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Jan 17

What happens when an irrational fear becomes real?

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…

Airlines

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What happens when an irrational fear becomes real?
What happens when an irrational fear becomes real?
Airlines

5 min read


Dec 15, 2022

Let’s Emphasize the True Meaning of Giving this Holiday Season

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…

Mutual Aid

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Let’s Emphasize the True Meaning of Giving this Holiday Season
Let’s Emphasize the True Meaning of Giving this Holiday Season
Mutual Aid

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Jul 13, 2022

Writing Burnout? Do These 5 Things.

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…

Writing

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Writing Burnout? Do These 5 Things.
Writing Burnout? Do These 5 Things.
Writing

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May 16, 2022

Let’s use Nurses Week to make a real difference in the fight to protect the health of women and marginalized communities

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. …

Nurses Week

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Let’s use Nurses Week to make a real difference in the fight to protect the health of women and…
Let’s use Nurses Week to make a real difference in the fight to protect the health of women and…
Nurses Week

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Mar 11, 2022

What if my superpower is gone?

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…

Chronic Illness

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What if my superpower is gone?
What if my superpower is gone?
Chronic Illness

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Nov 5, 2021

Nursing Mutual Aid 2020: A Non-Hierarchical Model for Scholarship Dissemination

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., …

Nursing

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Nursing Mutual Aid 2020: A Non-Hierarchical Model for Scholarship Dissemination
Nursing Mutual Aid 2020: A Non-Hierarchical Model for Scholarship Dissemination
Nursing

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Apr 10, 2021

Vaccine Hesitancy is Real for People with Allergies

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…

Covid 19

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Vaccine Hesitancy is Real for People with Allergies
Vaccine Hesitancy is Real for People with Allergies
Covid 19

6 min read


Dec 28, 2020

If nothing else, we are eating well (part 2)

In July, I wrote a blog post entitled: If nothing else, we are eating well! and that has not changed. Staying home and working from home because of the pandemic has allowed me much more time to be adventurous in the kitchen - and to show me how much I…

Food

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If nothing else, we are eating well (part 2)
If nothing else, we are eating well (part 2)
Food

11 min read


Nov 8, 2020

Good Things Happen in Philadelphia

You can’t understand the pride you feel for a city like Philadelphia unless you are from Philadelphia, you just can’t. It is not something you can put into words, or compare. It’s like the word “jawn”, you know what it means but it’s difficult to describe. I will be the…

Election 2020

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Good Things Happen in Philadelphia
Good Things Happen in Philadelphia
Election 2020

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Oct 27, 2020

Commonwealth Equality No More?

I keep trying to put impactful words to paper, to somehow express what the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court means to me and my family — in a time when nothing makes sense, the cogent words just won’t come — but I’ll do it anyway, because…

LGBTQ

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Commonwealth Equality No More?
Commonwealth Equality No More?
LGBTQ

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Marion Leary

Marion Leary

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Science geek. Passionate abt Philly, resuscitation, social media, scicomm, innovation, art, & helping others. http://marionleary.strikingly.com

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