Why I Closed the Chart Anyway
A physician mom and life coach shares a real clinic moment — and what it taught her about charting, thought work, and getting her evenings back.
How To Create More Peace In Your Life
After a weekend of political violence with an assassination attempt of a former president and presidential candidate, I can’t think of a more relevant topic than that of peace. What happened is being condemned on both sides of the political spectrum, but it remains clear that the temperature in this country is exceedingly high and …
How To Move On When You Messed Up
We just returned from a wonderful Spring Break trip with family and friends. Well it wasn’t all wonderful. Sometimes it was downright exhausting and painful. Put three strong-willed teenage sibling girls together for a week, lots of walking, long car rides, and cramped sleeping arrangements and you set the stage for some not so great …
Who Do You Hate? Maybe It’s Time To Think Again.
What is hate? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, hate is “an intense hostility or aversion deriving from fear, anger, or sense of injury. Extreme dislike or disgust. To have a strong aversion to: find very distasteful.” Is there anyone in your life you can think of who gives rise to these emotions? Maybe a public …
Your Thoughts About Patients Are Costing You Time and Energy
Difficult patients. We’ve all encountered them. Maybe we are them. (Afterall, they say doctors make the worst patients and there’s probably some truth to that.) But what makes a patient “difficult”? Is it someone with multiple complex medical issues or a condition you haven’t been able to diagnose or don’t fully understand? Is it someone …
People Pleasers Are Liars and It’s Keeping You Stuck At Work
When I first heard this statement about people pleasers being liars from Brooke Castillo, founder of The Life Coach School, I was quite taken aback. The more I thought about it, however, the more I realized its profound truth. When we say or do things just to make someone else happy, we often end up …
How Do You Treat Yourself When You Messed Up?
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. …