Mindset

"know who to trust...know when to be vulnerable"

I was once asked to give a talk to a physician's group that was encountering some challenges in their culture. I suggested the topic of...

"when you carry the extra load, each kilometre feels like a thousand"

When I was at the peak of my burnout in 2013, I went on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain. Some days, I walked 20...

"the missing magic ingredient"

When you were a kid, how long did your summers feel? For me, those golden days seemed to last forever. I remember running through the...

"pare down or automate"

I know—there is so much to do. But, you’re not going to do “busy” anymore right? And you have a smaller plate, so some things have to go!...

"if you manage it all, they will be helpless"

I once did a parenting quiz that had a title along the lines of “find out how you’re screwing up your kids!” On the “permissive to...

"why health is your first wealth"

Jonathan Fields, a former lawyer, now thought leader in the world of purposeful living, has a simple and powerful model for focusing on...

The Sure Fire Way to Lose as a Mother-Doctor

Imagine this: You wake up, pee, and then take a shower… Wait, what—was that a dream? (Right? Aren’t there about 20 missing steps in that...

Only You Can Choose

“I’m so burnt out. I’m failing my patients!” “I want work life balance, but how?” “Will my kids resent my career?” Do you have these...

Stop Doing Busy

Have you accepted that being busy is part of your life? As a mother-doctor, you have so many identities. I know that people come to you...

Why Change Starts with the Individual

When the first wave of Covid hit, one of the senior doctors in my group said he "could still remember the taste of the N95 mask during...