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As a mother and a doctor, I know you are sometimes worried and afraid, overwhelmed and overstretched. But your families depend on you to be their foundation. You're imperfect. And that's okay.
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I was at a clinician-retreat two weeks ago when one of the participants asked a fellow panelist what their number one tactic was to handle burnout. And the doctor said journalling! I agree wholeheartedly. You can write anything in your journal. It doesn’t matter how petty, nasty, or complainy you want to be–just let it […]
I recently had a chance to speak about the motherhood overload at rounds. It was a really lovely conversation on an important topic. Illusory Effect. Easy-nos. Difficult-nos. How to ask for help when you first become a mother. Whether you should sleep or clean the kitchen. We discussed it all! And here are the questions […]
In Vaden’s book, he talks about a framework on how to spend your time called the “focus funnel.” At the top of the funnel are all of the possible tasks you could choose to do. He says that people who “multiply their time” (meaning, they preferentially do SIGNIFICANT things today that free up their time […]
Whenever I want to change a part of my life, I ask myself these 4 questions: What are my current beliefs/thoughts? What do I need to accept must change? What would the ideal situation look like? What is my strategy to get there? Earlier, I shared how I was able to engineer more freedom into […]
In 2012, at that moment in the emergency department when I felt I had screwed up my life choices, I would never have guessed that I would ever be on the other side of burnout. I didn’t know much about personal development, core values, or habits. I didn’t even know how to take care of […]
