FROM MYTH TO MANTRA

FROM MYTH TO MANTRA

During this season of the year, people like to revisit scary narratives in movies, TV shows and books. When I think of the stories that have frightened me most in life, they were the ones where I was missing a crucial element to make a troubling myth comforting and...
MESSAGE TO 2010 ME

MESSAGE TO 2010 ME

September marks another year since I left clinical medicine. Even now that I’m over a decade removed from the decision to retire clinically, I’m still learning from the choice I made back then. Mainly, I realize how much I didn’t know at the time about what really...
FINANCIAL WELL-BEING

FINANCIAL WELL-BEING

My passion in life is helping healers be well. For some reason when I speak to many physicians, they seem to associate genuine physical and emotional well-being with some version of being broke. The unspoken narrative is doing good work requires some level of either...
DOCTORING DIFFERENTLY

DOCTORING DIFFERENTLY

Maybe you are doing it wrong for you. You sometimes dig your heels in on tradition more because it’s what you are used to seeing than because it actually works well for anyone involved. This is a concept many physicians struggle to accept when you find yourselves...
THEY ALSO LIVED IT

THEY ALSO LIVED IT

When navigating a transition, it’s helpful to have people around who get it and get you. Most people know having people who genuinely get you and love you is absolutely essential to thrive in life. If you are like I was, you may underestimate the importance of having...
BE THE FIRST

BE THE FIRST

Somebody has to be the first. Over the years, I’ve claimed this concept with varying levels of enthusiasm depending on my baseline mood. Ironically, it’s at the extremes of my spiritual well-being (super at peace or completely over it) when I tend to be most open to...