My digital diary has a feature where they send notifications or email with reminders of entries that you made on the anniversary of the...

On one of my first days back to a full work schedule I was chatting with a colleague of mine. We were discussing our Christmas holiday...

I wrote this in March of 2022 and it sat in drafts. I don't know why I never posted it, but it is too good to not share---------- I...

I do not do New Years resolutions but I do a lot of periodic reflections, which are often triggered around milestones. The other day I...

One of my patients asked me the Monday after the election if I was glad that I was here and not in the US right now. I gave her a...

As I mentioned in a previous post, I have been disconnected from social media for about a month and a half now. The other day I briefly...

Me on a beach in Trinidad I have been craving the ocean since the moment my family moved us from Trinidad.  Lakes could never cut it. I...

During our three-day weekend trip to Russell, Northland, I indulged in reading a book that had been high on my list after watching and...

New Zealand is a country that relies on skilled labor from overseas. The government grants various visas to skilled workers in a myriad...

I have been out of the United States for almost 18 months. During that time I have realized that a large part of my acclimation process...

We Are Exhausted If you have been paying attention to the words of Black activists, particularly those who identify as women, you would...

I came across this some days ago. I certainly don't know everything and every day I strive to gain a better understanding of the world,...

I came across this image on Facebook, with the above description. I see this little bird being as content to stop moving as he was when...

I have always believed that getting older would only be a sad thing if I was aging without accomplishing my goals. I always understood...

"You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Does...

Yesterday was a day of reclaiming my peace and joy after a week filled with anger and frustration and sadness about the atrocities taking...

"It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet and...

This past week has been filled with lots of OR time for gynecological surgeries; operations that I had gladly said goodbye to in exchange...

I'm not writing to rain on any parades. I am consistent in my policy to not make New Years Resolutions because I have always seen how...

I am always in the exercise of introspection. Knowing oneself is important to staying on the right course and to being successful. Often...