By Marion Leary and Jen Leary Philadelphia — and, in turn, Philadelphians, have been going through it the last few years. …

In my 45 years of life, I have never had a year quite like 2022–2023. It has been the most challenging year of my privileged life from start to finish, mentally and physically, personally and professionally. In January 2022, I was living my best Peloton life and was in fantastic…

One of my favorite sayings comes from the classic animated film Kung Fu Panda , sagely stated by Grand Master Oogway — “one often meets his fate on the road he takes to avoid it.” And avoid it I have. This is what occurred when, for the first time in…

By Marion Leary and Jen Leary Christmas is supposed to be the season of giving, but more and more, it feels like the season of material giving. When Jen and I were young, our parents would turn Christmas morning into a scene from a movie: we would come down the…

Like many who feel compelled to put pen to paper, I sometimes struggle with “writer’s block.” For months I had been struggling — not just writing for my #phd dissertation, but everything, manuscripts, blog posts, and articles. It wasn’t my classic writer’s block, though; it was more than that. Merely…

Last week was Nurses Week! A week established to recognize the contribution of nurses worldwide. This year’s nurses week is more important than ever, due to the convergence of the leaked supreme court opinion overturning Roe vs. …

Six weeks ago, I was in the best shape I’ve been in for some time physically and mentally; I felt great! I was working out 5 days a week doing peloton cycling and boxing, yoga, and mixing in the treadmill, seriously I felt terrific. I love working out — it…

Robin Cogan MEd, RN, NCSN, FAAN, Jess Dillard-Wright, Ph.D., MA, RN, CNM, Barbara Glickstein, MPH, MS, RN, Marion Leary, MSN, MPH, RN, Wanda Montalvo, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, Monica Mclemore, Ph.D., MPH, RN, FAAN, Ann Marie Moraitis, Ph.D., MS, RN, Anna Valdez, Ph.D., RN, PHN, FAEN, FAADN, Rae Walker, Ph.D., RN…

As a nurse and public health practitioner, I understand the devastation the pandemic has caused on my colleagues, their patients and families, and the world at large. I believe wholeheartedly in science, and I am very much pro-vaccine. Still, I am also a person who suffers from several severe allergies…