When I first heard someone mention the “4 F’s,” I immediately thought of the swear word...

The phone call couldn’t have come at a worse time.  It was the day before we left for our move to Alaska and the movers were shuffling...

I’ve been going through my home, room by room, organizing for my upcoming move to Anchorage, Alaska for a new inpatient rehabilitation...

By last call I don’t mean the last call for alcohol before a bar closes; those nights are long behind me fortunately, way back to my...

I am not good at resting. I recently said to my husband as he sat on the couch watching one of his favorite TV series, “I need to learn...

Yesterday, on Christmas Day, I flew from my home in Reno, NV, to Minneapolis, MN, to start a new traveling physician job at a...

Many years before I studied to become a physician, giving thanks for the blessings in my life was the first part of my morning prayers.  ...

As the plane descended from the ash-colored clouds over Burlington, Vermont, I looked over the blunted orange and dark green leafed trees...

“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...

Last year I started attending monthly lectures put on by the Nevada Physician Wellness Coalition (NPWC), an organization in line with my...

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...

I recently picked up a dusty book from the overflowing self-help shelf on my bookcase: The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown. I’d had...

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...

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...

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...

When I first stepped onto a yoga mat in my late twenties, I had no idea yoga entailed so much more than just moving my body into more and...

In one corner of my vision board for 2022 are the words yoga, flexibility, and keep moving forward. Right next to them is a photo of a...

Yesterday I was invited to give a talk to a group of about fifty freshmen undergraduates at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). These...

I will never forget the first medication I ordered as newly practicing physician. It was my first internal medicine rotation of...

The other day one of my physician colleagues shared a story with me about some seemingly helpful advice he was given during the first...