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Virtual Book Tour: Dr. Gary Small

by phyllis, January 26, 2011

Today we are delighted to welcome Gary Small, M.D., director of the UCLA Memory and Aging Center and professor of psychiatry at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine. He’ll be answering our questions – and yours as well – about the book he recently wrote with his wife, Gigi Vorgan, “The Naked Lady Who Stood On Her Head: A Psychiatrist’s Stories of His Most Bizarre Cases.” Nourishing Relationships: Several of the stories in your book deal with how the mind affects the body. One of them gets into your experiences … Continue reading →

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John Wooden as Role Model

by rosemary, June 21, 2010

Having celebrated and thought about the family men in my life yesterday, I remembered that our Los Angeles icon John Wooden had once been described as a “walking Father’s Day card.” His philosophy of life – as well as his entire persona – exemplified everything we could wish for as a role model for our children. We were fortunate to be able see him here, on occasion, during the years of his retirement from basketball. He was an accessible fixture in our community – breakfasting at a local diner, speaking … Continue reading →