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A Baby Delivery at the Wongchhu Sherpa Memorial Hospital

Here is a story we want to share with everyone. It comes from Pasang Sherpa, the Project Manager for the Himalayan Yokpu Foundation. As Pasang told us the story, we couldn’t help but think about the remoteness of the area and access to emergent healthcare, and how now, with the Wongchhu Sherpa Memorial Hospital opening,

COVID-19 Recovery: Jeff Sweat Sings for his Voice

You may remember that back in February of 2021, we did two posts on Jeff Sweat, a writer in Los Angeles who, although his entire family caught COVID, was the only one to be hospitalized. Jeff was healthy with no underlying medical conditions at the time but he spent 28 days in the ICU. Jeff

How a Social Worker Reclaimed Herself Through Nature During the Pandemic

Tamar Izcovich is a clinical social worker with a private practice inĀ  NYC. She is an avid hiker and is always up for an adventure outdoors. Here she shares her personal story of how being in nature helped her reclaim part of herself during the pandemic. She also discusses some of the science of how