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Tag Archives: Compassion
Let’s Make Those Resolutions Stick! Physician coaching provides solid ideas to make you successful in the new year
It’s January 8th, the day by which 25% of New Year’s resolutions have already been discarded. By the end of the year, 90% of our best intentions will have met the same fate. As we begin 2018, full of exciting … Continue reading
The power of mindfulness in developing resilience: A physician coach gets coached
Medicine is a profession in which we never stop learning. So is coaching. It’s one of many things I love about it, so I enthusiastically signed up to learn a new coaching program. In the first class, I volunteered to coach one … Continue reading
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What’s Important Doesn’t Change
Rolf Benirschke, the former kicker for the San Diego Chargers Football Team and the speaker at the School of Medicine graduation today spoke quietly and made an impression on everyone there. As a long time patient, he acknowledged the faculty for having saved … Continue reading
Self-compassion: a physician coach’s recipe for a long and fulfilling career
I once worked with a beloved physician whose skills were excellent. Unfortunately, a patient initiated a malpractice lawsuit. Hurt by the experience, the doctor never returned to practice. Another physician was unable to face her patient’s post-operative DVT. She avoided contact, refused to speak … Continue reading
Inner Game: what the Pope and her shadow taught a physician coach about being judgmental
Traveling to a conference, I struck up a conversation with the man next to me, who shared that at 47 years old, he had never married. He recalled Bill Maher’s remark that if a man hasn’t been married by his … Continue reading