Improving the Mood
_This American Life_ producer Chana Joffe-Walt calls reporter Maram Hamaid in Gaza frequently. Often the calls are interrupted by her friend's daughter, Banias, an almost-adult in an eight-year-old form.
"We Give Privacy": A Lesson from the Grand Canyon
Some years ago, I was lucky enough to get on a raft trip down the Grand Canyon. There were about 20 of us. The first day, we loaded the rafts…
A short conversation that improved my parenting skills
In the late 1970s, I was sitting in a charting station at Brookfield Hospital in Wisconsin. A little tired, I complained to the social worker next to me about having…
Taking Direction
In a healthy relationship, people collaborate. They share goals, ideas, and effort. If Jack heads up the hill to fetch a pail of water, Jill might say, "You know, we…
_This American Life_ producer Chana Joffe-Walt calls reporter Maram Hamaid in Gaza frequently. Often the calls are interrupted by her friend's daughter, Banias, an almost-adult in an eight-year-old form.
Some years ago, I was lucky enough to get on a raft trip down the Grand Canyon. There were about 20 of us. The first day, we loaded the rafts…
In the late 1970s, I was sitting in a charting station at Brookfield Hospital in Wisconsin. A little tired, I complained to the social worker next to me about having…
In a healthy relationship, people collaborate. They share goals, ideas, and effort. If Jack heads up the hill to fetch a pail of water, Jill might say, "You know, we…
You may be familiar with a biopsy. We take a piece of tissue from some bodily organ—such as the skin—and examine it in a laboratory to look for signs of…
Animals use their senses to find food, mates, and protection—to survive and thrive. Some even play: watch muskrats sliding down a snow-covered hill. Think of our human senses as windows:…
