Playing Doctor
It occurs to me in this moment what has changed, why the kids’ version of playing doctor is no longer driving me into the garage to cry alon
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This is a space for reflective medicine. This means accounts of adventures, insights, and epic blunders. It means confessions, contentions, and compassion. It means shared humanity and laughter. Thank you for reading!
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Mateo Zytkoskee
- May 10, 2022
- 2 min
Surviving Cancer
The truth is also that I am deeply wounded and, I’ve come to see, will always be. Always. The question is, what am I going to do with these
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Mateo Zytkoskee
- May 10, 2022
- 3 min
The Wishing Game
When I can get out of the wishing game, I recognize that life is in session. Now. That contentment is a daily practice
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Mateo Zytkoskee
- May 10, 2022
- 3 min
Channeling Love
There is something magical I do from time to time I think of as “channeling love.” It’s never planned and, the truth is
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Mateo Zytkoskee
- Apr 19, 2022
- 4 min
Moment of Surrender
When I come to, my wrists and legs are Velcro'd to a hospital bed in Spain. Tubes run out of various parts of my body and it takes me a...
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Mateo Zytkoskee
- Mar 15, 2021
- 2 min
My Insides vs. Ur Outsides
A few days a week, I rush home from dropping the kids off at school so I can attend an online morning meditation group. This morning I...
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Mateo Zytkoskee
- Mar 2, 2021
- 3 min
On Online Communication
I was texting with an old friend the other day, when, out of the blue, he wrote: “I hate this texting bullshit. Why don’t you give me a...
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Mateo Zytkoskee
- Feb 19, 2021
- 3 min
Super Family
I wake up before my alarm, an unwelcome event, and check my email. I have a message from a former medical student with the good news that...
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Mateo Zytkoskee
- Feb 17, 2021
- 2 min
Pie Jesu
My kids and I play a game where I put on a song and they guess the genre—I think of it as “Music 101 for youngsters.” Last night, while...
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Mateo Zytkoskee
- Jan 27, 2021
- 2 min
Kohl's: A Rant
The actual cost at Kohl’s is not straight forward. It’s like a fish market in Dubai—you either know how it works or prepared to get . . .
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Mateo Zytkoskee
- Dec 31, 2020
- 1 min
Downward Spiral - A Coffee Tale
I’m deep in the addiction now. I know it.
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Mateo Zytkoskee
- Dec 26, 2020
- 4 min
Trial of the Century
. . . maybe a raccoon came in the house and did it. Yeah, I bet a raccoon did it!”
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Mateo Zytkoskee
- Nov 21, 2020
- 2 min
Who's More Serene Darn it!?
By the time dinner’s done, the day has caught up to me, and all I want is to be consumed by the couch and TV. However, my six-year-old...
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Mateo Zytkoskee
- Oct 23, 2020
- 2 min
Writing New Songs
My six-year old daughter Arya hands me a sheet of paper with lyrics carefully penned in her large print. “I wrote a song," she informs...
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Mateo Zytkoskee
- Sep 8, 2020
- 2 min
Further Up the Road
I decide to be armed with empathy and fierce with kindness. No easy task.
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Mateo Zytkoskee
- Jul 30, 2020
- 2 min
Hand Holds
I want to climb the natural art like a child on a jungle gym. But, when I do exactly that, a hand-hold crumbles, and I gash my leg on the sl
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Mateo Zytkoskee
- Jul 17, 2020
- 4 min
“Invisible” McKinleyville, CA, 2005
“Well, welcome to the block Matt. I’m Chris. This is my house and these guys are my mooches. Wanna beer?”
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Mateo Zytkoskee
- Jul 7, 2020
- 5 min
The Whale Heist
As we motor across the choppy Alaskan water on our way to Clark’s point to shower, my dog Roy neurotically bites at the icy cold spray...
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Mateo Zytkoskee
- Jun 25, 2020
- 4 min
"America: Love it or Leave it!"
For the umpteenth time, I recently heard someone say, “America: love it or it leave it!” Actually, the way the guy phrased it was “If you...
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Mateo Zytkoskee
- Jun 9, 2020
- 5 min
Concerned Citizens
My peaceful afternoon had shifted from zen to paranoia in the course of twenty-minutes. I couldn’t believe Gary was leading me into . . .
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