You’ve Been Invited for a Coffee in Portugal. Do You Know What You’re Getting Into?
Invited for a coffee in Portugal? It might mean a beer, a business meeting or seventeen snacks. A tea-drinking Portuguese local decodes the invitation.
Your Illness Is Real. The World Still Has Other Appointments.
Chronic illness is real, exhausting and often invisible. A reminder that the receptionist did not shuffle the deck, and that respect works both ways.
America, Are You Okay? Nurse Patience Is Just Checking In.
A lighthearted check in for American clients watching US politics unfold from the calm of a Portuguese café, plus a reminder about the November midterms.
Your Wearable Says You're Dying. Calm Down.
Wearables are brilliant. They are not your doctor, and neither is Google. A gentle reminder not to turn a bad night's sleep into a research project.
Field Observation.
A field study of the Portuguese Native: their relationship with time, paperwork, family and food. Researchers remain fascinated.
September: Congratulations, You Survived Summer.
The children are back at school, the weather cannot decide what season it is, and everyone you know is suddenly ill. Welcome back.