Koshin Paley Ellison

Dec 26, 2024 | tricycle.org | Koshin Paley Ellison

Editor’s Note: On Thursday, December 12, 2024, New York City’s Absolute Bagels abruptly closed its doors. While its future still remains uncertain, we wanted to revisit a blog post by Koshin Paley Ellison that centers around an act of kindness witnessed inside the iconic Upper West Side staple. If we desire peace in the face of anger, we have no choice but to accept all that we have and all that comes our way. This includes, what I call, the “giants” within us. Giants embody what is ancient.

Apr 25, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Nicole King |Jennifer Roelands |Michele Luckenbaugh |Koshin Paley Ellison

Springtime. Blooming trees. Green grass. Cool winds. Sunny skies. COVID. That is where my mind wanders every year since 2020, when the season turns. I flash back to the drive between the hospital and my home. Every evening after fighting a losing battle at an academic institution hell-bent on ignoring and downplaying the horror that was about to breach our borders. I was a fighter then — maybe more in that moment than I had ever been before and have been since — and I was ready for the fight ahead of me.

Apr 21, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Koshin Paley Ellison |Leonard Wang |Michele Luckenbaugh |Deborah Courtney

One doctor I’ve worked with had gotten caught up in the idea of being a doctor. She realized, during her training with us, that she had stopped looking her patients in the eye. In fact, she had stopped making eye contact with her patients when she was in residency. She had to tell these two parents that their baby had died in the womb, and she did not know how to do that.