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Life Without Judgment

Exhibit A: The ubiquitous Yoda quote, “Do. Or do not. There is no try.” Exhibit B: The ubiquitous quest to do (X thing) for/in honor...

Recently I went on a business trip and picked up a copy of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild in an airport bookstore. Several people have told me...

I don’t know if my blog would be characterized as “oversharing.” Maybe and maybe not, although I share a lot of stuff. However, there is...

A bitter drink: Introduce sugar, and the whole drink becomes sweet. A cold bath: Introduce hot water, and the whole bath becomes warm. A...

A few days ago, a friend passed along a link to an article on the Huffington Post called “When a Brother Dies,” by Judith Newton. Ms....

Lisa Bonchek Adams lived her experience of illness On the web and in the blogosphere On Twitter In essays In poems Out loud On her own...

Readers of the cancer blog I kept before I needed to add grief to the mix -- No defeat baby, no surrender -- may recall my response to...

One morning last week I woke up angry and with a headache, the kind that seems to live both inside and outside of your skull, enveloping...

I’ve always hated to say “I can’t.” Almost as much as I hate for it to be true. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been determined to do...

"How are you doing?” The question is ubiquitous, often innocent, and generally well-meaning. In the middle of or after a personal...