Physician Mom Overwhelm: What Your To-Do List Isn’t Telling You
Overwhelm doesn’t come from your to-do list. It comes from the thoughts you have about it. Here’s what creates it, what it costs you, and how to step out.
The Week I Almost Talked Myself Into Leaving
It was a hard week. A colleague was suddenly gone, the extra work landed on the rest of us, and my brain started doing what brains do when things feel like too much. I checked my bank accounts. I read the locums email. I did the math. And then two patients changed everything.
The Day After Coming Home
I landed back in the US on Monday after nine days abroad. I could have gone straight back to work Tuesday. Instead I took my daughter to her annual medical appointments, and somewhere along the way we turned it into something we actually look forward to.
What Three Months of Showing Up Actually Taught Me
I’ve been running this business for several years. I’ve had ideas, plans, content calendars, and good intentions that lasted a few weeks before I talked myself out of it and stopped. What I haven’t had — until now — is consistency.
Maycember
May came in like December. Softball, lacrosse, a solo college move, an international trip to plan. It was genuinely a lot. But my charts are closed. And I was actually there for all of it.
What Coaching Actually Does (A Real Example)
When she first came to me, she already knew what she thought. She had instincts, opinions, inner wisdom. What she didn’t have was trust in it.
The Car Pickup I’m Not Proud Of
I was sitting in the car line outside my daughter’s school when my pager went off. What happened next is something I’ve thought about for a long time.