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My Teeth: Floss and Pray By Frederic Brussat Blog Post In her little prayer book Grace on the Go, Barbara Bartocci mentions a dentist who said: "Every day has two important things: floss and pray." She took this lesson to heart and since then has used f…
A Prayer of Thanks for Landmine Removers By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Force of Life, we give you thanks for those working to remove dangerous landmines in Cambodia and other countries, including APOPO's HeroRATS, African Giant Pouched rats who are trained to detect mi…
A Prayer for Those Suffering as a Result of the Cuts in the Food Stamp Program By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Compassionate One, our hearts go out this day to the one in seven Americans – 47 million people – who are buying and eating less because of cuts in the food stamp program. Fact: The largest …
"K" is for Kindness By Patricia Adams Farmer Blog Post "As we move around this world and as we act with kindness . . . or with indifference or with hostility toward the people we meet, we are setting the great spider web atremble. " — Frederick B…
A Prayer for Health Care for All By Frederic Brussat Blog Post The United States Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a signature piece of legislation for the Obama Administration. Many are grateful for the positive c…
The Clatter of the Hospital Room By Frederic Brussat Blog Post It rattles us that there is too much noise and too little silence in our society. Of course we live in New York City, a wild and raucous place where jack-hammers are tearing up the streets for new p…
Jobs Now Require Emotional Intelligence By Frederic Brussat Blog Post It has been assumed that workers will have to be trained in software engineering, biotechnology or advanced manufacturing to survive in the future job market. But, according to Livia Gershon in a fa…
Heroes Who Practice "Mercy Medicine" By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Here in the U.S., we hear a lot of complaints about medical care, especially for poor people. Even with the option of "Obamacare," many people are not well insured and are relying on emergency rooms…
Cultivating Resilience By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post One of the pivotal goals of holistic health care is cultivating resilience, the ability to absorb change and to bounce back from setbacks, disappointments, and failures. In an article in The Harvard…
The Future of Robot Caregivers By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Large numbers of people are entering the stage of life where they need the services of caregivers to meet their physical and emotional needs, and there are just not enough of these skilled professio…

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