It was 1977, and I was an intern at the National Institutes of Health in Washington DC. I finished work that Friday evening and headed over to the theater in Bethesda, where the line was already snaking down the street. Hundreds of us were waiting for the ticket office to open for the 7:30 showing of Star Wars. Once inside, I grabbed my popcorn, coke, and M&Ms (oh, for the days of that kind of eating) and found a seat...

Last week, I attended an event where the speaker discussed the trials and successes of his business over the past several years. He pointed out that the company focused on creating an aligned culture where leaders listened to their team members and shared openly about how they approached Pandemic related issues.  They held the belief that by engaging team members, avoiding uncertainty and listening to them, staff members would feel that their roles were respected and appreciated by the business...

I missed going to the gym last week due to a busy schedule. By Friday, I felt guilty and signed up for a Tabata Class for Saturday morning. I typically set a goal to work out 3-4 times a week, alternating between cardio, strength, and some endurance, while stretching and relaxing every day. I call this resilient workout combo my “Fitness Five.” Unfortunately, I don’t always make this target. I recently found a research article that suggested a different approach...

I’m taking piano lessons this year. I’ve been told that I have no musical talent, which is probably true, but that should not keep me from learning piano. I was also told that I was not a dancer, but then I married a dancer who asked me to take dance lessons with her. Now I consider myself a dancer, and maybe sometime in the future, I’ll consider myself a musician. Along with the lessons, I’m thinking about buying an online...

Sharing coffee with a a colleague the other day was like the sun warming me as I took my morning walk with Cody. It felt good inside. We both relished the idea of connecting with colleagues and friends again and realized that one could not force these changes in the workplace, and that they will happen through real-time meetups. He sees his team returning to their hybrid workplace on a “we’ll see how it works out basis” Yet, he sees...

When I read the word “revanchist” in Sunday morning’s New York Times in a story about Vladimir Putin, I knew I had to look that word up again. It popped up on my NPR news feed earlier in the week, and I saw it when I scanned my Fox News App. Now it demanded my attention as a new word for my lexicon. The New York Times quote: “Or was he transformed over time into the revanchist warmonger of today….”...