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The Two Most Powerful Words: How "I Am" Shapes Your Reality

As doctors, we've all had patients who say things like:

"I always get a sinus infection this time of year."
"I've had a bad back my whole life."
"Over-the-counter pain relievers don’t work for me."
"I a...

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Your Genes and Family History Aren’t Your Destiny: Here's How to Take Charge

I used to think my fate was sealed. Growing up, I watched family members struggle with Type 2 diabetes and hypertension, and I believed I had inherited the same future. I’ve got bad genes, I told myse...

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I Tell My Patients to Lose Weight—So Why Can’t I?

How many times have you thought, I should have weight loss figured out—after all, I tell my patients to lose weight almost daily!

You’re not alone. I hear this from so many physician moms who shame t...

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Why We Munch While Charting

As physicians, charting is an inevitable—and often dreaded—part of the job. Whether we’re racing against the clock to finish notes before heading home or multitasking during downtime, it’s all too eas...

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Is She Naturally Fit, or Did She Work for It? The Truth About Lasting Weight Loss

Remember that commercial with the beautiful women that went, “Maybe she’s born with it. Maybe it’s Maybelline?” 

Well, it’s easy to look at people who are in shape or have the figure you wish you had...

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How To Let Go Of Worry Over The Future

“Both optimism and anxiety require us to imagine something that hasn’t happened yet. If we have the ability to worry about the future, it also means we have the ability to imagine a better one.”

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Why It’s Your Duty to Have Good Health

As doctors we see first hand the toll illness and disease can take on our patients. 

We see them:

  • missing out on work and income due to chronic pain
  • taking medications with various side effects
  • ...
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How She Loved Herself Down to Her Goal Weight

One of my favorite things to do is celebration calls with my clients when they come to the end of my Mama Docs Weight Loss Accelerator.

While some of the transformations they make on the inside of my...

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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 facial. 

But it's so m...

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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, being sibl...

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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 loved trying new re...

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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 would get ...

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