Blog · Page 6 of 13
Essays, book notes, and research on compassion, education, well-being, and care.
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There's a passage in my Lose Weight for Good program that I've come close to deleting a hundred times. I ask people to stand naked in front of a mirror, close their eyes, and imagine their ideal body: healthy, vibrant, c...
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Every semester, I watch the same pattern unfold. A student masters the technical skills, aces every exam, demonstrates perfect recall, but when faced with an authentic problem, they freeze. They know what to do but canno...
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Introduction: The Knowledge Transfer Problem
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You've probably heard a thousand times that college is supposed to be "the best years of your life." But if you're like most students, you're also stressed, sleep-deprived, questioning your major, and wondering if you're...
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Have you ever been so absorbed in something that hours passed like minutes? Maybe you were coding, writing, playing music, having an incredible conversation, or even studying something that actually fascinated you. You l...
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In 1976, two Yale psychologists conducted a deceptively simple experiment that would challenge everything we thought we knew about aging and autonomy. The intervention? A houseplant. The results? Remarkable improvements ...
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Log entry, 202509271845: We have created machines that learn and teach one another. We are unsure how they do it, and we are certainly not in control of the internal world they are creating among themselves. While this g...
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🐾On September 26, 2025, I had the privilege of attending a very insightful and heart-centered professional development session at the FPTA conference in Orlando. It was a deep dive into Animal-Assisted Interventions (AA...
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Attending the 3D Printing in Physical Therapy Education seminar presented at the Florida Physical Therapy Association Meeting in Orlando on September 27 was a truly eye-opening experience.
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In my post " Empathy vs. Compassion: Why Healthcare Providers Burn Out," I talked about how compassion training can mitigate burnout caused by empathy distress. In this post, I will discuss ways organizations can support...
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For decades, physical therapy education programs have relied heavily on traditional metrics to predict student success: undergraduate GPA, GRE scores, and prerequisite course performance. While these numbers tell us some...
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The Science Behind AI's Confidence Problem: What Educators Need to Know
