Category Archives: physician fulfillment

Got community?

There I sat, waiting to have my blood drawn.  Sitting with me were a young boy with his mom, an elderly woman in a wheelchair accompanied by her daughter, a preteen girl sharing a seat with her mother, and many … Continue reading

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2014 – Make Way for the “Bad”

Last night I attended an annual holiday party, intent on being the best receiver I could be. (Please see my previous post!)  This party is one of those events where you see people you haven’t seen since last year’s party. … Continue reading

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Being the best receiver during this season of giving

The holiday season is here!  Lights are sparkling, people are partying, and stores are selling.  It can be so overwhelming!  Running from place to place, worrying about the perfect gift for each person on our list, and for some of … Continue reading

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Slow down for life’s subtle riches

It’s been shown that mindfulness training or exposure protects against burnout, diminishes the intensity of chronic pain and generally increases our happiness.  We introduced a mindfulness exercise to the 2nd year medical students this week in the hope of giving … Continue reading

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Let’s Talk about Failure

Ugh…even the possibility of failing makes most of us cringe. We are supposed to be smart, fearless, skillful at EVERYTHING we do and many things we don’t do, visionary…the list goes on and on, doesn’t it? In other words, we … Continue reading

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Nipping it in the bud

Over the weekend I attended a terrific workshop on EFT, the “tapping technique” that has helped millions of people decrease pain and anxiety, change negative thought patterns, get over traumas, etc. In the beginning of the workshop, one attendee announced … Continue reading

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What’s in a smile?

At a recent conference, I spoke about communication in the healthcare setting and suggested that the major premise of Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Blink, has a lot to tell us about how we interact with our patients. Gladwell provides data showing … Continue reading

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Being Stuck

It’s been two months since I wrote in this blog. In that time, we decided to “downsize,” so we sold the house we lived in for 27 years, sorted through our belongings and the precious mementos of our lives, and … Continue reading

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How do we want to play the game?

I recently had the opportunity to attend the World Baseball Classic in Tokyo – part of the international baseball tournament in which teams are made up of players who all have ties to a particular country. While some players grew … Continue reading

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The only helpful comparison is the one we find inside

In a women’s group that I attend, our facilitator asked us to write down one word that represented each individual in the group. One of the women wrote that I was “together.” My immediate reaction was, “What? Who me?” I … Continue reading

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