Valerie Brooke, MD
Curiosity and the Practice of Medicine
“Curiosity is the genesis of empathy,” were the astute words in my weekly email from writer Jeannine Ouellette. I'm taking a course from...
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Valerie Brooke, MD
- Jul 23
- 4 min
The Big Leap
“When we get quiet enough, for long enough, we can hear the whispers, of what is right, of what is true, and most importantly, which way...
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Valerie Brooke, MD
- Apr 24
- 3 min
Restoration
It's been a long time since I've written, too long for sure, but a lot has happened in my personal and professional life in the last...
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Valerie Brooke, MD
- Sep 7, 2022
- 4 min
The Necessity of Fire
The second full day in Yosemite started out better than the first. We got up early to get to the valley floor before the crowds and the...
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Valerie Brooke, MD
- Aug 28, 2022
- 5 min
Perfect Versus Good
It was Voltaire who is attributed with the aphorism “Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.” I have been contemplating this...
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Valerie Brooke, MD
- Aug 21, 2022
- 4 min
Make Friends with Reality
I had been looking forward to going to Yosemite for years. We finally lived in a place that was within easy driving distance. I could...
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Valerie Brooke, MD
- Aug 8, 2022
- 4 min
Stuck in the mud of procrastination
Stuck. Procrastinating. Directionless. Resistant. These are the words that come to mind when I think about my writing. Or more...
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Valerie Brooke, MD
- May 9, 2022
- 5 min
Love and Money
It took me many drives to work to realize what bothered me about this billboard. At first, I thought it was because I could not for the...
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Valerie Brooke, MD
- Jan 9, 2022
- 4 min
The Owl and the Cheese
In 2001, Drs Friedman and Forster designed an experiment where two sets of college students were tasked to complete a computer maze,...
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Valerie Brooke, MD
- Sep 13, 2021
- 3 min
The Power of Stillness
Yesterday I was finally able to go outside and attend to my yard and garden, as the smoke from the CA wildfires has finally shifted. Not...
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Valerie Brooke, MD
- Jul 5, 2021
- 5 min
Boxes and Boundaries
Many years ago, a wise therapist gave me some excellent guidance in how to stay sane while parenting a teenager. “Set up a box of...
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Valerie Brooke, MD
- May 31, 2021
- 4 min
Love and Work
I have been working some sort of job since I was a teenager. My mother was approached at church the summer I had just turned fourteen by...
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Valerie Brooke, MD
- Apr 14, 2021
- 4 min
Spreading Wings
The hoo hoodoo hoooo hoo woke me up in the early morning hours. It was just after 4 am. My alarm would go off soon anyway, so I dragged...
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Valerie Brooke, MD
- Mar 25, 2021
- 4 min
The Listening Path - Part 1
I recently began a six-week writing course called The Listening Path by Julia Cameron. One of the assignments was to write down, from the...
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Valerie Brooke, MD
- Feb 4, 2021
- 3 min
Wildhorses, coyotes, and raptors in Reno
Along with many types of birds of prey – hawks, harriers, kestrels - I have also had the magical pleasure of watching great white egrets
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Valerie Brooke, MD
- Jan 31, 2021
- 3 min
Gratitude feels good
There is actually scientific evidence that having gratitude affects your sense of well-being. There has been lots of research comparing grou
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