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PAGING DR. E

During the pandemic lockdown, Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo found herself frustrated and exhibiting behaviors that, she says, were “not me at all.” So, she gathered herself and wrote the book, Get Out of the Red Zone, to answer the question of why good people do bad things. The book helps athletes—and non-athletes—discover how to manage stress,

SKIP PERFECTIONISM

As a clinical psychologist and coach who works with teens, one trend I am seeing in our adolescents is a rise in perfectionism. While some associate perfectionism with having a neat junk drawer (think every pen neatly aligned and paper clips stacked according to size and color), it is actually much broader than that. In

PERSONALIZED DIGESTIVE HEALTH CARE

People often ask Dr. Manoj Mehta, a gastroenterologist with a deep passion for his work, how he chose this profession. “Maybe they’re joking—why would anyone choose this? But I enjoy it enough to explain,” Dr. Mehta says. “For me, a lot of it had to do with excellent mentorship. Everybody’s style is a little bit

TRAIN LIKE A CHAMPION

When you’ve been a strength coach for the football teams at The Ohio State University, University of Florida, and The University of Toledo, you’re going to run your fitness company with tenacity. That’s exactly what Cam Paulson of Strive does. After helping elite college athletes develop physically and mentally, Paulson moved to Chicago to work

GO WITH THE FLOW

Stress levels are at an all-time high. For adults, this shows up in the high rates of burnout. A recent Deloitte study found that 77 percent of people have experienced burnout at their current job, and 91 percent say that unmanageable stress or frustration impacts the quality of their work. For younger people, this high-stress

Pediatric heart surgeon Dr. Carl Backer brings hope for the littlest hearts

It was the day after Christmas, 2007, a blustery Chicago morning. Dr. Carl Backer was heading to Children’s Memorial Hospital (now the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago) to perform a heart transplant on baby Fintan Schiltz. Grabbing a coffee on the rush to the hospital, Backer glimpsed the cover of the

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