Category Archives: The Confessional

Finding My “Essence” On Martha’s Vineyard—My Last Treat Before Hurricane Earl and My Morning Ferry Sailing Away from Paradise

By Linda | September 7, 2010

No, this post is not about shopping for perfumes. But it is about finding the “essence” of Linda Brodsky (with or without the MD, PC, FACS and FAAP) a/k/a Linda Greenfield. It was a fun exercise which created a new awareness and a new friendship.
You might be thinking, “On what planet has she [...]

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Increased Suicide Rates in Women Physicians—What’s Up Doc?

By Linda | August 11, 2010

Why write about such a gruesome topic when we want to encourage young women to become doctors and scientists? Prevention requires admitting there is a problem and only then can proper therapy begin.
Becoming a doctor is very difficult no matter if you are a man or a woman. You must climb a series [...]

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Affordable Childcare Is Not Enough

By Linda | July 19, 2010

Any discussion about working women always includes the mantra, “If only we had affordable child care.” Affordable child care is necessary, but it is not nearly enough to allow women and men to function optimally at home and at work. By putting this issue front and center, we are unable to imagine (and [...]

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Climbing The Academic Medicine Mountain—Lesson 1. Getting on the Right Path

By Linda | July 1, 2010

Collision of two of my projects has left me with a mission to enlighten you about academic medicine. Academic medicine is medicine which is practiced in the setting of a medical school or a post-graduate (after medical school) residency training program. Definition: Residency training refers to the 3-7 years after medical school [...]

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Image Transformation—First the Thighs, Now the Boobs

By Linda | June 14, 2010

I was coming up on my birthday and was prone to the inevitably increased and not-so clandestine looks in every mirror that I passed. Where was my body going without me? I was looking saggy. My bust line, that is. I had seen a recent photograph, shot at my daughter’s graduation, and [...]

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When Mistakes Are Good News: Life Is Not an Instant Replay

By Linda | June 7, 2010

Freedom of the press is a guaranteed constitutional right. When the constitution was written, however, there was no radio, TV, or internet. None of the founders could have ever imagined how enslaving this freedom would become to us all. The constant bombardment with information, all too often portrayed as actual “news” has [...]

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On being a trophy wife

By Linda | May 24, 2010

What image do you have when you hear the words “trophy wife”? Young, tall, beautiful, usually blond woman bedecked in diamonds and gold, smiling adoringly at her usually more mature (a/k/a older and graying if not visiting his colorist regularly) husband? The wife, with all of her strengths as a status symbol for [...]

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Low Hanging Fruit

By Linda | April 15, 2010

“New Bra”—3-M’s Most Important Invention Since Post-It Notes!
We all groan (sometimes) about the overwhelming and increasing burden of reading and answering our emails. Many of us have more than one account, to our now great regret. And let’s face it, where we once took delight in hearing the computer simulated voice shout “You’ve [...]

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Our Culture of Greed and Gluttony: Don’t Be a Turkey on Turkey Day!

By Linda | November 25, 2009

And that is my topic for today’s abbreviated post. This is not your typical, “I am thankful for all the wonderful things I have, for my children and family, for my job.” Nope. Not this year. Try these new ideas on for size.
So for what and to whom am I thankful? [...]

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Meeting My Past and Facing the Future

By Linda | November 3, 2009

Can one live in the past, present and future all at once? What in my past will help to shape my future?
These are not questions pondered in a vacuum. No, events of this past week have given me enough fodder to fuel the fire of my passions. Alas, in either direction.
This [...]

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