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How I Made Life and Fitness Easy Again

I have had a really long relationship with the word “hard.” It all began when I was about 10 or 11 years old, and I took some standardized admissions tests because my parents wanted to...

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How To End Confusion and Gain Clarity As A Woman Doctor

In a coaching session, my client asked me a wonderful question: How did you find clarity?

For us in medicine, we are so used to having a defined, clear cut goal. Get into medical school, pass...

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The New Self-Care Term to Use

Recently, I was discussing self-care in our Thrive Rx community. I know the term self-care is thrown around a lot and is often thought of as the occasional pedicure, massage or...

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Be the DJ 🎧 of your life : Ever feel like you’re fighting yourself?

I have this rule for when both my kids are in the car and we are driving somewhere. 

I created it because they would often argue about what kind of music should be played.

And, of course,...

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The Surprising Way to Get your Family to Eat Better

Your actions speak so loudly, I cannot hear what you are saying.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ever held back on improving your nutrition because of your family? I used to. 

My husband...

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Three Critical Steps When You Feel Like Quitting Medicine

Quitting medicine may sound like a crazy idea to friends and family who have seen you work so hard over the years. But for you, it may be something you are seriously considering if you are burnt...

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The Great Disconnect: Why Women Doctors Struggle With Weight Loss

Something happens to doctors in our training process, we stop listening to our bodies. We learn how to disconnect from our bodies.

I remember being a 3rd-year medical student scrubbed into an...

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Permission Granted to Use Your Medical Degree as You Choose

I was coaching a woman physician the other day who is wanting to make a transition in her medical career. One of the exercises that I had her do was a “No List” of things she...

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The Bad Eating Habit I Learned in Residency And How it Kept Me Stuck for Years

Stress eating is a learned behavior and is one of four bad habits I picked up when I became an emergency physician that made it hard for me to lose weight and keep it off. 

Whenever the ER...

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Saving Lives For Two: What It's Like Being a Pregnant ER Doctor

When I was pregnant with my first child, I worked full-time as a physician in the emergency department.  I worked mostly 9-hour shifts, but some 12-hour shifts as well. Days, evenings, nights,...

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The Five Types of Freedom to Strive for as a Woman Doctor

When you think of the word “freedom” what comes to mind? 

The ability to speak your truth? 

The freedom to make choices about your life? 

Being accepted as you are and...

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The Blind Spots Keeping You Stuck

Have you heard the one where the student says to her spiritual master, “Everything that you teach us we can read in our holy books.”  She then asks, “Given that, why do...

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