A New Normal
COVID-19 is spreading around the world and life is getting stranger by the second. School districts are closing in droves and parents are scrambling to figure out what to do. Birthday parties, recitals, and sports … Read More
Browsing Category: Health
On Open Water Racing, Risk, and Responsibility
On June 9th, I rose before my 4:30 AM alarm with a mixture of excitement and trepidation buzzing through my veins. In a few hours, I would join 2,500 other wetsuit-clad competitors for a dip … Read More
Aging’s Silver Lining
On Friday, I was one of approximately 40,000 fans who crowded into Miller Park in Milwaukee for the Billy Joel concert. It was an awesome show with a couple of surprise treats, including a roadie … Read More
Little Panic: What I Learned From One Author’s Childhood Anxiety
As a person who has anxiety, I eagerly dived into Amanda Stern’s new book, Little Panic: Dispatches From An Anxious Life. The book recounts Stern’s earliest childhood experiences with severe anxiety and traces these emotions … Read More
On Being a Reformed Germaphobe
Growing up, I never worried much about germs. Thanks to the many pets we owned over the years, my childhood home was basically a deluxe buffet of microbes for my immune system. At any given … Read More