Mama Docs School
Helping Women in Healthcare Go From Overworked & Overwhelmed to Overflowing with Energy and Joy
FREE End Burnout Mini TrainingI 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...
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...
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...
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,...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...