It had been three weeks since my throat started to feel sore, and it wasn’t getting better. The pain was most acute when I spoke.…

It had been three weeks since my throat started to feel sore, and it wasn’t getting better. The pain was most acute when I spoke.…
I had what I considered a pretty solid dental routine: floss and brush twice a day. That’s enough, right? Not according to my new dentist.…
Over the 23 years since we met, my wife Eleanor and I have spent considerable time, money, and energy on our development. Individually and together,…
The email was compelling–a personal note from Jared*, a man I like and respect. He had taken over from me as president of the board…
“Please, Daddy, please? Can we open our presents from you now?” It was the third night of Hanukkah and my wife Eleanor, our three young…
“We’ve got another lawsuit,” my friend and client Lana* told me over the phone. “Really?” I was honestly surprised. “What about all that diversity training…
At 5 am I was lying in bed, awake, thinking. Actually, thinking is too generous a word for what I was doing. I was perseverating.…
My wife Eleanor and I were walking up a mountain road, enjoying a rare moment of being alone together. As we rounded a bend, we…
One morning, my wife Eleanor woke up, turned over, and said, “I am not looking forward to this day.” I asked her why. What came…
What do you do when you have a communication impasse with someone you care about? Jim* is a friend and…
It was lunchtime and the seven of us — two kids and five adults — would be in the car…
My wife Eleanor and I came home from dinner the other night, and found our babysitter, Leslie*, in tears. “Is…
“Peter, there’s something we want to talk to you about,” Mark said as we were sitting on the ground eating…
“Should I bother to have the conversation with her? What do you think?” Mike*, a marketing director, was telling me…
My wife Eleanor and I used to live in a small house in Princeton, New Jersey. One night we returned…