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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 …
So many of us want to change something about ourselves, but don’t do it. We know WHAT to do, but we just can’t seem to DO it. Here are four simple steps to creating real change in your life and a practical example of how to do it. The 4 steps are as follows: Awareness …
It is estimated that human beings have somewhere around sixty thousand thoughts per day. According to the National Science Foundation, about 80% of these thoughts are negative and over 90% are repetitive. Since negative thoughts lead to negative feelings, it’s worth noticing which of these repetitive thoughts keep coming up for you as they are …
I failed. Completely. I was supposed to be patient and kind, especially in front of my kids, but I lost it over the dumbest thing. I was buying my kids Dunkin and converted four hundred points from the Dunkin app for a donut and hashbrowns. When I went to pay and told them about the …
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 …
I recently got hit hard with some nasty virus (not Covid). It had been going on low-level for about a week or so when things escalated and it developed into a situation of more intense upper respiratory symptoms, incessant coughing, and inability to breath or sleep that knocked me off my feet, or at least …
If you’re a busy clinician like me, it’s easy to overlook small things that can make a big difference in how you manage your workflow during a typical work day. Investing a little time up front can save you a lot of time on the back end. One of the best uses of this planning …
So much has been said and written on “imposter syndrome” that I could spend at least twenty blog posts exploring this topic alone. The only thing I want to focus on here is how this phenomenon, an experience shared by over 80% of high achieving women, can result in excess work and longer hours. Imposter …