I have always been a reader and I’ve tried my hand at penning several books over the years. Back in fourth grade in Michigan, I wrote Choppers in Alaska, a Hardy Boys spin-off complete with a kidnapping and helicopters. Decades later, in 2017, I spent many months writing my first novel, The Beltline. My ideaContinue reading “Please help me write my second novel”
Author Archives: Philip A. Lederer MD
My Search for the Great Spirit
Today I thought I’d share an essay my father wrote about 25 years ago. Here it is. My Search for the Great Spirit Albert L. Lederer A few summers ago, my wife, son, and I decided to visit Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, that vast body of land attached to Wisconsin, surrounded by Lakes Michigan, Huron, andContinue reading “My Search for the Great Spirit”
My run home from Fenway Park
This morning, friends Bastian, Keiko and I went on a long run, from Jamaica Pond down to Fenway Park. The run there was pretty easy, mostly downhill, and I was deceived. Because the run home was brutal. I kept trying to push the pace, and the uphill left me gasping for breath. Bastian and KeikoContinue reading “My run home from Fenway Park”
On sleep
A lot of people are suffering from insomnia these days, myself included. Sleep is so important, and it can be hard to maintain. There are many factors that affect sleep. Along with diet, exercise, and screen time before bed is stress and anxiety. There’s no doubt about it, these are difficult times. COVID, poverty, incomeContinue reading “On sleep”
Gestalt therapy
Today the news is difficult – the one year anniversary of the Capitol Riots, ongoing fallout from Omicron, and controversy about the CDC and White House’s COVID missteps. But I don’t want to write about any of that today. Instead, I plan to discuss Gestalt therapy. What is Gestalt therapy, you might ask? And whyContinue reading “Gestalt therapy”
Boston’s top priority
Boston’s top priority should be stopping the ongoing, invisible crisis of gun violence in our city. On Sunday, a 16-year-old girl, Jucelena Gomes, was shot dead at 555 Washington Street in Codman Square in the neighborhood of Dorchester. Another teenager and a man were wounded during the shooting. We must address the gun violence crisisContinue reading “Boston’s top priority”
On groups and geese
I enjoy running to work at Upham’s Corner Health Center, and my route takes me across Boston’s Franklin Park, which straddles Jamaica Plain and Dorchester. First I jog through a forest, and then I run along next to a golf course for about a mile. I’m always on the lookout for anything interesting, and aContinue reading “On groups and geese”
Wellness for 2022
“We have nothing to fear except fear itself” – President Franklin Delano Roosevelt To look at the morning newspaper is stress-inducing. From today’s New York Times: “Hidden Pentagon Records Reveal Patterns of Failure in Deadly Airstrikes.” Spend some time reading about drones, ‘precision’ bombings, and civilian casualties – your breathing is sure to speed up,Continue reading “Wellness for 2022”
Keep Calm, Fight Om!
Of course the Omicron situation isn’t good. We’ve known that for over a week. But we can “Keep Calm, Fight Om!” From Kai Kupferschmidt, writer at Science Magazine: The only solution to this is to realize that we are part of a community, a country, a world and that we cannot extricate ourselves from thatContinue reading “Keep Calm, Fight Om!”
Families and school nurses rally at State House for better COVID-19 precautions in schools
School nurses, parents, children, and community members gathered outside the Massachusetts State House at sundown today with a bullhorn and a list of demands for better COVID-19 precautions and services at Boston Public Schools. We called on state and local officials to ensure that every school has prompt and reliable COVID testing and contact tracing,Continue reading “Families and school nurses rally at State House for better COVID-19 precautions in schools”
Philip A. Lederer 