From Stress And Struggle To Ease and Flow
5 Pillars for Physician Well-being
Lead with L.O.V.E.
Have you gone to leadership with a question or concern, only to leave the encounter feeling like you have not been heard? Sure, communication occurred. There was an exchange of words back and forth,...
read moreYear-in-Review Process for Busy Physicians
More than a decade ago I hired my first coach and life was never the same. During my time with the life coach, I experienced first-hand the value of an end of year process that goes deeper than...
read moreI Have PTSD. Do You?
I have PTSD. I haven’t been to war. I haven’t been in abusive situations. I’ve spent over 2 decades working in the high acuity setting of the ICU. There was a time when gathering data on the way...
read moreHoliday Time: Is it a trigger for you?
We all do it at one time or another.Maybe the office or clinic is closed, but you’re on call waiting for the phone to ring and take your attention away from family, friends, and festivities.Is it a...
read more4 Steps to Discover You Beyond the Stethoscope
I am so excited to share this with you. It’s my before and after story. Twenty-four hours in the hospital comes with a price. Under the best circumstances it upsets the body’s natural...
read more5 Steps to Awaken Possibilities
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...
read moreThree Happiness-Stealing Habits I Had to Break To Access My Joy
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...
read moreGrace
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...
read more# 1 Lesson Learned From Time Away From Medicine
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...
read morePhysician Success is a Team Sport, So Why Are You On The Field Alone?
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...
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