Personal Essays
Radio
The following essays were aired on WBEZ-Chicago Public Radio and can be heard as audio files by clicking on the link.
"Staving off the Darkness of Shorter, Winter Days"
December 2009
"A Passover Epiphany"
April 2009
"Family Holiday Card"
December 2008
"A Conversation With Money"
April 2008
"A Mother's Day Gift"
May 2007
"The Family Budget"
September 2001
"Freezing Time on the Pages of a Diary"
December 1999
"The Clay Messenger"
Not available online
Aired June 1999
Print
YogaMom Magazine, 2009
"The Last Suppers"
North Shore Magazine, September 2007
"At the Heart of the Matter"
Northwestern University Magazine, Spring 2006
"Act of Faith: Three Women - a Muslim, a Jew and a Christian -
find spiritual solace together"
North Shore magazine, June 2002
"Reading ritual opens new chapter of enlightenment"
Chicago Tribune, WomanNews, April 26, 2000
"Turning Life's Trials into Strengths"
Womanews/Chicago Tribune, June 14, 1998
* Note: Some of these links are live and some are not, depending on the date of the piece. This list is not complete, but I'll be working to make it so over time.
General Interest
"Fear: Why We Love to be Frightened"
Chicago Tribune Magazine, November 3, 1991
"Taking Chances: Exploring the Psychology of Risk-Taking"
The Chicago Tribune Good Health Magazine, October 7, 1990
"Much ado about 'do's"
Chicago Tribune Magazine, March 14, 1993
Writing, Reading & Journalism
"In Praise of Editors"
Toledo Area Parents News
"With the AP Style Book, Style is Everything"
Medill Magazine, Spring 2006
"Literacy Teachers Have Desire to Give"
Chicago Tribune, Education Supplement, August 2, 1987
Health/Wellbeing
"Dieting May Be a Losing Proposition"
Harvard Health Letter, August 1994
"Fear: Why We Love to be Frightened"
Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine, November 3, 1991
"Hormones Make You Cry"
Self, September 1991
"Taking Chances: Exploring the Psychology of Risk-Taking"
Chicago Tribune Good Health Magazine, October 7, 1990
"Fitness Boom vs. Baby Boom"
Newsweek, 1998
"Learning to Harness the Power of Positive Thinking"
Newsweek, November 7, 1988
Motherhood/Parenthood
"Insight Out columns"
Adams Street Publishing, March 2007 - September 2008
"Mother Supported Mothering"
May 9, 1999
"The Last Suppers"
North Shore Magazine, September 2007
"Turning Life's Trials into Strengths"
Womanews/Chicago Tribune, June 14, 1998
Spirituality/Religion
"Dispatches from the Spirituality Front"
Chicago Jewish News, January 28, 2005
"Act of Faith: Three Women - a Muslim, a Jew and a Christian - find spiritual solace together"
North Shore Magazine, June 2002
"Reading Ritual Opens New Path to Enlightenment"
Womanews/Chicago Tribune, April 26, 2000
Interviews/Profiles
"An Interview with Judy Markey"
Medill Magazine, Fall/Winter 2007
"Medill's Magazine Maverick: Abe Peck"
Medill Magazine, Winter 2006
"Permission to Create: Julia Cameron"
North Shore Magazine, October 1999
"The Vegetable Queen: A Conversation with Mollie Katzen, Author of Moosewood Cookbook"
Writing! Magazine, November 1993
Business/Trade
Cantigny Magazine, Fall 2007
Cantigny Magazine, Winter 2007
"It's Only Natural"
Illinois Meetings & Events Magazine, Spring/Summer 2006
"Retailing Chicago Style at Micky & Me"
Earnshaw's Review, May 1992
"This Doctor Dives into his Investment Dream"
Medical Economics, October 5, 1992
"Chico, Not Flipper, But He Doesn't Want to be Either"
Crain's Chicago Business, February 15, 1991
