Valerie Brooke, MDFeb 7, 20215 minPhysician burnout - Part 2I suddenly had the insight that what I was experiencing was physician burnout, something I had not yet experienced so acutely on the job...
Valerie Brooke, MDFeb 5, 20215 minPhysician burnout - Part 1Last year when the SARS-CoV2 was just starting to circulate in the US (or, more accurately, the awareness of its presence was becoming more
Valerie Brooke, MDFeb 4, 20213 minWildhorses, coyotes, and raptors in RenoAlong with many types of birds of prey – hawks, harriers, kestrels - I have also had the magical pleasure of watching great white egrets
Valerie Brooke, MDFeb 3, 20214 minDeath in the time of COVID-19Some of my patients have died from COVID, some have severe long-term effects from the disease that will not allow them to return to their pr
Valerie Brooke, MDFeb 2, 20213 minSwimming and poetryThere’s a meditative flow that can occur when swimming laps, a shift that occurs when I stop fighting the water, and just relax...
Valerie Brooke, MDFeb 1, 20215 minLong term effects of surviving severe COVID-19The truth is that you can’t change someone’s belief, because they do not reside in the rational or cognitive part of the brain. Maybe some d