Defining Myself
For a long time, I never knew how to treat myself. I stayed up late cramming notes with my sister so she could pass her test. I spent...
Food for the Soul
So it's this time of the year again when kids go back to school and a new year begins. We start to think where we are going to be on Rosh...
5 Ways to Cope When You’re in a Shlump
I felt like I should be thanking my lucky stars. Everything around me seemed like it was going great. I had my own place, my own...
6 Travel Workarounds: Creative Solutions for Your Classic Travel Dilemmas
The summer before medical school, I did your typical I-just-graduated-college-hurrah-trip, literally around the world. The trip itself:...
Accepting Adventure If You're Type A
Homecooked meals in a stranger’s home, killer Japanese hornets, and sheer luck —all in a day’s accidental series of events. Some go...
The Journey Is The Adventure
Any trip can really turn into an eye-opening adventure – they can teach us a thing or two in the end, whether we realize it or not. I...
Adventure For Yourself
I just successfully completed by my first solo travel adventure! Imagine my own surprise to realise that I have never had the opportunity...
A Whole New Me
I had reached my mid-fifties with an established career and happily married – everything was perfect. I had a job, a home, a life I had...
Midburn Series Part 2 / Lessons I Learned from the Desert
If you missed my first peek into Midburn, you can feel free to go back to Part 1 and read it here. Otherwise, here are 4 truths I learned...
Midburn Series Part 1 / What I Learned about Life
It’s an experience I can’t fully describe. It’s like living in Israel, or being from New Jersey for that matter – I can’t explain why...
Not Solely the Absence of Illness
Every Tuesday, I have the privilege of interviewing patients and get a taste of what it’s like to be a doctor. As a current medical...
Let's Talk About You
"How you doin' Thea?" Shasha questioned her BFF, whom she was meeting after ages at her home. "Hey! What a surprise!" Thea acknowledged...