Silent Wounds of Medical Betrayal posted on 2025-12-02
Betrayal occupies a unique space in the human experience, as anyone who has felt betrayed knows all too well. In the healthcare environment, it represents one of the most ethically charged and psychologically damaging forms of a relational breakdown. From this perspective, it is very different from romantic betrayal or interpersonal treachery. It is a [Read More]
Lung Cancer Awareness Month posted on 2025-11-27
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and with it, renewed interest in what is still the most diagnosed cancer in the world when both sexes are combined. Recent statistics show that about 2.5 million new cases are discovered each year, representing one in eight cancers worldwide (12%). In the United States, lung cancer accounts for [Read More]
Gratitude posted on 2025-11-14
Since its official proclamation as a national holiday by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, Thanksgiving is a day when many North American families and friends come together to share a meal, focus on their sense of giving and community, and express their gratitude for life’s gifts and blessings. The tradition may have started with the Green Corn Dance [Read More]
Resilience posted on 2025-11-07
Three other philosophers and I recently devoted eight hours of Socratic Dialogue to the topic of resilience. Using this method, participants blend philosophical inquiry with personal experience in a search for truth. Our goal was to define resilience, not from somewhere “outside” ourselves (i.e., from books, teachings, etc.), but from within, based solely on the lived [Read More]
Psychological Safety Matters posted on 2025-11-02
Psychological safety describes people’s perceptions of the consequences of taking interpersonal risks in a particular context, such as the workplace. Quantitative and qualitative results from the business and psychology literature document its positive impacts on organizational performance, learning, and cultural change. Experts say psychological safety operates at the individual, group, and organizational levels. Some examples [Read More]