Two days after the Tulsa shooting, I had a routine mammogram scheduled in the same building where just 2 floors above a patient became a shooter and killed two physicians, a receptionist and a Good Samaritan patient who helped others escape the attack. The waiting room was unusually somber. Patient check-in was interrupted for a…

Ordinary people, doing ordinary things, on an ordinary day, lost their lives in a supermarket due to a mass shooter. It’s hard to imagine that going to a store to buy your child’s birthday cake could end in your death. It did for one man. When the unthinkable happens, it frightens us all. Yet, we…

  My daughter has a friend who suddenly had a panic attack. He became immobilized with anxiety. In fact, it was so severe that he had to stop walking and sit down. She called for help on what to do.  If you are with someone who experiences a panic attack, here are some guidelines. Before…

You feel anxious and don’t know why. Someone says something to you and you respond, “I’m sorry, what did you just say?” Have you ever had this experience? Your emotions have taken over and you can’t think. You find yourself overreacting to stress. When that happens, your emotions guide your thinking and behavior. In fact,…

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