Author: John Ingram Walker, MD

I don’t know the source.  A book? An article? A personal encounter? The Internet? Was it a sermon? I found it scribbled on a scrap of paper underneath a pile

As an aging person I suggest: Don’t use the word older. Or senior. Experienced would be better. Wise would be even better. Fermented wouldn’t work, but elegant, refined, or opulent would be

Schizophrenia usually begins just as young adults are learning to become independent and productive. Because the illness typically strikes people when they are between the ages of 17-28, relatively few

Last summer my wife gave me a dozen handkerchiefs. Now they are gone. Disappeared. Not in the handkerchief drawer or the sock drawer. Not in the clothes hamper.  I began

Listening is a lost art … and an art that can be learned. Mastered and used appropriately, proper listen­ing can allow you to save valuable hours per week. Listening will

My shoulder popped. Rotator cuff. Doing push ups and it popped. This doesn’t happen, not to me. Regular work outs would prevent injury, keep me strong and supple. Not so.

You can start to dream with a vision statement—a phrase or sentence that tells what you are about. Here’s an example of a vision statement: “I live a life that

Who snatched our aspiration to be in charge of our lives? Who hampered our desire to go as far and as high as our spirit and character could take us?

Avoiding enmeshment requires that we assume responsibility for ourselves while rejecting responsibility that belongs to others. While we can control our thoughts and actions, we cannot control the thoughts and

Telling the truth requires a life lived without fear, self-delusion, omnipotence, grandiosity, self-seeking and self-pity.  We lie to others and ourselves out of a need for power, a need to

Accepting responsibility requires continual self-examination to make certain that we avoid blaming others or making excuses.  Freedom of choice, demands that we accept the consequences of our choices.  In making

Delaying gratification means putting off instantaneous pleasure to develop our talents so that we can grow emotionally, intellectually and spiritually.  Examples of delaying gratification include eating vegetables before the desert,