Book
My Forthcoming Book: Deconstructing Toxic Narratives
I’m very pleased to share the cover of my forthcoming book, Deconstructing Toxic Narratives: Data, Disparities, and a New Path Forward in the Opioid Crisis. I wrote this book because the public conversation about the opioid crisis has too often been shaped by oversimplification. The crisis cannot be understood through blame alone. It is also a…
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My Review of Drug Dealer MD: How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked and Why It’s So Hard to Stop, a Book by Anna Lembke, M.D. In Drug Dealer MD: How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked and Why It’s So Hard to Stop, Anna Lembke, M.D. offers her views on how a failed health care system created the…
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Soulmates Unselfishly Connect What is a soulmate? Recently, a United States representative was accused of sexually harassing one of his female staffers after sending her a letter stating he believed they were “soulmates.” Apparently, she did not agree. Many of us understand that soulmates are individuals with a deep connection toward each other. Words alone…
Read MoreThe Painful Truth is a Finalist in 2016 CIPA EVVY Awards
CIPA EVYY Award Finalist I’m pleased and humbled to announce that my book, The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us, has been selected as a finalist in the 2016 CIPA EVVY Awards. It holds that spot in the Health/Diet/Fitness category. The Painful Truth is…
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