Selected writing
Articles, Essays, Reviews
Selected writing
Articles, Essays, Reviews
ESSAYS
Seven Memoirs About Discovering Close Relatives Late in Life Electric Literature
Serendipity, Beyond
My Father’s Faltering Hand, New York Times
Every Mother’s Day, Visible Magazine
Dissociation, Survivor Lit
She Could Have, The Sun Magazine (scroll to fifth item)
A DNA Test Showed My Father Wasn’t My Father, HuffPost
Secrets to the Grave, Herstry
After a DNA Surprise: Ten Things No One Wants to Hear, Severance Magazine
BOOK REVIEWS
This Incredible Longing: Finding My Self in a Near-Cult Experience, Hippocampus Magazine
Permission: The New Memoirist and The Courage to Create, Whale Road Review
Tap Dancing on Everest, Whale Road Review
Infinite Losses, Whale Road Review
Melissa Febos’ Body Work, Severance
Lost and Found: Dani Shapiro’s Inheritance, Severance
My Mother in Havana, Creatively ADHD Substack
Selected Articles
HEALTH & WELLNESS
How Apps Can Help People Manage Chronic Illnesses, WIRED
Reiki: What Can This Energy Therapy do for MS? Everyday Health
How to Stop Feeling Guilty About Having MS, Everyday Health
Hypnotherapy: Help for the Stress of Living with MS, Everyday Health
Investigating Lung Injury Associated With E-cigarettes and Vaping, CRx Magazine
Easing Anxiety with Mindfulness, Social Work Today
Going with the Flow: Gyrotonic Movement for MS, Everyday Health
Designing a Patient-Focused Care Center, Radiology Today
To Overcome Envy, Put the Focus on You, Everyday Health
No Magic Bullets: The War Against Medical Errors, For the Record Magazine
Drug-Free Ways to Treat Fibromyalgia, Everyday Health
Cognitive Behavioral Therapies for Fibromyalgia, Everyday Health
Mindfulness-Based Approaches to Traumatic Brain Injuries, Social Work Today
Sound Baths: Soothing Stress with Sound, Everyday Health
NUTRITION
Can A Ketogenic Diet Improve Fibromyalgia Symptoms, Everyday Health
A Winning Attitude Toward Living Gluten-Free, Today’s Dietitian
Fibromyalgia and Gut Health, Everyday Health
The Neurobiology of Eating Disorders, Social Work Today
TRAUMA & GRIEF
Treating Trauma in America’s Refugees, Social Work Today
Grieving Chronic Illness & Injury: Infinite Losses, Social Work Today
The 5 Stages of Grief: An Idea Whose Time Has Come and Gone? Severance Magazine
Cutting Through the Chaos: Trauma Abuse Recovery, Social Work Today
Disenfranchised Grief, Severance Magazine
Understanding Traumatic Grief: Mass Violence, Shattered Lives, Social Work Today
How Children Grieve, Social Work Today
Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Social Work Today
Grief in the Workplace: When it’s Not Business As Usual, Social Work Today
Trauma & the National Psyche, Social Work Today
Hope for the Holidays, Social Work Today
A Place to be Normal, Social Work Today
SOCIAL ISSUES
Undoing Racism, Social Work Today
Standing on My Sisters’ Shoulders, Social Work Today
Fighting Discrimination Against Arab Americans, Social Work Today
Compassion Fatigue, Social Work Today
Climate Change and Public Health, Social Work Today
Standing with Soldiers to the End, Social Work Today
Reducing Homelessness in Veterans with Mental Illness, Social Work Today
FOOD & TRAVEL
Top 10 Bites to Try in Napa Valley, Wine Enthusiast
The Tastes of Morocco, Today’s Diet & Nutrition
Artisanal Baking: Keeping it Real, Prepared Foods
Chocolate Fantasy, Smoke
Choosing & Using Chocolate, Pastry Arts & Design
Cape Cranberry: 48 Hours on Cape Cod, Todays Diet & Nutrition
48 Hours in & Around Santa Fe, Road Trip
Kevin McCarthy Gets the Point, Today’s Diet & Nutrition
Food Truck Nation, Prepared Foods
The Chef and the Farmer’s Market, Today’s Diet & Nutrition
Old Ebbitt Grill, Road Trip
The MacCallum House Inn, Road Trip
El Farol, Road Trip
8 Reasons for Food Lovers to Visit Wine Country, Today’s Diet & Nutrition
FAMILY SECRETS & GENETIC IDENTITY
It’s Not a Figure of Speech: Secrets Really Are Toxic, Severance Magazine
Implicit Memory: How the Imprint of Early Trauma Influences Wellbeing, Severance Magazine
Ambiguous Loss: When What You Don’t Know Hurts…Forever, Severance Magazine
Telling Family Secrets: Proceed with Caution, Severance Magazine