EASY DECISION-MAKING

EASY DECISION-MAKING

I’m here to share a secret about people with advanced degrees.  We think too much.  Our intellectual prowess has been celebrated and evaluated so much over many decades we don’t know when to cut it out and just do something already. This leads to a sense of feeling...
TAKE YOUR LIFE PERSONALLY

TAKE YOUR LIFE PERSONALLY

It might sound counterintuitive but a lot of us fail to take our own lives as personally as we should.  What I mean is we spend so much time thinking about others that we skip over ourselves. This is a problem.  In order to move toward a consistent state of well-being...
FAITH

FAITH

I’ve been thinking a lot about faith the past few weeks.  Before you agnostics out there tune out I’m not talking about religious faith, although that plays into it for me personally. I’m specifically talking about faith in one’s self.  Faith is the foundation of how...
EXPLORE WITHOUT EXPECTATION

EXPLORE WITHOUT EXPECTATION

This month marks the anniversary of my retirement from the practice of obstetrics and gynecology.  The last baby I delivered is four years old now. When I first left practice I planned to search for a new career, calling, or purpose.  The scientist in me wanted to...
GETTING HELP

GETTING HELP

There is an unwritten but well-known rule in medicine that we healthcare practictioners suck it up at all costs.  No matter how terrible we think we have it, it’s no worse than those who came before us.  They got through it so what’s our problem. This way of thinking...