I have been featuring important Black women physicians on my blog for the last few years to honor Black History Month and 2023 is no different! I am taking the opportunity every year to learn about someone I didn’t know about and this year I came upon Dr. Renee Rosalind Jenkins during my research. She …
A younger colleague recently asked me how I knew I wanted to marry my husband. My initial answer was that I didn’t at first. My next answer was that at some point I just decided I wanted to. Movies and books make us think that most of us will “just know” when the right person …
Last week was National Women Physicians Day and I wanted to take the time to share a Tedx talk by physician, best selling author, and leadership coach (amongst other things), Dr. Tammie Chang. I first became acquainted with Dr. Chang after being invited to join the Facebook group she co-founded, Pink Coat, MD. I was …
I can’t believe the first month of 2023 is basically over! In my last blog post, I shared my new found love – the Happy Planner. I discussed a little bit about why I switched from my bullet journal to this one but today, I want to go over the process I use to help …
I hope everyone had a chance to reflect during MLK day and/or have some opportunities for service. It’s ok if you didn’t! Plan for it for next year. As I was getting ready to write my blog for the week, I realized I didn’t have anything too profound to blog about in Dr. Martin Luther …
I decided in December that 2023 is going to be my best year yet. After all, I am turning 40 soon!!! Of course, as life likes to do, the first order of business of January 2023 was to throw a big curveball: flights cancelled from Miami to Philadelphia less than 2 hours prior to departure, …
After a few weeks off from the blog due to the BEST World Cup (Mundial) EVER and some holiday inpatient service time, I am back with some recommendations as we are once again getting ready to travel during a busy holiday season. We have been fortunate to be able to travel with the kids since …
I recently listed to a series called Shame in Medicine that was published in the podcast The Nocturnists. If you work in medicine (whether a doctor or another type of provider), it is definitely work checking it out. It really got me thinking about how we are taught from the undergraduate pre-med courses to the …
This year may have been our most successful Thanksgiving yet! Maybe it was having more family around or adding that extra stick of butter to the sauce I poured over the turkey but a great time was had by all. I hope everyone had a nice holiday break, whether it was very quiet or with …
I have always known that my brain is constantly planning the next move. I like Medicine because it forces me to really focus and stay present in what I am doing at the time. My brain is not able to take a life of its own and try to make my next to-do list. There …