Welcome to 2021 and Happy New Year! If you’re looking for another note about “good riddance to 2020,” don’t look here. In fact, I’m hoping you can feel gratitude towards 2020, and find beauty in it. Practicing gratitude is a new experience for me, but considering the impact it’s...
Think about the last time you needed medical advice for an illness or injury. How many treatment options did your doctor offer you? When I ask people that question, the most common answer is: one. Just one option. And that one option is usually a pharmaceutical treatment. Most people...
[to learn the beginning of the story, be sure to read the first post – Part 1: Time for Change] For the longest time, I never considered not having my own private practice, even though I knew I wasn’t happy. In fact, accepting and allowing that option to surface was fairly traumatic,...
[to learn the beginning of the story, be sure to read the first post – Part 1: Time for Change] Burnout has many definitions, but it’s commonly defined as the loss of enthusiasm for work, depersonalization (increasingly negative and cynical mindset), and a low sense of personal accomplishment. Physicians have one of the...
I don’t know how common it is to give up something that has been the single professional focus of your life. Maybe it happens more than I think. Maybe it doesn’t. Either way, it happened to me. For years I followed the path towards private practice. But whether it...
1) Start saving money with grocery store shopping. Shop the perimeters of the store where you will find delicious whole foods. This way you can ditch the processed, addictive foods that cost more. Don’t shop when you are hungry. Know what produce you can buy organic or not....
Mindfulness meditation, is an ancient practice beginning over 2,500 years ago. It was expanded upon by the Buddha and this practice of self-awareness in Buddhism is known as insight meditation or vipassana. While mindfulness meditation has always been and remains a core component of Buddhism, it has also been part of...
“No amount of self-improvement can make up for any lack of self-acceptance.” ― Robert Holden In the medical world, we often spend time discussing what is sick, what is dysfunctional, and what is painful. Furthermore, we are frequently reviewing what changes you can make, what you can do better, and which of...
While the title may have caught your attention, the actual article unfortunately, does not give the answer. The sheer amount of time humans have been asking that question without a consistent answer likely proves there isn't one, certainly not one that is universal. However, we can use this...
