“How can I pick both kids up on time when their schools end at 3 p.m. and are five miles apart?” “Why am I the only sibling tasked with caring for my mother? Is it because I’m the only daughter?” Tight mouths and furrowed brows painted my psychotherapy patients’ faces, mostly women, in shades of str...

A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism ProgramThe lyric “I’m sorry, the old Taylor can’t come to the phone right now. Why? ‘Cause she’s dead!” has been stuck in my head ever since Taylor Swift released “The Life of a Showgirl.” The truth is, I’m disappointed. And by disappointed, ...

A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism ProgramIt has been hard to miss the recent deaths of young teenagers on e-bikes that have been covered incessantly on social media, by news outlets and in conversations amongst friends. However, as horrific and devastating as these accidents ...

A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism Program

“It’s too late,” many of my psychotherapy patients said with downcast eyes and frowning mouths, “It’s all over.” “What’s too late?” I asked, worried that I was about to hear about a death in the family or a cancer diagnosis. “Friendship,” they replied.Huh, I wondered, had they tried to make new frie...

A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism Program

A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism ProgramOn the first day of senior year, I walked into school already preparing myself for disaster. Not because of the major workload and stress of college applications, but because of the new block schedule that was implemented at Westfield ...

“Breathe in gently and deeply through your nose. Exhale slowly and fully through your mouth. Clear your mind and allow your breath to find its natural rhythm.”That’s the instruction for most mindfulness meditation. You may have tried this in yoga classes or by listening to your favorite meditation a...

I was driving my daughter’s 12year-old friend home one night when she told me “Doctors withhold cures to keep people sick to make money.” My heart was breaking, as I gently told her that none of the hundreds of physicians that I knew wanted anything except the best treatment for their patients. Year...

Last week, we published an article about Union County’s plans to tear down a 150-year-old grove of Oak trees to make way for a new ice rink at Warinanco Park. This project, or at least some iteration of it, has been in the works for years across multiple locations. It has served as an election-year ...