<span itemprop="author">Valentine Esposito, MD

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An insufficiency of enoughness: a doctor’s reflections on anxiety

My college graduation was approaching, and I was slated to start medical school in the fall. I was happy. You could find me with an impossible smile, singing along with the windows down to my favorite song — Beat of the Music by Brett Eldredge &#…

The weight of it: a pediatrician’s thoughts on how words last a lifetime

Start at the origin. Over two, up four. Down three, right six. Left five, up one. Keep connecting the dots. Everything will take shape. I liked graphs. Plotting coordinates — whether it be for a parabola or ellipse — was always calming for me: numbers …