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If you’re a woman in medicine reading this, you’ve probably spent your entire academic career going for that “A” in class or even “A plus” if it was available. You’re an overachiever, no doubt, and in your mind a “B” stands for “bad”, does it not?!? Believe me, I know. I’ve been there. Just ask …
In the next several blog posts, I’m going to go through several different mistakes made by women in medicine who consistently have open charts and an overflowing inbox and are working way too long or too late (assuming they don’t want to be in this situation). When you ask physicians or other health care workers …
I’ve been thinking a lot about how so many women in medicine struggle with overworking and having open charts and an overflowing inbox. I’m starting a series of blogs discussing all the different mistakes that I can come up with that create this situation. I’m sure there are more, but these are the ones that …
There are many reasons why closing your charts benefits your employer or company and your patients. What I want to focus on here is what having open charts does to YOU. Having open charts and an overflowing inbox creates unfinished business that weighs heavily on your mind. It creates a sense of overwhelm and stress. …
Let’s say you did something you really regret. Maybe you yelled at your kids in that monster mom voice and saw fear in their eyes. Maybe you criticized your spouse or a friend and wish you could take the words back. Maybe you stomped on someone’s dream. Maybe you judged unfavorably or gossiped about someone. …
One of the things that has changed in medicine over my career is the emphasis on patient reviews. As time has passed, more of what we do as physicians has been attached to various metrics and our identities and success or lack thereof have been defined by these metrics. A huge part of these metrics …
With Valentine’s Day this week, the topic of love has been in the air. I’ve learned a lot of things about love over the last few years and I wanted to share just five of those concepts here. My hope is that you can apply the ones that resonate with you to create more love …
When my oldest child was a toddler, I remember taking her to our first mommy and me class. I was excited to get out of the house, have her socialize with other kids and to meet other moms. Only it didn’t quite go as planned. When I got there, the other moms all seemed to …
I was fortunate to attend a fantastic talk this weekend about healthy relationships and making them great by the wise and inspiring educator and self-development leader Ruchi Koval. She shared so many words of wisdom, but I wanted to highlight a few practical tools she discussed. Her talk was geared towards marriage relationships, but was …
It’s three weeks into the new year and many of us have already gotten lost. We’ve lost our desire for the thing we wanted so badly to change. That excitement we had has diminished. Inspiration has disappeared. Reality has set in. We want to change, to be better, to grow, but it’s SO much easier …