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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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When it comes to boundaries, we talked about information, organization, and support. Now let’s talk about how someone can do the work for you. Ah! If only someone could build and maintain those difficult boundaries for you! Wouldn’t it be great if someone could tell your annoying work colleague that no, you would rather not […]
In the last blog, I did a quick Internet search that suggested setting boundaries was important for work-life balance. That’s great, but how can you take that information and organize it in a way that is useful for you? The answer is: you apply a framework. When it comes to boundaries, you might perhaps refer […]
I remember an interesting piece of advice someone once gave me when I was considering whether to train through the FRCP or CCFP route for emergency medicine. And that advice was to “consider which route would help me build something AFTER I started to wind down my emergency medicine practice.” I don’t know why that […]
The first step to overcoming overwhelm is to get diagnostic clarity. After all, if you’re feeling overwhelmed because you hate your boss and are working 60-hour weeks, this is a very different scenario from feeling overwhelmed because you are in debt or if you’re raising a newborn without help. Of course, many factors can tangle […]
Here’s how I like to reflect on my life at the end the year–I sit down and look through all of the photos I’ve taken on my smartphone since January 1st. Do you want to try this too? If so, get out your phone and start from January 1, 2025 and look at each image. […]
