Dr. Mark's Musings
Reflections, practices, and stories for living authentically.
Grief and Change: Mourning What Ends When Good News Comes
An acceptance letter arrived on the first attempt, and what followed was closer to vertigo than to pleasure. On the mourning that hides inside the ...
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Professional identity: what I put in the organization field
A conference form asked for my organization, and I left the field empty and came back to it. On institutional affiliation, professional identity, and where ...
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On being read in a new country | The inner work of transition
This month my first article appeared in Mexico News Daily, an English-language outlet read across México. The piece was about my first year in Querétaro. ...
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Coming home to México, and the price of a threshold
I got back to Querétaro last night, and the rains had already started. Coming home to México in July means arriving into the wettest month ...
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What We Mean by a Good Day
Today closes Mental Health Awareness Month. For seventy-seven years now, every May has carried this small national gesture, founded by Mental Health America in 1949 ...
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Finding Inner Orientation When the World Grows Uncertain
There is a particular quality to early March mornings in Querétaro. The air still carries the cool of the night before, and the light falls ...
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