feb 21, 2017 | Balance
It started almost as a little hum… a vibration in my head, felt more than heard. A connection between some deep part of my brain straight to inside my chest. In the days leading up to my college graduation I mostly ignored it. Easy enough in the midst of...
by Jeremy Topin | Nov 29, 2016 | Balance
Walk with me, why don’t you? It’s about time, don’t you think? We have been avoiding this for quite a while. But it is best to bring this out from the shadows and into the light. Let’s take a walk… Thru a part of my day. But be careful....
by Jeremy Topin | Oct 18, 2016 | Balance, Parenting, Teenager, Triathlon
Maybe it’s the Jeep with its top down, whipping thru the wind on the highway. Maybe it’s the music playing…a combination of new and old. Of fast and imploring. Of slow and restrained. Maybe it’s the caffeine from my first cup of coffee in a...
by Jeremy Topin | Feb 29, 2016 | Balance, Burnout, Change, Medicine
“Ch-ch-changesDon’t want to be a richer manCh-ch-ch-ch-changesTurn and face the strangeCh-ch-changesJust gonna have to be a different manTime may change meBut I can’t trace time” -David Bowie Months have passed since I last wrote. Thoughts, musings, topics have...
by Jeremy Topin | Oct 27, 2015 | Balance, Parenting, Teenager
There you are amongst the crowd. One of thirty freshman. And my breath is taken from me. For a moment, the briefest moment, everything else on my mind fades away. The whirlwind of stress that has been the background beat for the last several months is now muted, and...
by Jeremy Topin | Jun 9, 2015 | Balance
It’s been a rough day. No…more accurate a rough afternoon. Being home on “vacation” is usually not a good thing. My presence in the house is disruptive, changing the normal routines and patterns that have been established by my family. I throw...
