What’s Your Secret? Asking About Strength, Not Symptoms

When I first meet a patient, I ask a question that often catches them off guard: “What’s your secret?” Specifically, I’ll ask, “Given everything you’ve described—the stress, losses, or hardships that brought you here—what’s your secret to having made it this far?” It’s a disarming question, but a powerful one. It changes the entire frame […]

What’s Giving Us Hope Right Now?

What is giving you hope right now for the future of our society? That’s the second question we posed to our circle of scholars, writers, and thinkers in the aftermath of the 2024 United States election. (The first question asked where we can go from here, and we published those answers yesterday.) Some find hope […]