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The Quiet Principles That Finally Made Health Feel Easier

Not habits. Not hacks. Just the shifts that stopped my body from resisting me.

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Why Calm Is a Skill, Not a Personality Trait

What people who handle stress well are quietly practicing

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Jan 2

What Writing Has Changed for Me This Year

On slowing down, writing with intention, and choosing depth over optimization

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Aug 4, 2025

Your Baby’s Sex Isn’t Random: The Genetics Behind Why Some Families Have All Boys or All Girls

A major study shows your baby’s sex may depend on genetics, maternal age, and the sex of older siblings, not pure chance.

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10 Tiny Habits That Make You Healthier, Calmer, and Harder to Kill

This story originally appeared in BeingWell. Updated and republished here for readers of Live Stronger, Live Longer.

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The Score I Kept on My Own Patients (And What It Revealed)

The Score I Kept on My Own Patients (And What It Revealed)

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What We Store Without Knowing It

Why the memories that last are rarely the ones we tried to save

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The Quiet Ones

What thirty-six years in radiation oncology taught me about the patients I worry about most

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The Wait Is the Hardest Part. Medicine Has a Name for It.

Why waiting depletes you in ways that neither the test nor the result ever will

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You’re Not Tired. You’re Fragmented.

What rest cannot fix

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