
The PeerRx Blog
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What “Crops” Will You be Planting This Spring
"I have great faith in a seed.... Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders." — Henry David Thoreau
Time for a Spring Declutter? Why Not Marie Kondo Your Life!
"The best way to find out what we really need is to get rid of what we don’t." – Marie Kondo
The Healing Power of Forgiveness, Starting With Yourself ...
"Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude." – Martin Luther King Jr.
It’s Okay to Tell Someone That It Hurts ... and Where
“Kissing the boo-boo doesn’t help the pain, it helps the loneliness.” Rachel Naomi Remem, MD, Author and Wise Elder
What Do You Do … For Play?
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” George Bernard Shaw
The Art of Healing: What’s Your Creative Outlet
“Be sure to always maintain some creative interests outside of medicine.” Dad
You are Grief-Worthy, So Don’t Disenfranchise Yours
"Grief is not a disorder, a disease or a sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical and spiritual necessity, the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to grieve." Rabbi Earl Grollman, author and prominent bereavement counselor
Don’t Hide From Your Shadow
"That which we do not bring to consciousness appears in our lives as fate." – Carl Jung, MD
Knowing When to Say “That’s Enough For Now”
“Balance is not better time management, but better boundary management. Balance means making choices and enjoying those choices." – Betsy Jacobson, Author and Businesswoman
Presilience in Action: Strengthening the Habit of Emotional Readiness
"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves." Viktor Frankl, MD, psychotherapist and author
Revisiting Resilience – The Practice of “Presilience”
"How we respond to the issue is the issue." – Linda Graham, LFT, psychotherapist, author, and resilience expert
It was an Awepique Year Indeed …
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." - Marcel Proust
Let Your “Word” Help Create Your World in 2025
“Words create worlds.” – Attributed to many. “Worlds create words.” – Me
When Going “Fast” May Be Exactly What You Need in the New Year
“What the eyes are for the outer world, fasts are for the inner.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Are You Seeing This?! Opening Our Eyes to the Light
"Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself." – Desiderius Erasmus
The Art of Saying Goodbye
"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." — attributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Roman philosopher
Looking for Some “Soul Salve”? Try MusicRx
“Music can heal the wounds which medicine cannot touch.” - Debasish Mridha, MD, Neurologist and Author
Celebrating Our “Angels” this Thanks-Giving
“Sometimes our light goes out but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light.” - Albert Schweitzer, MD, Humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize Recipient
Breaking Free from the FOPO (Fear of People’s Opinions)
"Care about people’s approval, and you will be their prisoner." — Lao Tzu
Can We Start Over? Re-connection Powered by Apology
“Apologizing … means you value your relationship more than your ego.” Mark Matthews, author