by Stephanie Wellington, MD | Sep 25, 2023 | Blog
Certain times in medicine are cause for celebration, like the medical school acceptance letter and graduation, Match Day, and completion of training, and landing the dream attending position. Then there is the stuff in between. The highs and the lows. The times you...
by Stephanie Wellington, MD | Sep 18, 2023 | Blog
For as long as I can remember I’ve been looking for happiness in my medical career. After all, if it’s not adding to my happiness, why continue to do it? No one seeks a profession to feel pressure, unappreciated, stressed out, and overwhelmed. And yet with all...
by Stephanie Wellington, MD | Apr 20, 2023 | Blog
The conversation of physician wellness includes self-care and self-care practices. As a practicing physician I adopted many self-care practices as the vehicle to restore peace and connect to the flow of life. One practice in particular has taken center stage for me,...
by Stephanie Wellington, MD | Aug 11, 2022 | Blog
I’m sitting in my car in the hospital parking lot. Just a few days ago I was on the beach in the Caribbean, living my best life. Right now I can feel the tug of the old energy trying to suck me back into the familiar feeling when the demands of being a doctor...
by Stephanie Wellington, MD | Jul 22, 2022 | Blog
Get off the field. Go back to the dugout and rally your team. Create your rules of engagement. The structure and hierarchy of medicine teaches doctors to compete with one another. From the beginning we’re told there are a finite number of acceptance letters sent to...
by Stephanie Wellington, MD | Apr 21, 2022 | Blog
There are times in medicine when the focus is on how hard it is to be a doctor in these uncertain times. We focus on the demands of patient care, the reimbursement challenges and financial instability, and the general lack of feeling rewarded. And that can keep...
by Stephanie Wellington, MD | Mar 24, 2022 | Blog
When was the last time you paused for a moment to feel your energy? I mean really get in touch with the energy you hold inside your being?Could it be as physicians we have gotten so used to that stressful feeling or that drained feeling at the end of the day, that...
by Stephanie Wellington, MD | Dec 2, 2021 | Blog
The holiday season can be the source of great joy. And it can add to the stress and overwhelm that physicians experience. The practicing physician may find herself torn between responsibilities in the clinical setting and the preparations needed to make a memorable...
by Stephanie Wellington, MD | May 13, 2021 | Blog
Doc, When The Team Breaks Down It’s Your Time To Lead It happens to every doctor at some point in their career. The once productive, effective, and well functioning team falls apart and is now disorganized, confused, making excuses, and blaming one another. Maybe it’s...
by Stephanie Wellington, MD | Apr 26, 2021 | Blog
Where Is Your Focus? Lately I ask myself, “Where is my focus?” Is it on what’s in my inbox, where I receive daily emails about COVID-19, the vaccine, what’s working and what’s not? Is it on the news, the trial, the verdict, police shootings, and the state of...
