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...
THE END OF PERFORMATIVE WELLNESS

THE END OF PERFORMATIVE WELLNESS

I love that this summer is highlighting an end to performative wellness occurring in the culture. For centuries, many disempowered people have put up the false front of being OK. That default setting of presenting as happy and healthy made for a very comfortable...
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...
JOY

JOY

Spending the first three decades of my life constantly looking ahead to what will be better in the future diminished my appreciation for the present. Even as a coach, it can be tempting to think only about something better coming. Whether it’s enjoying life more,...
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...