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Navigating new social norms

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During Covid lockdowns at the height of the pandemic, we knew how to play by the rules. Most of us were on the same page. While it was challenging, it was also helpful to know the boundaries and to work within them. Now, however, people…
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Nearly Normal

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For the first time in 15 months, I hugged a friend. It felt nearly normal. For many, before going in for a once normal embrace, it’s becoming routine to first qualify whether or not each has been double vaccinated and then, once this has been…
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From Anguish to Languish

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A couple of weeks ago, an article in the New York Times, written by Adam Grant, suggested that most of us, after over a year of coping with Covid, are languishing. The first time I’d heard this word being used in a Covid context was…
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A December like no other

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December, for many, is typically a time for celebration. For those who celebrate Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa or Pancha Ganapati, and forgive me if I’ve failed to mention any other, this month is typically that time of year when thoughts turn toward get togethers, lots of…
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Eat Fries

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September 24th is a very significant day for me because it marks the day on which my mother died 9 years ago. Losing my mother to cancer at the age of 71 was devastating. When I was younger, I thought that I could not continue…
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Our brave new world

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I will always remember the day when my now twenty one year old daughter called me from the city in which she was residing for university to tell me that the proverbial s**t had hit the fan, that panic as a result of coronavirus spread…