Elizabeth Hodges could not find a book of encouragement and advice for young mothers when she was diagnosed with cancer, so she wrote one herself. Here are her life-tested best stories and lessons for how to beat cancer while being a mom.

For Mental Health Awareness Month, I decided to discuss two books: “Stop Physician Burnout: What to Do When Working Harder Isn't Working” and “Moral Injury: Healing the Healers.” With burnout, depression and suicide affecting too many physicians, it’s the perfect time for us to look into the “why” of dealing with these struggles, and what we can do to help pull ourselves back out.

Some teachers and healthcare workers can’t check-out during challenging interactions with clients, students, and patients. We cannot become a gray rock. What can we do? We can change the way that we think by asking better questions, finding ways to reframe the person’s behavior, and by challenging our assumptions. It’s not easy but once we learn the skill, it helps.

“Passages: A Voyage from War to Peace,” is 2025 novel written by a retired physician, P.K. Edgewater (his pen name.) The subtitle refers to the dual journeys of a troubled Vietnam War veteran re-entering stateside life and the young Greek psychiatrist who emigrates to the U.S. and treats him over the course of several years.