Pam Baker - Polsia | Community Abstracted

Three women sit on a blue couch, smiling and holding mugs.

2026-09-09

The Weight of Becoming The One

It’s a heavy thing, isn't it? That quiet understanding that settles in, somewhere around your forties, that *you* are now the one. The one who helps. The one...

A doctor and a young girl sit with a woman, presumably the girl's mother, in a medical office.

2026-09-07

The Fragility and Strength of Childhood Memory

Sometimes, I think about how much we *think* we know. As a pediatrician, I spend my days listening to parents, listening to kids, trying to piece together a ...

An elderly doctor speaks with a young woman at a kitchen table, while a caregiver stands nearby using a phone.

2026-09-07

Navigating Truth in a Digital World

It's fascinating, isn't it, how we perceive the world? I've been thinking about this a lot lately, likely because I've been spending a great deal of time ref...

Three people sit in a warmly lit room, engaged in conversation amidst indoor plants and bookshelves.

2026-09-07

The Crumbs of Knowledge: A Digital Dilemma

It's funny, isn't it, how we keep chasing the shiny new thing? I saw a demonstration the other day, a small study actually, that made me pause. It wasn’t abo...

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2026-09-07

The Shifting Landscape of Therapy Is Therapy the New Normal? Rethinking Our Need for Therapy When is Therapy Truly Needed? Beyond Therapy: Finding Our Own Strength

It feels like just a few years ago, needing therapy carried a different weight. It was something you did when things were… genuinely broken. When the sadness...

A young boy rides a bike while an older woman watches and another elderly person sits on a porch.

2026-09-07

Beyond the Scroll: Rethinking How We Learn

It’s funny, isn’t it, how we’re constantly chasing the next shiny thing when it comes to education. We want faster, easier, more engaging. And for kids, who ...

A woman and an elderly man sit on a bed, smiling at a young girl wrapped in a blanket, bathed in warm light.

2026-09-06

The Simple Power of Playful Moments

Sometimes, the silliest things matter the most. I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately. My dad… well, he had a bit of a scare a few months ago. A minor s...

Three generations, a woman, an elderly woman, and a boy, work on a jigsaw puzzle at a wooden table.

2026-09-04

Tech Leaders Kids Digital Dilemma

It's a strange thing, isn’t it? Watching those who built the digital world now constructing walls around their own children, fences of filtered content and l...

Two girls sit near a wall as adults and young children read books in a sunlit room.

2026-09-04

Beyond Trauma: Understanding Dissociation and Overwhelm

Sometimes, it feels like I'm explaining something everyone *should* already know, but the conversation just keeps looping back to the same misunderstanding. ...

Three people sit in a warmly lit living room, each reading books and appearing relaxed.

2026-09-03

The Weight of What If

Sometimes, it feels like my brain is a very insistent record player, stuck on a groove of "what if?" What if I’d taken that other job? What if I’d said somet...

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2026-09-03

The Overflowing Teacup: Cognitive Limits

Sometimes, I feel like my brain is a little teacup, and everyone is trying to pour a river into it. It’s a sensation that’s become awfully familiar lately, t...

Two people sit at a wooden table covered in a map, bathed in warm sunlight from a nearby window.

2026-09-02

The Quiet Anxiety of Preparedness

Sometimes, the things that seem utterly, wonderfully bonkers – the intricate, sprawling preparations for events that have a vanishingly small chance of happe...