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How the Culture of Repression Keeps Death A Secret

I have often inadvertently pissed people off by speaking openly and honestly, violating the constraints and strictures of the majority...

Rhyena Halpern

Aug 21, 20204 min read

Dr. Lorna M. Breen.Credit…Chris Leary Photography I can’t stop thinking about the well-respected, bright and warm NYC Emergency Room...

Rhyena Halpern

Aug 21, 20203 min read

Today begins Day 9 of 21 of the Bay Area’s official Sheltering-In-Place edict. It feels like Day 493. Right? When I get ahead of myself...

Rhyena Halpern

Aug 21, 20205 min read

When I go to Pilates class, every other woman in the class is in yoga pants and a sleeveless workout top. I too am in yoga pants, but...

Rhyena Halpern

Aug 21, 20203 min read

Photo by Public Domain Pictures by Pixaby I saw my hospice patient each Thursday for 13 months. The first time was day after she turned...

Rhyena Halpern

Aug 21, 20202 min read