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This Easter Sunday, I was on my way to the hospital for a call shift. I don’t personally celebrate Easter, but many of my colleagues do. And I know from experience just how hard it is to be at work on a holiday—especially when the rest of the world seems to be taking the day …
Have you ever sat down at work with the intention to power through your charts or respond to messages—only to find yourself scrolling social media instead? You know what you need to do, so why is it so hard to stay on task? The problem isn’t that you lack focus. It’s that you’re buffering. What …
As busy physician moms, we often hear about work-life balance as if it’s a simple equation—spend less time at work and more time at home, and voilà, balance achieved! But the truth is, balance isn’t just about how many hours you spend in each place. It’s about where your mind is when you’re there. The …
I recently heard Mike Singletary, legendary Chicago Bears linebacker and NFL Hall of Famer, give a talk. He shared a powerful story about meeting his new coach, Mike Ditka, in 1982. Ditka made an immediate impact—making changes right away, setting a new tone and creating a brand-new culture. Ditka had a vision. He looked at …
I recently had a work event scheduled for the evening, and if I’m being honest, I wasn’t thrilled about going. It was on a day I was working from home, meaning I wasn’t already dressed for work, and I had to drive over half an hour to attend. I had signed up, but I wasn’t …
You started the year with big intentions. Maybe you told yourself, This year will be different. I’ll finally get organized, stay on top of my charts, and stop feeling so overwhelmed all the time. But here we are in February, and somehow, nothing has changed. If anything, you feel just as behind, just as stressed, …
Ever feel like you’re living your own version of Groundhog Day? Not the cute furry animal prediction kind, but the Bill Murray movie kind – where the same challenging scenarios keep playing out day after day? As a physician mom, you might be nodding your head right now, thinking about those charts that always seem …
One of the things I hear over and over again is the sense of a feeling of overwhelm and stress in so many people’s lives. We often attribute these feelings to circumstances outside of ourselves that we feel we have little to no control over. The truth is that we have much more control over …
What Does It Mean To Be Human? This question was posed during a podcast I was listening to, Honestly with Bari Weiss, about the famous tech founder, multi-millionaire entrepreneur, and biohacker Bryan Johnson. A similar question was also posed in his new Netflix documentary which I also recently watched called “Don’t Die, The Man Who …
Like many of you, I’ve gone through some tough times in my life, and recently had another one of these seasons. I found it challenging to manage all the different aspects of my life during this period, was riddled with anxiety, and had trouble even getting through the day. When I was in the thick …