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...
It might look like we're jumping into children's movies, but rather Inside Out is an inventive animated film that takes you on a journey from the Inside Out to discover the emotional roller coaster inside your head. Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) is a happy, hockey-loving 11-year-old Midwestern girl, but her...
The skin is one of the largest routes of exposure to the outside world we have. Furthermore, many things are easily absorbed through the skin. If you're like most people, you regularly think about what to eat, what to drink, what pills to take, and how much exercise to...
There is a lot of differing opinions and confusion about fat intake in our diet. Adding to that confusion is that the actual science tells us different things than what we commonly hear in the media and from medical organizations. Fat is not evil, and it is an important part...
We talk about the importance of gut health all the time and, in fact, a healthy gut generally means a healthy person. But what are the necessary steps to ensure a happy and healthy gut? What can you start doing today to improve your health? What we eat,...
Stress is more than whether you feel "stressed," or "anxious" during the day. Stress management (relaxation) is more about allowing the body to enter rest and repair mode, rather than chronically being in "fight-or-flight" mode which is typical for the average person. While mindfulness has its origins in the...
"Loneliness and social isolation are just as much a threat to longevity as obesity, smoking 15 cigarettes a day or being an alcoholic" as documented in a study done by Brigham Young University....
