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The healthy attitudes toward life that illness and death can bring
“The dying don’t worry about detail.” That’s a stunner of an insight from Dr. Nina O’Connor, a palli ...
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Tending to the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of doctors
Doctors deal with enormous stress working every day with life and death. How can they balance the priority of the patient with their own ...
10 years ago
A Philadelphia pizzeria sparks the spirit of giving
No matter what your approach to the holidays is, I’ll bet it includes some theme of light or warmth — a festival of lights or a s ...
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Christmas decorations and holiday music bombard us right after Halloween. For Christians, it seems the holiday had become overly commerci ...
Air Date: December 22, 2014
ListenSometimes the key to avoiding burnout is at work, not home
Medical jobs can be interpersonally intense, including major decisions about someone else’s life — and death. Penn’s D ...
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When work/life balance gets thorny, it’s time to prune your choices
I have been thinking more about the time and space in which we nourish ourselves as humans on the job, which brought to mind two ideas: f ...
10 years ago
Desire is a natural part of life, but what happens when desire becomes an insatiable craving? Whether it is drugs, alcohol, too much foo ...
Air Date: December 15, 2014
ListenThe surprising productivity of mindlessness
A recent article in the New York Times Magazine helped me feel vindicated in sticking with my zone-out time. Writer Melissa ...
10 years ago
Finding work/life balance in the darkroom of the soul
The work/life balance is one of the first things that comes to most people’s minds when I ask them how they can be ‘human at ...
10 years ago
The spirit of connecting, when service leads to personal happiness and workplace success
An interview with Leadership Philadelphia CEO Liz Dow reveals a surprising truth about work and meaning for business leaders. “I’ ...
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The holiday season is here… and while it is filled with gift-giving, it’s also a good time to talk about opportunities to mak ...
Air Date: November 24, 2014
ListenWilliams officially joins race for Philly mayor
Six months before the primary election, the field of candidates for Philadelphia mayor became more clearly defined Wednesday with announc ...
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16 memorable moments from Lynne Abraham’s mayoral campaign-launch event
It doesn’t get more Philadelphia than the scene at the Franklin Institute at high noon Wednesday as Lynne Abraham, the former distr ...
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No rooms at the inns when Pope Francis comes to town
It’s official. Pope Francis is coming to town in September for the World Meeting of Families. His visit to Philadelp ...
10 years ago
ListenUnited Airlines departure from Atlantic City a setback to city’s recovery plan
As Gov. Chris Christie and local and state officials gather in Atlantic City today to discuss the struggling community’s future, th ...
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