Vermont native, physician, writer, mom, gardener, flower arranger, teacher, healer.

My passion is ...

understanding people better

I know too much about ...

growing up with facial scars

My parents always told me ...

your character is more important than your appearance

My childhood ambition ...

be a novelist, be a doctor

My favorite memory ...

Writing funny stories in seventh grade

Why I write ...

helps me figure out what I think

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Jhumpa Lahiri

My first job ...

shoveling manure

My best moment ...

holding my little boy's hand

My inspiration ...

all great writers, my mom, my husband

Health & Fitness > Depression Lighten up: Foods that fight depression

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Food is such a basic part of our lives we often don't think of it as something that affects our moods and our day to day sense of well being. In our hectic world, we grab food on the run, skip meals when we're stressed, or binge when we're REALLY stressed. Yet our relationship to food may actually make dealing with our stress more difficult.

While we recognize depression as a problem in our brains, we often don't connect it to our behaviors and the choices we make in the rest of our lives. Although serious depression usually needs to be treated with medications along with therapy, mi...

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