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Psychiatrist Dr. Stuart Brown said that the opposite of play is depression. I firmly believe that doctors experience burnout because they have forgotten how to play. But if anyone deserves to have more fun, it’s people who keep caring for others each day they step into work. Think back for a minute: when did life […]
If your burnout and sense of overload is related to occupational stress, then you probably have considered reducing your workload to part-time hours. For this post, I’m going to assume that you’ve identified work as being the root cause of your burnout and overload. This is a very common cause, but it is nuanced. Perhaps […]
The other day, I was chatting with a female emergency medicine colleague about sleep. She mentioned that she hadn’t slept well in nearly a decade despite diligently adhering to all the sleep hygiene tips and taking HRT for peri-menopause-related sleep disturbances. Sleep can be challenging, especially if you have kids and work irregular hours. If […]
In her book “Bringing up Bébé,” Pamela Druckerman talks about how French parenting differs from North American parenting styles. French families usually serve meals in courses with vegetables offered first when the kids are the most hungry. Everyone eats the same thing. Kids are encouraged to take 3 bites of everything to learn how to […]
Women in demanding medical fields are stuck between external systemic pressures and also a real need for self-preservation. In my case, emerg docs are measured on their speed. Pay for performance. Pay for speed. Of course, we’re also measured on the time it takes to see the patient time to discharge, patients seen per hour, […]
